Pippy-dog sleeps outside here, too We had her inside full-time as a pup but it was just too messy... no matter what we tried, she wouldn't/couldn't be toilet-trained and it was just too much for me (being heavily pregnant and chasing a toddler) to clean up the endless puddles and poos every day. DH got fed up and put her outside, he and my dad built a little kennel for her that sits on the front verandah so she has somewhere warm to sleep on cold/wet nights (there's a big doona in there for her to snuggle) but some really cold nights I let her into the laundry as it's babygated off from the rest of the house and the floor is concrete so easily cleaned up the next morning.