Anyone Know Anything About the Puppy Apartment?

Could you make a sheltered area outside for her to poop in? It shouldn't be too difficult to put up a roof and a couple walls. That way, she won't have to stand in the snow to go, and will be protected from cold wind. You could even buy some jumbo wee-pads to take outside with you each time so that she has a warmer spot to stand on. It would also come in handy to provide a shady spot for her in the summer.

I would hate the idea of getting her into the habit of going inside... I get that you are doing it out of desperation for her at the moment, but big dog= big poop! Lol.

I think before you do anything you need to talk to a professional who knows about your breed. Pretty sure you are not the first great dane owner who has had this problem. A professional will be able to say, oh yeah, they all do this because of that so if you do this all is well.

I had goldens, they did not like the summer heat here so, although they look odd, I would get a puppy cut every summer.

i'm just trying to control my gag reflex at anyone bringing their dog INTO the house to poop.
everyone has to clean it up sometimes, but......
ewwwwwwwwwwww.
khairete
S. (on her way out to clean up horse poop, but where it belongs)

Figure out how to paper train her. My fil's dog does this and he has no accidents.

I hope that wherever she ends up as a therapy dog, that it's not in Minnesota. She will cause a lot of problems in her home if she does this. Talk to the people who place these service dogs and explain this to them so that they properly place her.

I went to the store this week and the sales lady told me that with the subzero temps we had (-40 with the wind chill), she put a sandbox down in her basement so her 2 dogs could go. She said she does this whenever the temps get really low. No one suffers. My neighbors dog even refused to go out Monday and Tuesday and they let him go on papers on the inside porch.