I would like to say here and now that Stout the labradoodle has never done any bin surfing - that he has admitted to.
A while back, Stout went upstairs into our bedroom. There was some clattering, we called him and he came downstairs. the look on his face said "What did you want? Ready for a treat now."
I asked him "What is that round your neck?" He said "Nothing."
I said "Have you had your head in the bin". He said "No. What makes you think that?"
Well..... lets see.......
Erm.... "The bin lid round your neck maybe?"
I must admit that we laughed so hard that we ached! It took a few minutes until we calmed down enough to take the bin lid off his neck!