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Recently, Leo has established this new behavior, as well as it’s completely my fault. The garbage can never rate of interest Leo, whether it was open or closed. I was always amazed that he wouldn’t try as well as knock it over to get the stays of dinner or whatever else may odor great in there. Leo was notorious for counter surfing particularly during the time between cooking a meal as well as cleaning up afterward so I always viewed to make sure he didn’t go into the garbage after clean-up.
It wasn’t up until just recently when my guard (and typical sense) was down, as well as I threw a half-eaten pint of Ben as well as Jerry’s best at the top of the garbage. I left both Leo chewing his toy on the couch as well as showered as well as came back to a pleased Leo as well as an empty pint of ice cream. I shouldn’t have been whatsoever amazed that he went for the ice cream, however I was a bit amazed he didn’t try as well as get anything else in the garbage. Of course, at that point, Erich as well as I panicked a bit since Leo has always had a sensitive tummy as well as he had just ingested a great deal of dairy with bit pieces of chocolate. We viewed him carefully all night, as well as he was absolutely, positively, as well as completely fine, thankfully. Lesson discovered I promise!!
Since then, he’s always thinking about what may be in the garbage. At home, we now keep our garbage can under the sink, so the only garbage can he has gain access to to is the one at work. No matter what I throw in there, whether it’s paper, water bottles, “dead” toys, he always has to find as well as inspect it out. A few times I’ve left my office as well as came back to Leo playing with a ripped up toy I threw away. I will admit, the very first time it happened, I believed I was going nuts, however I ultimately realized he was just additional sneaky.
I’m not truly sure exactly how to un-train him of garbage picking. So for now, it’ll just be eliminating the garbage from the situation, which isn’t a poor thing I guess.