Little Stinker!

My smarty pants girl has figured out (probably with the help of her brother and maybe even watching the dogs) how to scoot her body under the gate blocking her from the laundry area. I have this area blocked because when I am in the kitchen she tends to want to go out there and put toys in the dogs' water dish and eat the dogs' food. She loves their food...In this area there are two exit doors as well which creates a lot of dirt and wet snowy mud. Not a place for a child to be crawling/walking around in. I have to have the gate about eight inches off the floor because as I mentioned, that is where the dogs food and water is. I guess we will have to find another solution to this problem...or maybe she will forget all about this little skill...she wasn't really fond of ducking her head under, so maybe she won't try it for a while again.