Dear Dog is Freezing!

[Loula]

We have a dog door into our laundry so he is not in the house when we are out or at night but still inside. my nephew uses it at times too!

[widdly]

It is freezing here atm too, my dog is lucky though cause our laundry is a room out the back ofthe house, so we just leave the door open all day so she can go in there and sleep in her bed if she is cold. The hot water heater is in the laundry too, so at night we put her to bed and lock her in the laundry.

I saw those drysabone doggy jackets yesterday, they look great, were a bit expensive for me atm though, my little dog wears a polar fleece jumper in Winter.

[turtleschell]

I used to get him in the laundry on cold nights but now he refuses to come inside whatsoever, despite the cold. His kennel is very close to us, but instead of sleeping in it, he sleeps far away on the other side of the house.. he's a Guard dog, so I guess he feels he can assess the area better on the other side.
We can't move the kennel, it's a brick built in one.
I've put his bed in the kennel, but he still doesnt use it. I'm going to get some crappy old pillows and chuck them in (after sleeping with them a few nights to get our smell) and I guess I will get a real tasty treat and put it right at the entrance..
I have little faith though, he's not easily bribed and very independant. If all fails, I guess I just hope he's smart enough to use the cosy kennel when ihe can't bear the cold?

Thanks so much for all your ideas, certainly once I've tried all this there's nothing left but for him to decide,

[widdly]

Goodluck, hope he stops being stubborn and gets out of the cold

[Asparagus and Lemons]

Our dog has had a kennel for a while but never uses it, we were having the same problem, we would look outside and she'd be on the doormat shivering her little tail off..
2 weeks ago we thought that it was time we through the kennel out as she never uses it, so we put it at the front door to get rid of the next day, she went straight in it, curled up like a cat and fell asleep. She is way too big for it, but she can see the door when she is in it now and she has been using it all the time.
But that doesnt help as yours is brick. Have you tried building another one closer to the door?

[Miss.September]

Our first dog took to the kennel so well - it was a second hand kennel so it had lots of doggie smells to entice her in! When we got our second dog, she was hesitant, until we started putting her food bowl in there at dinner time. Didn't take long after that and she was in!!

Corelly x