(and honestly what a good excuse to go downeast where my family lived for centuries and do something fun and engaging instead of just staying home 'enjoying my mortgage payment' while feeling the crushing weight of late stage capitalism and rampant fascism on my spirits)

what hasn't worked:

- expecting recall to work at all because snow exists

- offering treats (even when his siblings are getting some)

- any tactic that successfully worked earlier that day/otherwise too recently

- showing him a snuffle mat (specifically ones that are bright yellow or orange. he ignores the other colors)

- a high value plush toy that he hasn't played with recently

- showing him a raw, whole acorn squash

- shaking a can of whipped cream*

* cannot be tricked into not getting some