There is a post about this. I put the link below. Maybe it will help.

Here is a link that might be useful: how to store 50 pounds of dog food

I used to have a smarty pants Akita who could open anything (& had the attention span to keep at it!) For him, the trash can was shut up in the mud room. Now I'm doing a double-bin pull out in a 15" cabinet - you could put one of those next to your prep area. Or you could do an in-counter receptacle/lid combo at your prep area. (let's see the wiley one figure that out!)

Our dog used to lick dirty plates whenever the bottom rack of the dishwasher was rolled out. One day, her collar became entangled in the spokes of the rack, which followed along with her jerky movements when she attempted to liberate herself from the "monster." Chloe's experience was published in our local newspaper, and a cartoonist recreated Chloe's horrifying encounter. Chloe no longer ventures near the opened dishwasher. She won't even come into the kitchen if the dishwasher door is open. Perhaps you could frighten your dogs by placing a spring-loaded contraption that pops out when the dog opens the lid. (Kind of like the fake peanut can with the spring-loaded snake.) You may have to place something into the can to make it shallow enough to hold the trick device.

Anyway, here's the cartoonist's drawing of Chloe (she's actually a beautiful golden retriever) and her unfortunate dishwasher encounter:

Here is a link that might be useful: Chloe's story

Well our previous dog, a german shorthair was reasonably well mannered(but a lunatic energy wise). As he got to be older, like around 11 or so he started tipping over the garbage can when we were out. (lovely to come home to sprawled garbage in particular coffee grinds). The only thing that worked was to put the garbage on top of the counter when I would leave. I feel for you. It is hard to have it accessible!

Instead of a trash can, we now have a two bin pullout, one for trash & the other for recycling. The bins are plastic & can easily be removed to put anywhere in the kitchen, then replaced into the pullout. We actually have 2 of these pullouts, one near the cleanup sink & DW, the other on the opposite side of the island across from the refrigerator.

The pullout makes the trash invisible since it looks like a cabinet, and safe from pets (unless they can figure out how to pull it out, which is unlikely).

I'm putting in a trash pull out in my island. What I have now is a movie theater look-a-like trash can with the rounded top and a spring loaded flab in the front with "push" on it. All metal. It works as long as the garbage doesn't get too full. It's a pain to scrape dishes into though which is the main reason I'm getting a pull out.

Amcofar, ROFLOL!

Beware of being lured into a false sense of security with the built in pull out cans! It took exactly one week for my 10lb IG to figure out how to open it. Every time he walks but it he checks to see if it is closed all the way. 3 additional magnetic closures later I am buying child proof safety locks. Here he is partaking in one of his other favorite pastimes

I love the pictures so far. Ever since we put Joey on anti seizure meds he has been ravenous and willing to break all rules regarding food. :-)

We have the trash can in a kitchen cabinet with a child safety latch. It isn't a big deal to press it down to open it for us, but luckily he hasn't gotten smart enough to do it (yet!). Which reminds me in the new build that we will have to repeat this I'm sure!

I'm sorry to say but I had the same problem. My weimaraner nearly ruined my cabinets trying to get at the trash so I was forced to have a cabinet removed and a trash compactor installed. It was an expensive solution but the only one that worked. .

Best of luck to you!

Someone here has a McDonald's-style built-in trash can, with a flap lid into the trash cabinet. I'd worry about claw scratches, but there are also people here who have installed plexiglass or something similar on their lower cabinets to prevent wheelchair damage.

If you have a bottom corner cabinet, there are some nifty lazy-susan trash and recycling centers. That might be an easy cabinet to lock and allow you to have a slightly larger can than straight pull-outs.

In China - and perhaps in other parts of the world - apartment and public buildings that are several stories high have trash chutes roughly at every landing between floors. I always wondered if anyone tried to clean them out. It does get the trash out quickly. Like a laundry chute.

Do you have the option of getting a super-duper disposal for your sink, so you can put most attractive food waste down there?

My previous dog, a standard poodle, also figured out how to get into our trash-pullout cabinet. Child-proof locks did the trick for us as well.

You are very smart to attempt to tackle this problem before your remodel. If you have the "ground rules" in place before you start, then the dogs will not have the experiences of many successful attempts at getting to the garbage and so, hopefully, will leave it alone.

OMGosh amcofar! The exact same thing happened to my Chesapeake! He ended up almost to the dining room with the lower rack still attached to his collar. What a commotion!

We had a beagle who lived to eat and could sniff out anything. I realized I couldn't keep any food in lower cabinets when we came home one day and found an empty can (large can)of Crisco on the floor. This had been a sealed, unopened can I had in the back of my Lazy Susan.

It only got worse when we glanced into the LR to find that she had also pulled out an unopened bag of flour. Apparently the eating-fest took place there, on my new Berber carpeting. The Crisco and flour, what remained of it, was mushed together in a doughy paste and mashed into the carpet. From that point on, I realized not even sealed cans were safe. Childproof latches meant nothing to this dog.

We kept our trash in a pullout under the sink, but every time we left the house, we pulled the can out, lugged it into the garage, and brought it back in when we returned. Got to be such a routine, I didn't think of it till I saw this post.

Aside from the food thing, this was a wonderful dog. Despite all the things she got into, she lived for nearly 16 years. She's been gone for 3, and I still miss her. I would love to have her back, in spite of any inconvenience.

I have gotten some great ideas from all these posts-- the photos could be my dogs! After seeing the IG on the counter, those trash cans are definitely going into a cabinet! I am thinking a two can, or the recycler in a corner...

amylville,
I remember when you posted that picture before. I laughed so hard water came out my nose. (Aren't you glad I shared that?) You were asking what to do about this problem and I treated it like a joke. Sorry. (I laughed just as hard when I saw this the second time. Fortunately I had had nothing to drink.) Really. I'm sorry. ROTFL