Thanks Simona for this cute little sleeping shiba!
Story from Jen R about her MSIR Alum Taylor:
Taylor used to break in to the large plastic bin by removing one of the four doors at the base, and pulling out compost and having a snack. So I constructed a chicken wire fence around it. I should have buried the chicken wire, because he dug under it, as well as tore the wire from the stakes in the back corner, and got right in to eat more garbage.
"Okay," I thought. "I'll buy extra stakes and pound them through the handle of
each of the doors to hold them in place. It didn't work—he still managed to lift
them, giving him access to the sweet, sweet garbage. Or, if the mood would
strike him, he'd mix things up by removing the lid (HOW?!) and go in
top-down.
That's when I bought the sturdy, wrought-iron fence sections to ensure that
once-and-for-all, this beast would be permanently separated from the refuse.
(Never mind that the fence
cost twice as much as the bin itself!) Surely there was NO WAY he could get
around this!
Well, of course I was wrong. He managed to jump up and break the hinges on the
lid, and continued to dine despite the protective fence. I'd find the lid in the
corner of the yard, and peels, coffee grounds, paper towels, and the like strewn
about.
"This will be easy to stop—finally, I've won!" I foolishly thought, as I placed
a very large, heavy landscaping
stone on top of the bin. It is
heavy for ME to move, and quite frankly, a pain when I need to fill the bin.
(But you saw the word "foolishly" up there, right?)
Last
night I went outside to find the stone five feet from the bin, the lid removed,
and the garbage all over the yard again. And a fat, happy-yet-shameful-looking
Taylor on the deck.
Shiba Moat design plans by Jen R.
Of course the simplest solution would be to get rid of the bin and stop composting. But I like the idea of composting, as it significantly reduces my volume of trash, and in theory, will someday provide rich soil for my flower beds (assuming the contents don't all end up in Taylor's belly). Besides, then I'd be letting the dog win. Who's the boss here, anyway?!
So this weekend I will be electrifying the iron fence, then digging a deep moat around the bin, and filling it with piranha and crocodiles. Cameras trained on it. A war elephant on guard. Shiba-seeking missiles pointed toward it.
Yet somehow, deep down, I am sure this will not be the end of this story.
You can't see me!
The amazing (and somewhat facebook famous) floating shiba! Thanks Ginger!
It's a very easy on the eyes which makes it much more enjoyable for me to come here and visit more often. Did you hire out a designer to create your theme? Fantastic work!
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