An adorable video of a dog that refuses to go outside to go to the toilet before her owners go to bed.

The funny footage, filmed earlier this week in California, US, shows the cute canine absolutely refusing to move while her owner tries to coax her out of her comfortable position.

The filmer later wrote online: "This is a video of my dog who we let outside to go to the bathroom before we all go to sleep.

"She knows the routine and on this particular night, she chose to be difficult, with the entirety of this situation lasting over ten minutes."

"She only gets up in response to 'let me check your ears' which she knows what it mean," the filmer continued.

"Although she hates her ears being checked, this is the one phrase that she'll stop anything and do."

This is a video of my dog who we let outside to go to the bathroom before we all go to sleep. She knows the routine and on this particular night, she chose to be difficult, with the entirety of this situation lasting over 10 minutes. She only gets up in response to "let me check your ears," which she knows what it means. Although she hates her ears being checked, this is the one phrase that she'll stop anything and do.