Inside dogs or outside dogs

My fiancé and I recently adopted a 3 year old Chiweenie, Roxy. He has never had a dog in his life, me on the other hand have grown up with no less then 3 dogs in the home at any given time (currently 5 at my parents home). So the discussion on the table today is whether or not to allow Roxy to stay inside when we are not home. Why was this brought up? Well I returned home from work this morning to find my parents 8 year old Akita mix had had diarrhea while being left in the house for the night! (gag! gross!!!!) So we began discussing and believe we decided our patio/balcony area will be quite cozy with a dog house! Here's to Roxy's new OUTSIDE house!