Well, they sure are ingenious, and that's why we love 'em, right?

I never buy pouches, can't figure where I would store them. Canned foods, I have to get the right "cut" or there are chunks and globs all over the floor.

I used to dump the 20 pound open bag of kibble into a big plastic tub and keep that on the floor. After 4 months, they learned how to sit on the lid and get it off.

Next I used an empty plastic tub from Tidy Cats Scoopable litter. I kept that up on the bookshelf. One morning about 3 AM, the entire house wakened to a huge crash! The tub was on the floor and the kibble was . . . everywhere it should NOT be in the home office / computer room.

I moved the plastic litter tub to the floor of the bedroom closet. In this house, the closet doors are bi-folds. I came home one day from grocery shopping to find the bi-fold opened and the litter tub of food tipped over. "Must have forgotten to close the door," I said to myself as I cleaned up. That night, they had a buffet feast, serve yourself, while we were sleeping. "Now, I KNOW I had that door closed!" I cleaned up, closed the bi-fold door and, as I was walking away, Chestnut and Sparkle went past me entering the room. Chestnut pressed his head against the edge of the door, it opened, Sparkle snuffled her head under the lid of the tub and started munching. Sigh.

The litter box went into the front hall closet. That has a proper door, with a good old fashioned knob, the kind you turn. It is NOT a handicap lever type. The food has been safe for . . . 3 months. But I just KNOW they are plotting.