Reading through the thread, I've noticed that some folks think that dogs are all able to survive outside because at one time they were wild animals that lived outside.
True for some breeds.
However, many domestic dogs do not share the same ability to survive outdoors that many of their ancestors had. Nor were they or their ancestors ever built to sustain some of the cold weather we have here in the US sometimes (especially in northern states).
Don't think you can buy a toy poodle and leave it outside all the time
