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Which dogs like snow?

Which dogs like snow and like to be in it. I live in CT so it only snows about 3 months. So the dog needs to be able to live in summer and spring climates. thanks

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1. American eskimo
2. Fat, happy pups with furry bee-hinds.
3. husky Akita st Bernard Alaskan malamute
4. Huskies like snow
5. My Boston Terrier loves the snow and my shih-tzu doesn't mind it.
6. Huskies, St. Bernards, Alaskan Malamutes are all dogs that love snow and are very acclimated to it. You have to watch any dog with long hair in the warmer months though because they will get hotter easier.
7. Normally all dogs are fascinated by snow, but I know that most bigger dogs with full coats like cooler weather more; Like Huskys, German Shepherds, Newfoundlands, St. Bernards, and Keeshunds... Good luck~ Sierra ~ Send me a message if you have any other questions concerning anything about dogs, and I will be sure to help you.
8. My great pyrennes loves the snow. He dives into it coming back up looking like a snowbank lol
9. i would have to go with Huskys and alska malumead. (a tip about huskys. if you have cats please keep them away from the husky, they eat cats, or so ive heard from a friend who has huskys)
10. Malamutes and Huskies and St. Bernards. In reality, animals stay in the cold as long as you can.
11. Huskies and Malamutes love snow. They do have an undercoat to insulate them from the cold, but that undercoat also serves as in insulator from the heat in the summer. In the spring and fall, you need a good grooming tool to pull out the undercoat they shed. It is soft as goosedown and I often wondered about saving it and having it spun into yarnfor my knitting. Our grand dog has husky in her and has that wonderful soft undercoat. The grooming tool you will need is called a Shedding Blade. A nice crockery bowl (crockery keeps water colder than plastic) of water, with an ice cube in it, and a bit of shade is all your husky will need to stay comfortable in the summer.
12. My doberman pinscher loves the snow and my mom has a chow who also loves it. My minpin however hates it and does his business asap when it's time to go outside. Usually larger dogs with thicker hair tend to like the cold and snow more...my friend has a yellow lab that rolls in it!
13. My dog was a Dachshund-Corgi/terrier mix. He liked to go out in the snow... He'd even bunny-hop (short legs LOL) I live in IA, so we get all 4 seasons. He did well in all of them. I think any dog (save for the very short haired ones without doggy jackets) will enjoy snow if they are accustomed to it.
14. Huskies and Saint Bernards.
15. I live in Michigan, so similar climate..and have a Flat-Coat Retriever, one of the sweetest dogs in the world. He loves the snow like nothing Ihave ever seen..he jumps in it, eats it, sticks his head in it, and will chase snow balls. For hours. And he is 9 years old.
16. Great Pyrenees love snow, but they also tolerate heat fairly well. I live in a desert area which get very hot in the summer. I always bring them into air conditioning if the heat get close to 100 but other than that they do fine. I take them to Idaho part of the year and they love the snow. You might also be interested in the fact that although they enjoy have room to roam it is not a necessity for that breed. They make excellent house dogs if you don't mind lots of white hair everywhere.
17. I have a golden retriever and she LOVES snow. I live in Canada so we have snow about 5 months and she likes it!
18. Brave dogs like snow. Just because a breed has thick fur or some like the snow doesn't mean a dog you get will like the snow. Dogs have personalities and likes and dislikes just like people. I've had dogs all my life. I had a Husky (a breed supposedly bred to love snow) who hated snow, hated being outdoors and loved to be inside. She was a total suck in the winter but would go out for walks with me in the Summer. She loved water, adored playing fetch the ball and loved eating pickles (the sour ones). I had a Spaniel who hated water (they're supposedly a water-loving breed) and who would whine and cry when I had to give her a bath. She loved the snow and would play in her short, fine fur for as long as I'd let her (ended up getting a doggy sweater for her). She hated playing fetch and she would steal soda or beer cans and take them behind furniture and chew them up!! She hurt herself more than once doing this. Also had a Terrier who liked to dig (like his breed was supposed to) but he mostly loved to run like a Greyhound. He ran everywhere and wasn't loyal and obedient like his breed is supposed to be, he'd run off for hours and chase rabbits and birds. He didn't like snow, didn't like water, but loved sleeping on my bed all day if he got the chance. He hated playing fetch and loved to chew on lumps of sod (dirt). Had other dogs too - each unique and each special to me. Every dog is unique. The best thing you can do is talk to breeders of certain breeds that have a thick coat (at least a thick coat in winter as some dogs have a winter coat that "blows out" and is replaced by a summer coat), and provide safe, enjoyable experiences for your dog, whether you decide on a Rottweiler, Poodle, Chihuahua, a German Shepherd, or whatever. If your dog has bad experiences she or he is less likely to want to be in the snow (or in the car or the bath or whatever). (Example: my Spaniel hated water and would shiver and move around a lot and ONE TIME ONLY I accidentally got doggie shampoo in her eyes so then on till the end of her life she hated baths even more and quivered more, etc).
19. huskies are winter-esque dogs...but my boyfriends does awesome in all weather really.
20. I have a Dachshund and a Chihuahua and they go bananas for the snow. Ares, The Dachshund loves to shove his face into it and then break into a bezerk run around the yard. But I agree with everyone else..get a dog that has a thick coat..unless you plan on it being an indoor dog most of the time and only letting it outside to go potteh ^^
21. The Big Red Dog.
22. Try going to www.dogbreedinfo.com and looking up some breeds that fit in with your family and the climate there. It's a really easy website to navigate through, they have a search engine within their website. You can type in specific things like "all-weather" might work, and it will give you all of the dog breeds that have that within their description. To find the most compatible dog, the best bet is research and lots of it! :]