It's 12 degrees here and my dog won't come in. Any advice would be

[Raven]

greatly appreciated.

[DonaldsRump]

1. Treats and if not that, put a leash and drag inside

12 degrees is far too low....

[Raven]

5. I've tried all the treats and I doubt she will let me near her. It's like a game with her.

[WhiteTara]

13. My dog is the very same way.

I got her to come in the other night during a rain/storm and now she will not let me get near her. She absolutely demands to be outside at night to patrol the property and keep any stray rabbit, armadillo or raccoon out of the garden.

My dog is a high mountain dog breed and so she seems happiest when it's really cold. When she went out the morning after the storm, she ran around the yard and barked at the snow. She seemed so delighted. My dog has claimed the 50' tall Spruce tree as her dog house and she also loves under the little storage building where one side is about 6' off the ground, so she has a nice entrance and it is totally dry.

So, my advice is you dog will come in when she thinks she should.

[radical noodle]

2. Bacon treats?

Our Duke would have done anything we wanted for a hot dog.

[mr_lebowski]

3. Presumably you've already tried ... their most favorite treat?

Never had that sitch with a dog but I tell you what, the second the smell of some microwave popcorn hit my dogs nose if he was outside ... NO WAY could he ignore that.

Those little buttery, salty nuggets ... his favoritist thing ...

[OhZone]

4. Make sure you open your door very, very wide, and step back.

It's how my friends Weiner dog has to have it before he comes in. He wants a clear path for some reason. Maybe he was traumatized way way back. Someone may have closed the door too soon on the poor thing? I don't know. No one will tell me. Oh well.

[Raven]

6. I'll try that right now.

[Raven]

7. OK, the door is wide open and I'm staying out of sight.

[Raven]

12. Thank you!

[OhZone]

19. Oh, you're so welcome!

[Midnight Writer]

8. I step out, sit down and ignore them. Soon they tire of the "no-game" and approach.

Then I pet them until I can get a grip on their collar. Then force the SOB inside.

[DonaldsRump]

9. Peanut butter works too

[renate]

10. Keep the door open while you ring the doorbell

My family’s dogs can’t resist the siren song of the doorbell.

[Rhiannon12866]

16. Oh, very clever! Great idea! I'll have to remember that one

Though I hardly have the same problem - it's really cold here in New York, too, and my dog isn't anxious to go out...

[Raven]

11. The open door tactic worked! She's in and looking very cold and very guilty.

[3catwoman3]

14. I'm so glad your dog came in!

I'm also glad I have indoor cats.

[DarthDem]

15. Yay!

DU is helpful again. Glad she came in.

[In_The_Wind]

21. Glad she's inside for the night.

[DFW]

17. Next time, get yourself a laser pointer

Dogs and cats follow the points of those things up and down trees before they remember that gravity says that only works so far.

Our neighbors in Dallas once despaired of getting a kitten back into the house after she ran out into the night. I got out my laser pointer, and the kitten chased it back into their house within 15 seconds.

[OhZone]

20. Oh-MG!

You should see my friend's two dogs going crazy over a laser pointer. My dog ain't so interested, but my car pool friend's dogs are insane for it.

[TomSlick]

18. Move south?

Seriously, 12 degrees? If we were meant to live in such a place, we'd have fur.