Sara, have you tried leaving the garage door open all the time. "Curisoity killed the cat and satisfaction brough him back"

If you can leave the door open she may go into the garage to look around and then she maybe would be more open minded to going inside OR could you spend some time out in the garage and talk softly to her so that maybe she would follow you into the garage and be less scared that way.

I know that with my Tucker, she was scared to death to come in the house. What I did was give her an oversized dog house filled with hay, blankets and on cold fall and winter nights I would place 3 hot water bottles under the layers of blankets and that kept her nice and toasty. I would sit by my sliding glass door with Tuck's food and talk to her in a soothing voice and eventually she would come into eat and then run back outside, then she progressed to taking naps on the kitchen floor....now she thinks she rules the house, just because she is the Senior Citizen.

I hope this helps. Good luck and keep up the good work, you are doing a wonderful job. Don't think otherwise.

Meg