#trash fiend

[discosnax]

my fursona is a raccoon jeje

[trashh-fiend]

Its Not You, Its Me

- A zine by @poisonedblackberries 

[twodogsoneguy]

Trash

This post brought to you by a string cheese wrapper and my increasing frustration with the tiny hellion. 

Trash is the bane of my existence with Harley. I am a spoonie, meaning I don’t have a lot of energy to do the everyday tasks that other people see as non-activiies, such as cleaning up a room or taking out a full trash bag. So, my bedroom usually has a food wrapper or two secreted away in some nook or cranny where I hope that Harley won’t find it. But she always does. And this is no fault to the training she went through, if I am actively watching her she will not get into the trash because she knows she’s not supposed to. But the moment your back turns, she dives straight in. She’s very much an opportunist who relies on me watching her to behave properly.

With my trainer brain, I know how to solve this problem. Throw the trash away, and make the trash inaccessible. However, both of those things are hardddddd to implement and stick to with 100% accuracy. Theres always going to be a moment of weakness, where either I don’t throw the thing away, or that the trash is left exposed so the terror child can get in and sneak a few snacks.

Currently the setup I’m working with is that any time I need to throw something away, I have to remove a box that has been carefully laid across the top of the trashcan and replace it before I turn away. This is time consuming and definitely does not help when my brain prefers options that are single step. I don’t really want to get a trash can with a lid for this reason as well; having a barrier in the way throws off my rhythm and makes it difficult to consistently do the thing. 

Maybe a taller trash can would work? She’s only about the size of a JRT, so theres got to be models that would prove too difficult for her to get her nose into.

I am also very, very tempted to be mean. One of the old school ways to deal with this problem is to stick a mouse trap into the can and let it snap on the unsuspecting dog, therefore teaching them through positive punishment to stay out of the garbage. Now, I would never use a mouse trap for fear of causing harm to a dogs nose, but there are other options I’ve seen floated, such as setting a bag of cans to fall when they get into the trash can. I suppose I will have to do some thinking and see if I can find a more “harmless” punishment to see if it aids in resolving this problem…...

[snailsbee]

felicia koalasauce is a monster who hates bats, opossums, moths, and loves bathing in trash because it’s all she knows i hope a raccoon finds you in ur natural habitat