Every morning when we let the "cottage dogs" out of Kelly's Cottage, the first thing old Dillon and blind Kenai do (well, okay, it's really the second thing they do after a good pee) is take a good roll in the snow. They especially love doing this when there's fresh snow on the ground, as there was this morning. I took this photo of Dillon finishing his last roll.
Although almost all of the dogs love rolling around on their backs in the grass during the other three seasons of the year, only a few qualify as "snowy rollers." Dillon, one of our original Seattle dogs, and Kenai are two of the regulars. This photo is of Kenai in mid-roll this morning.
Kenai had come to us in late December a few years ago from an animal control shelter in the Mojave Desert in California. We were worried how a 'desert dog' would adjust to an abrupt arrival in the middle of a Montana winter. Fresh from the Missoula airport, I let her out of the truck, walked her into the snowy yard ... and she immediately dropped to the ground on her shoulder and began plowing her way through the snow with her face. She hasn't had enough snow yet!
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Read the article in USA today, and I commend these two young people. I know that they are two of God's messengers. I love the interesting stories of all the snow doggies. Snow doesn't stay very long by us, but when you have white dogs at least they stay cleaner than in the rain and mud. God bless the Rolling Dog Ranch.
Posted by: karen and the pack. | March 07, 2007 at 12:33 PM
I remember years ago one our dogs doing the snow plow with her face the first time she saw snow. Just had a grand time.
Separate subject. Obviously, putting a dog in a cold swimming pool in the dead of winter is animal cruelty. Obviously. But our beloved Spot would sit for hours on the top step of the pool regardless of the weather. Freezing, wind blowing, snowing. It didn't matter. She just had to be in the pool up to her neck. We asked a vet why she did that and he said, "Because she wants to."
Posted by: Bruce Small | February 12, 2007 at 09:22 PM
We have a 5 year old Husky that loves to roll around in the snow, as well. We've come to call Peli's hilarious antics "making snow angels" :-) She does it every chance she gets...especially when she's on leash and in front of strangers!
Posted by: Malinda Linstid | February 12, 2007 at 01:10 PM
The snow looks a little hard to make dog angels in but she's sure giving it a try! She's obviously not a desert dog at heart.
You roll and go girl!
Posted by: Leilani | February 12, 2007 at 08:20 AM
The snowy rollers are great! A great way to enjoy what you have...love the photos!
Big warm hugs,
ginger & Tobias
Posted by: ginger & Tobias (the greythound) | February 12, 2007 at 03:58 AM