My collies could curl up in the snow and take a nap and my rescue half Bichon runs out, TCOB, and is back at the door pawing like mad to get in. Of course he is cut pretty short.
My dog was trying to sniff in the little dusting we had yesterday. I told him “just wait till tomorrow, you can get your whole snout dug in.”
I had a heavy coated Golden Retriever who didn’t really like to hunt. When she’d get bored, she’d make her way back to the truck and lie down in an icy puddle where the heat of the engine had melted the snow. She’d jump up when the hunters came back with icecicles dripping from her fur — happy as a clam.
My current Golden, who has a thinner coat, loves the snow too and likes to roll around in it. I think the cold relieves his skin allergies.
So the other half is the FREEZE part?