Shovel her a path and clear it down to the grass for her! Poor puppy. Or get pee pads until the weather breaks.

If you are experiencing very low temps like we are this morning, your pup's feet may be getting "frost bit". Mine had a difficult time walking this morning,too. Never could find dog booties that would stay on!

My dogs wear booties, the big ones when the temps are single digits, the small one anytime there is snow on the ground and temps less than 25. I have found mutluks to be the best brand, and the key to using them is to make sure you velcro them tight.

The dog will hate the booties, but will eventually get used to them. When we are going for a walk they slink around while I am putting on their boots, but they certainly like it better when they are out. I do have to keep a close eye to make sure the boots don't fall off.

We shovel an area for our dogs.. they wouldn't go outside otherwise. This leaves my DH shovelling our driveway, our daughter's huge driveway, my MIL's driveway, the path to the greenhouse, the path to the compost and two large areas for the dogs. He does NOT like winter! LOL!

I had a dog that was afraid of it or just didn't know what it was. She got used to it and did her job.

I would be leery of the pee pads. My neighbor used them and when she took them up the puppy still peed in that spot.

My pup was doing great with transitioning from her previous newspaper potty area (at the breeder's) to going outside when she came to live with me. And then last winter's huge blizzard/snowstorms hit the D.C. area. There was sooo much snow that she really couldn't go outside (she's a little "Toto" terrier, and at the time she was very small and didn't have a full coat of fur), so I put down newspapers in the house (corner of a room), and she did her business there. When the snow finally stopped and some sidewalks were clear, I took her out.

All that white still confused her, but she found a spot to do her business. Then she climbed up on all the snowbanks (they were 2-3 feet tall) and loved, loved, loved it. And then she climbed up on a snowbank around a lightpost that was taller than I am!

The snow put our potty training behind a bit, but she quickly transitioned back to doing her business outside. And even though I still keep some newspapers in a corner for her, just in case, she's used them probably just twice. It's like she thinks it's disgusting to do her business inside the house!

Just try to shovel and sweep; act excited about being outside; keep repeating whatever words you use to tell her to pee/poop; and then remember, when she does her business, to give her a treat inside. (I also give my pup a good cuddle in a towel to warm her tootsies up!)

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I forgot to mention when I first posted that my dear husband had shoveled a path for me and her to her regular place in side yard to do her business. I guess the white stuff scared her. I tried again this noon and she ran back inside (pulling her leash and me). I put papers by the back door (inconvenient as heck) and she pottyed right by the papers. I don't think she understands the paper thingy. I have been taking her outside about every hour and a half to let her do her business during the day. And she sleeps with us at nite. I put a doggy diaper on her at nite just in case, but they have been dry in the morning so far. Thanks for the help once again. It has been so long since I have done this potty training stuff.

try blotting a little bit of pee on the newspaper in the middle, they love to smell the pee scent and will go there again. Leave a little scent for the next time.