Dogs and cold/cooler weather...?

bring them to dog daycare

They're fine outside during the day, I agree you should get them a dog house (or build one, it's not hard) filled with straw, just to keep them out of the wind. I would bring them in during the colder nights. I also live in Texas (near Waco) and have neighbors that leave their dogs outside all the time. My dogs are both inside dogs and kennel trained, but theirs seem happier outside, whereas mine are happier inside If you have a garage with access to the yard, you can build an enclosure in the garage with a dog door leading to the yard so they're free to run around the yard, but have a warm place out of the cold and wind to stay if they need it, that's the setup my sister had for her Boxers in Iowa and it worked well

Build or buy a dog house, and buy yourself some bails of straw to stuff the dog house with. (NOT hay, STRAW.) I also do not suggest you buy an igloo or other type of house, these are not very suitable for holding straw or heat. If you plan on building the dog houses, Make sure you cut the opening only large enough for the dog to get in and out, as well as having at LEAST a 5" lip at the bottom of the door to keep the straw from easily falling out. Also, if the dogs arent big into chewing, you can buy yourself a flap for the door opening to keep heat in and drafts out. (you can also acquire mud flaps and cut them into strips for the door aswell) Also keep the dog house up off the ground. Good luck.

Get them a doghouse big enough for both of them, and put it up on blocks in a sunny spot.

If you give them a half bale of clean hay in there, you'd be surprised how warm they can stay.

I have a dog that goes out all day in the Northeast, even in the winter - she's a smallish Aussie/Beagle cross, and she loves it out there, unless it's below 25 degrees!

Keep in mind, the dog house will need to be moved to the shade in the summer - but they may also use it then. Get rid of the hay, and replace it with a foam mat. My dog even has an old kid's sandbox, whichI hose down for her to lie in during warm wweather.

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Get them a dog house and will it with straw.

That should do until colder weather comes, then bring them in.

Why not keep them inside?

keep them inside and have someone come over to take them out if you can't psycho

make a kennel for them put blankets down