Dogs still would not come in

[Airehead]

They love smelling stuff on a cold night. 

[sheep_herder ★]

Yep!

[Longjohn ★]

It was 10° last night and Oreo had been outside all day. When it got dark I looked for him and he was sound asleep on the porch swing. I left him sleep until I was ready to go to sleep and I went back out and closed the door pretty loud. He woke up and looked at me. I had to talk him into coming in. Furry animals are not as fragile as the ads on tv would have you believe.

[Further]

27 minutes ago, Longjohn said:

Furry animals are not as fragile as the ads on tv would have you believe.

My buddy had 3 Brittney's that lived in an out door kennel. We had a way below zero stretch and he was worried about them. Let them into the basement, they ran around smelling all the new stuff, then stood by the door waiting to go back home.

Putting an indoor animal out in the cold is wrong, but out door critters are adjusted to the cold. 

[maddmaxx ★]

Earl is sleeping out there somewhere in the 0 deg weather.  He won't come in.  He still shows up a couple of times a day for a free meal.  While he was stuffing his face yesterday I actually got to gently touch the top of his head after reaching out the barely open door.  He was startled but didn't run away.  I didn't press the issue any more than that.  We are still finding some neutral ground to get along on.

[Dirtyhip]

Dogs are great. Had a good convo with our lovely Kay. I think I want to apply for a dog with that institute in a few years. 

[sheep_herder ★]

Smokey the cat lives in the barn, red building and the hay stack. He is happy to get his food in the barn, but expects a good loving before he will eat.

[jsharr ★]

My dogs are wimps.  Romeo sleeps under the covers

[Thaddeus Kosciuszko]

I'm going to suggest that if you put one of these just inside the door you'd have no trouble getting them to come in:

 

[Ralphie ★]

7 hours ago, jsharrwick said:

My dogs are wimps.  Romeo sleeps under the covers

Ruby is also a certified indoor dog!  Sometimes she gets wild and crazy and eschews the blanket though..

[Wilbur ★]

Our Bouvier's would lay out in the snow, slowly being covered as it fell.  They looked like Bison. They would stay out for a few hours.  

[Digital_photog ★]

10 hours ago, Airehead said:

They love smelling stuff on a cold night. 

Balto and Haku 

Why come in? This is perfect weather. Just wear your winter fur coat.

 

[team scooter]

Its 1 degree here and a bunny wandered into the poodle coral this morning. Now the doggies keep pitching fits to go out to make sure it hasn't returned. Then they wont come back in. When Buddy's itty feetz get too cold and he starts limping, I need to go out and herd him and Mag back into the house. 

[jsharr ★]

6 hours ago, Philander Seabury said:

Ruby is also a certified indoor dog!  Sometimes she gets wild and crazy and eschews the blanket though..

Romeo goes under and comes out as he damn well pleases.

[Ralphie ★]

Just now, jsharrwick said:

Romeo goes under and comes out as he damn well pleases.

Ruby’s favourite thing is smushion the cushion, ie wrecking the tops of the backs of our couches. 

[MickinMD ★]

On 1/15/2022 at 10:52 PM, jsharrwick said:

My dogs are wimps.  Romeo sleeps under the covers

Jake is a house dog.  When I take him home after a long walk, he wants to get inside and lie down in comfort so much that he's got his nose at the door and I have drag the 100 lbs of him back far enough to open the storm door.  He obviously doesn't grasp the concept of the storm door opening out while the entry door opens in.

[Wilbur ★]

Our chihuahua's have no issues coming in the house.   30 cm of snow with 10 cm pecker clearance is a good motivator.   

[Longjohn ★]

Oreo went over to the glass doors this morning telling me he wanted out. I told him he really didn’t want out and opened the door for him. He went halfway through the doorway and stopped and looked around. He backed back inside and said I was right.