Does winter affect the behavior of your dog?

[Jean]

I'm really curious to know if the weather, especially winter affects your dog. There is lots of snow here and my dogs love it. My husky especially goes nuts when she first sees the snow fall. I was walking her today and we were having fun climbing up and down a huge snow mountain.

Please vote only if you have winters where you live.

[splitz831]

I'd have to vote three times three different ways...I have three dogs, one loves the winter and is so excited to be out in the cold, you have to drag him back in the house. Another doesn't really like the cold but is willing to run very quickly outside for a few minutes then cuddle up on the couch and the third one only goes outside long enough to notice that it's still winter and she'll come out again when it's spring.

Emma LOVES the snow! (or any form of water for that matter) Her first snow was late winter last year. We had a 12 inch snowfall and she weighed about 5 lbs. I took her out after shoveling a space to do her business so she woudn't get lost in the snow. She did her business then ran headlong across the shoveled area and took a flying leap into the deep snow! she romped around for quite a while including sticking her face right into the snow then flipping her head up and throwing snow up into the air! I wish I had pix but I didn't have a dig camera then and they didn't turn out too well.

[bonbon]

My dog loves the snow, hates the rain and loves the sunshine. We rarely get snow, but we had 8 inches here in early Jan. He loved chasing snow balls. I voted that he's pretty much the same regardless of the weather and he is, he loves chasing balls of any sort and is always excited to play outside unless the rain is pouring down and the wind is blowing hard.

[l_l_a]

mine LOVES the snow and cold!! when there's fresh powder in the fields he goes hog wild running and "skipping" around. I love watching his pure and spontaneous joy, it makes braving the harsh weather so worth it.

[storm22]

theres is a change with storm that he can run more in winter, but he loves the heat of summer (he is a cattle dog) we dont have snow in my town but it does rain and storm loves stormy weather if theres thunder and lighting he tends to sleep in the rain he likes walking in that weather (i know hes strange he loves watching fireworks too)

[milissa]

My three handle it differently as well--

Book doesn't care, he'll play in cold, heat, rain, whatever--so long as he has a coat on-- he shivers and burns through more calories than he is able to consume and by spring time, he looks like I don't feed him!

Daystar used to love the winter-- running around in brisk air was one of the funniest things she used to do. Now, though, she gets really stiff and doesn't want to go out at all-- she goes out, does her business, and comes right back in.

Jet has great, full thick coat, so he's all about running and playing ALL DAY-- and when Book gets tired, Jet grabs Book's coat and either pulls it off or drags Book around by it!

[posie]

my dog does not really care but then again i probly can not remember !!!!

I replied earlier that Emma loves playing in the snow so I thought I'd post a pix of her after playing in the snow. We got a few inches of fresh snow last night and she had a great time romping in it this morning!

[Jean]

Lol !!! Nice Picture !!!

[szecsuani]

Pami hates the cold weather, and it's not much snow here, but if we have snow, she hates it...
She just doesn't like to get wet, (hates water too...) and if it's cold, it's even worse.
So she is a real spring/summer dog.

[leema]

I don't find Mac behaviour changes, except he's a bit more cuddly because he wants to steal our warmth.

[mopar53190]

http://www.maniacworld.com/dog-havin...-the-snow.html

Does this dog like snow???

[Jean]

LOL NICE VIDEO!!!!!!! That dog is crazy!!!! But if I were the owner I'd be scared for the dog's safety. There can't be that much oxygen under the snow like that! But I bet that dog has been doing this all his life, lol.

[addictinganimal]

Love the video!

We live down in Florida, so "cold" is 60F to us. Not too much of a difference!