We had a long tug toy for one of our German Shepherds named Blizzard. Eventually he got so he didn't want to play with it any more, old age I guess, but he kept it in the pile he always put his toys in. One day my wife threw it in the trash basket we keep indoors, because he never used it. Next day it was back in his pile. Nothing else was disturbed, and no mess.
Wife thinks she is smarter, so she put it in the outside trash can. Well that worked UNTIL he got to go outside for a walk. He went to the trash can, pushed off the lid, and got his tug toy back. Don't know if he would have tried to put the lid back on, I did it for him while laughing. Since garage door was still open, yup, back in his toy pile it went, then he was quickly back outside for his walk.
Wife decided he could keep it.