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Thank you everyone for your replies - yes, we intend to keep her inside forever and simply sleep outside. - she already has a lovely, well insulated and warm kennel under our back verandah right next to the back door that she sleeps in and likes, she will continue to sleep in this - we have 2 younger children (3 and 6) and I can see that sometimes she likes being outside without them where she can relax and hang around in peace so that is why we are continuing with outside sleeping I appreciate the suggestions everyone has given!

I have a 7 month old desexed female Beagle that we have had since 12 weeks. She has lived outside under the verandah, rarely being inside the house since then. Now that the weather is turning, I am wanting to integrate her into being inside the house when we are home. I will admit to not being the best obedience trainer! She does sit and follows some basic commands when calm enough to listen (and as long as smell does not win!) She is a jumper (enough to push my 3 year old over) but does settle when backs are turned and she is ignored, however we are not over the initial jumping yet! I am looking for suggestions on how to integrate her inside with us and am thinking: - tether her to me on lead so she moves around the house with me - set a timer to take her outside every 30 minutes or so - set up her inside bed in a permanent spot with toys/treats on it Is anyone able to offer suggestions on anything else? I am aware that it will be trying for a while as she gets over the excitement and gets used to being inside when we are home - can anyone who has experienced this shed light on how long it might take? Just to add - she will continue to be put outside when we are not home and when we go to bed at night. Thank you