Keep Crafty Coons Away From Kibble
Raccoons: they’re a pain in the ass, but you’ve got to respect them. I’ve spent the last three years trying to keep those little S.O.B.’s out of my dog’s food. When I locked up my garage, they came in through the window. When I barred up the window, they dug under the door. I tried deterrent systems, but sooner or later they always figured out a way around them. Short of sitting up all night with a shotgun, I figured they just had me beat, plain and simple. That is, until a friend of mine pointed out to me a better way to think about the problem- instead of trying to keep the little buggers out, why not take away the reason for them to come around? He lent me his dog food container, which had an airtight lid. The coons are probably smart enough to figure out how to open them, if they wanted to- but here’s the catch: since they’re airtight, there’s no food smell! For the first couple of days after I switched to pet food storage containers, the coons still came around- but pretty quick, they figured out there was no food there for them. When it came time to return the containers, I figured some peace of mind was worth dropping a hundred bucks on. So you can guess how happy I was to see that a good dog food storage container only costs about $30. At a price like that, you’d have to be dumb as a drunken billygoat not to get one.
