Dogs and Snow?

Question

We've just gotten our first big snowfall this year here in the midwest. My dogs are in heaven when they go outside. Especially my lab who likes to dig through the snow for ice chunks.

Anyone else have dogs that go nuts in snow? Just looking for some stories for entertainment purposes...

Answer 1

We can't keep our Husky or Malamute in the house when it snows or is extremely cold out. We have to fight for every centimeter to get them inside.

The one year, we let them stay out during a snow storm that dumped a foot on us, but where we live, it's on top of a mountain, so the wind is always blowing as well and we get drifts. When they were done playing, the dug themselves out a bunker so to speak and let the falling and blowing snow cover them over. All you could see of them were two lumps of snow. When I called them, they poked their heads up and came walking up like, is it time to go in already?

Answer 2

I have 3 mini American Eskimos who absolutely LOVE snow! The deeper the better! The first snowfall they are just overcome with joy and happiness! They run out and then will just push their faces down into the snow. When they look up, they've got snow covering their faces! I love it! Every year, my husband builds them a huge snow mountain and then digs a tunnel through it. They have a ball, playing "king of the mountain" and running through the tunnel. It's so nice to see them all so happy, and it really makes me greatful for everything I have in my life. If snow can make them so happy, then we need to appreciate the small things too. I also have a 6 month old Australian Shepherd, who has never seen snow, so I'm really looking forward to see h ow she'll react. I'm sure she'll love it just as much as the Eskies do! Great questions, thanks for allowing me to share! Any time I can talk about my dogs, I'm in Heaven!

Answer 3

My standard poodle Carl is insane for snow. He is black, but after he's been in the snow for a while he comes in with little snow and ice balls all over his coat. He loves to stick his nose in deep snow and if he is outside, his nose is WHITE.

Carl loves to go cross-country skiing with us - he can do 10 or 12 K without any trouble at all.

There are two hazards with big dogs and snow. The first is the roughness of old snow/ice. Dogs will play like crazy, run, fetch, etc, and at the end of the day you will wonder why they have bloody feet. They might not even limp, so be on the lookout before it happens.

Second, they can get snowballs (iceballs) between their toes, so watch for this. My poodle gets snowballs between his toes and then he limps. It hurts a dog A LOT. It can even cause permanent damage if they are running around because of the force of impact - and ice is like a rock.

Our solution is dog booties from LL Bean. We got Carl the blaze orange ones and now when we take them out of the closet he lies down and starts wagging his tail. He didn't like them at first, but now he knows BOOTS means we get to go out in the SNOW!

Have fun with your snow dog.

Answer 4

When I was younger I had an Eskimo Spitz who used to go crazy in the snow. Her name was snowflake, I had named her that when we got her because of her fur. Well, the first winter we had her we got about 3 feet of snow. Snowflake only stood about 1 foot tall. I took her outside and she dove into the snow. She couldn't walk through the snow because of how high it was so she bounced. It was hilarious, all you saw was this little white dog bouncing all over the yard, like she was on a trampoline. When we brought her in there were little snow balls all along the bottom of her fur. Needless to say, after that day Snowflake had earned the nickname Snowball.

Answer 5

I also have lab. Last winter when it snowed for the first time I took my dog out, he fell in a big pile of snow. I couldn't him for like 2 min! When he came up, he started running around in circles going crazy!

Answer 6

My bearded collie loved nothing better than snow! This was a dog who only barked in the winter when someone was out shoveling. He liked you to throw shovel fulls of snow on him and he'd keep barking until someone did!

He also liked to roll over and over and over in the snow (and he was in full show coat , down to the ground). When he got up, he'd shake and you could barely see him in the snow cloud that surrounded him! He always checked to make sure someone was watching him because this was a dog who liked to be laughed at.

Answer 7

Mine adores the snow! She LOVES to take a running start and leap off the deck into the snow drifts. She digs holes in it (though she's never dug a hole in the yard itself), she eats it, she rolls around in it. I think she is making doggy angels. It is such a joy to watch her playing any way, but to see such happiness over a bit of snow just makes me laugh. That little Elkhound is more entertainment than anything I've ever experienced.

Answer 8

I have five large black dogs that love the snow. The colder the better. I have had the spca called on me because the dumb fools won't come in the house. They will lay in the snow before they lay in the grass on a warm day. One of mine claims tha ac vent in the summer. Even my smallest sticks his nose to the ground and makes a trail in the snow with his nose.

Answer 9

Awwww

We have two dogs, a rotti and a shih tzu. Harley our shih tzu hates the snow because he's so little, he gets buried very fast. So when he goes out, he tip toes in the snow. It's so cute. Maggie, our rot, experienced her first snow fall this past february. When we opened the door to take her out, she refused to come out the door. So I took off running in the snow, hoping she'd follow. After 20 minutes, she put one paw in the snow. Immediately, she went nuts. She was running all over the place! She loved it, I couldn't even get her to come in!

Answer 10

my old dog smokey LOVED the snow, as soon as she could she would go out and roll around. we used to call her pepper when she had been out in the snow for a while (since she was naturally completely black), to the point where she wouldnt answer to smokey and only to pepper!! she liked to bury her face and would come up with her muzzle completley white.

my other dog on the other hand HATES snow. she's short with really fine hair so she would go out and get giant snow balls stuck in her hair and get stuck in the snow. she's so spoilled!!!