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Sophie with snow

We had our first real snowfall overnight, and Alayne took this photo of blind Sophie this morning after she'd been running around gathering up snowballs in her hair. In the summertime her low-slung body with the feathery hair helps tidy up the yard by collecting leaves and other yard debris, and in winter time she collects … snowballs. 

Sophie says it's hard to have a snowball fight with the other dogs when the snowballs are stuck to your body.

Yes, there's a lot of melting that goes on in the house after we let her inside!

Sophie with snow 2

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14 responses to “Snowballs”

  1. Moon Rani Avatar
    Moon Rani

    When your fishing pond freezes, Sophie can become your Zamboni!

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  2. Shirley and dachshunds Sunnie & Dieter Avatar
    Shirley and dachshunds Sunnie & Dieter

    Longhair dachshunds do like to ‘collect’ items to bring in from the outside. In wintertime, when we lived in Ohio, I always had to try to get most of the ‘dinkelballs’ out of Dieter’s long, long fur before he made it inside the house. Made the carpet on the back porch look like the re-arming area for a snowball fight!

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  3. Shirley * James/Portland, OR Avatar
    Shirley * James/Portland, OR

    She is so sweet and pretty! Nice to see something like this in lieu of all the horrible media events.

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  4. Penny Avatar
    Penny

    Sophie is stunning! What a beautiful baby.

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  5. Tonya Allen Avatar
    Tonya Allen

    Sophie is so pretty in her snowball skirt! My dog ends up with a train of iceballs too, within a minute of being out in the snow. He loves to play in the snow, but doesn’t seem to enjoy the subsequent snowball-removal stage, for some reason.

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  6. Mary H./Washington state Avatar
    Mary H./Washington state

    What a sweet little girl, snowballs and all!

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  7. Leila K. - Western Wash. Avatar
    Leila K. – Western Wash.

    LOL, LOL!!!

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  8. DarcC Avatar
    DarcC

    My Pomeranians collect all sorts of flotsam, year-round, including snowballs…

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  9. Ann Avatar
    Ann

    Sophie is gorgeous! I do believe that with her snowball skirt, she’s showing off the new fashion trend for low-slung dogs!

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  10. Glenda Avatar
    Glenda

    Precious little “snow duster”!

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  11. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    One of Santa’s ‘snow’-deer!

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  12. Anne in FL Avatar
    Anne in FL

    Little Sophie is looking very seasonal in these photos. Very cute!!

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  13. patty c Avatar
    patty c

    Sophie is such a cutie! That’s one thing I don’t miss about living up north: snowballs on the dogs. And those little ice balls on the hair between their toes. :o)

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  14. Barbara Techel Avatar
    Barbara Techel

    Adorable! That is too funny how she gathers all that snow on her fur like that. Joie had her first time in the snow recently, in her Elmer Fudd hat, no less. Though you might like to see… http://www.blogpaws.com/2012/12/blogpaws-wordless-wednesday-got-snow.html
    Merry Christmas!

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