Even in Winter

I saw a bumper sticker the other day.  "Compost Happens", it read.  And indeed, it does.  Even in Winter. Except, at my home, something had been stealing my compost.
A fresh coat of snow betrayed the culprit.  Our dieting dog had been supplementing her daily food allotment with a sneaky trip to the compost pile.
Usually, the invisible fence keeps her out of the compost pile because we know how she loves broccoli stems.  I think that I cut the line when clearing out a bed and I'll have to wait for Spring to repair it.  In the meantime, I had to devise a way to keep Miss Fatty out of my compost.
In the Winter, any uncovered compost pile can become a feeding station for a variety of critters.  I put a plastic garbage bin with a locking cover in my garden.  I tried it last year and it kept the dog and the raccoons at bay.  Come Spring, I mixed the Winter's worth of coffee grounds and eggshells from the garbage can into the compost pile.