Six inches of new snow and a Corgi.

[Buzz Clik]

The little monster loves the snow, even when it's chest deep.

[knitter4democracy]

1. We've got 8" and more on the way.

I'll see if I can get pictures of our dog bounding through the snow. He's so happy to have it this deep. :) Looks like your doggie is happy, too.

[Buzz Clik]

2. Getting a taste of lake effect snowflakes?

Here in Indiana, we're expecting some wind to go with the white stuff.

[knitter4democracy]

3. Actually, we're not. It's weird.

They're saying wind here, too, and basically telling everyone to stay home. No church for us this morning.

[roguevalley]

54. we have no snow here in alaska. SIGH! but corgis rule. truly. :-D

[Deja Q]

4. I dig the first picture.

The background has a larger feel to it; then the pooch with the bewildered (?) look on his face... my interpretation is that of desolation.

Plus, none of the snow is yellow...

[ThatsMyBarack]

5. I'm not a dog person, but....

....I think Corgis are cute! :loveya:

[Frustratedlady]

6. My Schnauzer does, too. He chomps huge mouthfuls of it.

He's going on 14, but he acts like he's 5 months old, jumping into drifts and getting buried. He also loves it because the yard is his canvas!

[ccpup]

7. you guys are lucky

my pooches (a 10-year old dachshund going on three and a two and a half-year old Norwich terrier going on, well, two and a half) won't deign to put their delicate paws into something as cold, wet and "icky" as (gasp!) snow ... or, as we call it here in NYC, slush.

They just spend the day looking at me with those wide "why can't we go outside and walk?" eyes until I -- you got it -- take them outside to walk. And then it's a predictably mad scramble back to the front door, woeful eyes accusing me of playing some horrible joke on them.

But, hey, they DID want to go out, right? :evilgrin:

[Sal Minella]

10. Yes. My calico cat reaches up to the doorknob in her "Outside now" request but then when I open the

door she plops her butt down on the floor and gives me the look that says, "Wrong outside, unacceptable. Get me the outside that has the chipmunks running around in the grass. Now."

[WolverineDG]

13. She read "The Door into Summer"

that's my guess.

dg

[Sal Minella]

15. Hmm. Maybe I'd better read it too. I am withering under feelings of inadequacy at present.

[WolverineDG]

16. It's required reading

for anyone enslaved owned by cats.

;)

dg

[Sal Minella]

21. Am going to the library Monday anyway. Cora will remind me to look for this book, I'm sure.

Thanks for the tip.
.....Cora's household staff.

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

29. At least yours are polite. My cat just looks at me saying:

"Try again, asshole."

[AllieB]

8. My black lab is out helping his daddy shovel right now

He is diving into the snow like it's a pond! So cute! :)

I love Corgis! You've got a cutie there.

[Buzz Clik]

9. We've been looking forward to the winter...

Last winter was his first, and he loved it. The summer was not a happy time for him -- he really hates the heat. When the temperatures dropped, he wanted to spend more time outdoors. And today, he's in heaven.

[TahitiNut]

11. When Bo, my black lab, was alive .. he almost made snow fun for me, too.

He absolutely LOVED retrieving in the snow, porpoising through it with tail wagging in the air. When I had to shovel the drive and toss the snow over the fence, he'd attack every shovelfull ... even as the pile of snow got twice as high as the fence. Black labs KNOW how to find the fun in everything.

[AllieB]

12. Nero does that too, when he's not rolling in the snow!

It's really fun to watch, especially from inside by the fire. The wind is whipping here.

[EFerrari]

20. Labrador Retrievers are angels in hairy drag.

I have it on the best advice from the Kid.

:)

[TahitiNut]

24. They're ambassadors of good will from all of dogdom, I believe.

Looook at that face! How can anyone not love a face like that? :rofl: He's takin' hisself seriously there - at least as much as he can, right?


Here's (the late, great) Bojangles ...

[EFerrari]

25. We're been gifted, my friend.

lol

:hug:

[TahitiNut]

26. Indeed. Having Bo for 12 years was a big blessing.

When they say "man's best friend," it sure is true for this fella ... he was unconditionally loyal to the very end.

[poisonivy]

22. same with our black lab

She was born in march of this year so this is her first winter and she absolutely LOVES the snow. What my wife did was take our 30' leads and just put the handles over the height adjuster on our mower (it aint gonna move) and we just open the garage door, put the leads on and let them go. We also have a pure Siberian husky so we now have 2 snow dogs, and when i am out shoveling they are playing in the piles I just made.

[renate]

30. welcome to DU!

:hi:

[poisonivy]

59. Ty

I think I am just gonna do a notepad reply for this since so many of you have made me feel welcome.

LOL

[malaise]

14. So cute n/t

[TwilightGardener]

17. Glad he enjoys it. My dachshund isn't quite so fond of the snow, himself.

He runs outside and does his business on shoveled surfaces only (front walk, patio) and then runs back in, unless I go out with him and trample the deep stuff for him in the yard.

edit to add: my Weimaraner, of course, LOVES snow. The deeper the better.

[A-Long-Little-Doggie]

44. Ruby pounds the snow down so her brothers do not have to drag

their weiner weiners through the snow. She is a good sister!

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[PassingFair]

47. Ha Ha!

Looks like foam!

[A-Long-Little-Doggie]

53. It is a pain in the butt to get those snow chunks off of her.

And I gotta do it before she melts all over the house!

[TwilightGardener]

48. How adorable!

[PassingFair]

18. Looks just like my backyard this morning, including...

the Corgi!

My Corgi's name is SPROCKET.

He's a Pembroke, just like yours....

[Buzz Clik]

19. Mine is Rhys (pronounced "reese")

[PassingFair]

23. Sprocket doesn't like to go outside in the snow UNTIL

he's out there.

Then he doesn't want to come back inside.

I had to nudge his fuzzy pants out the door this morning,
after two failed attempts.

[Buzz Clik]

27. Ours is much more willing to dash outside.

Here's a picture (not one I took) that tickles me. It captures Corgi's athleticsm.



Despite the ridiculously low bar, I'm pretty certain that Corgi didn't clear it.

[PassingFair]

32. Picture of my Corgi below, Buzz.

Posted by my husband, Dread.

[dread]

28. I have a fat dwarf too.

Can you help me find my ball?

Please?

[PassingFair]

31. This is my husband posting a picture of Sprocket, Buzz....

And he KNOWS where his ball is...
he just won't bring it back unless
he WANTS to, OR a TREAT is VISIBLE!

[Buzz Clik]

34. Those dogs have a very unique personality.

They're cuties, but stubborn. Our cat owns that dog.

[Buzz Clik]

35. Oh, geez. That's a familiar look.

Does your dog distrust your camera? My acts as though a camera once set him on fire.

[PassingFair]

37. If it's not a treat, a plate, a bowl or a ball, he's.....

outta there!

[Kajsa]

33. What a cutie!

He is having a blast.

Thanks for the great pictures.

:D

[Buzz Clik]

36. Thanks!

As others on this thread have said, dog's who love the snow that much are pretty infectious.

[dread]

38. Cameras...soul stealers!

He's never trusted the paparazzi.

[Buzz Clik]

39. LOL!

[PassingFair]

43. Awwwww!

They are so alike, but so different!
We had the HARDEST time choosing from
the litter of 4....

[uppityperson]

41. I just met a 3 month old Corgi, what a cutie! Looks like this picture

fuzzy, big ears, adorable

[Stinky The Clown]

40. Little dogs with big, big hearts

Yours is a cutie! I like the first picture and that look that says "I own this stuff!"

[lse7581011]

42. My Shitzu!

won't even think about going out until it's shoveled! She seems to think it's "beneath" her!
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[Skittles]

45. OMG I love corgis

they've really got character - yes INDEED

[PassingFair]

46. They are INTENSELY silly.

I don't know what we laughed at before we got him...

The kids, I guess!

[Skittles]

49. I am curious, PassingFair

I very, very rarely ever spot a corgi - why is that?

[defendandprotect]

50. Are the corgis the dogs the Royals have???

[Skittles]

51. yes

I remember seeing more of them in England when I lived there but here in Texas I can think of only one time I saw one

[PassingFair]

56. She loves them!

On Edit: I think this is Helen Mirren!

[PassingFair]

55. I don't know....

They cost about the same as other purebred dogs...
Ours was around $600 from the breeder as a puppy.

They can cost a LOT more if you get them a little
older after their coats really come in and they've
proven their worth in a couple of shows of course.

We didn't want to breed him (good thing, as he had
an undescended testicle and as a result could never
have been shown), we only wanted him as a pet!

His line is actually FROM Texas, where they use them
to herd cattle. That's what they're bred to do -- low
to the ground so they can run between their legs.

There are two kinds of Corgis.

The Pembrokes, which are USUALLY reddish and white
(but can be tri-color) and have NO TAIL;

and the Cardigan, which have a wider range of
coloring, including "merle" coats and HAVE TAILS.

They are GREAT house dogs, so I really have no idea
why you don't see many more of them.

Pembroke:


Really cool picture of a Cardigan (sorry, big!)

[OneBlueSky]

52. I have a little Jack Russell who absolutely loves the snow . . .

being mostly white, he's sometimes hard to find when it gets up to six inches or more . . . the little guy's crazy as a loon to begin with, and snow just takes him over the edge . . . my mixed breed lab sometimes looks at him and, I swear, rolls his eyes . . . :crazy:

[goodgd_yall]

57. I like Corgis

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

[yardwork]

58. That is the cutest thing!