Snow dogs

[_sophie_]

Is there actually a breed of snow dogs? A girl i kind of know uploaded some pictures of her cousins dogs and said they were snow dogs.. they were ADORABLE!!!! Seriously seriously cute but i tried google imaging 'snow dogs' and it was different dogs in snow..? Anyone got any pictures of a snow dog?

[squarebear]

Do you mean huskies?

[milly143]

We used to have an Elkhound.

Was it one of these?

http://www.google.co....b=wi&biw=1259&bih=599

[Mamyalynne]

I love these, Bolognese dogs.


http://www.madaboutitaly.com/bolognesePup.jpeg

[whiskeryron]

of course not squarebear, surely you've heard of Snowmen, Snowdogs are their companions.Ron.

[milly143]

Actually, that's not true. Our was an elkhound/spitz. Adorable and such a lovely dog.

[squarebear]

Snow way Ron.

[_sophie_]

May well have been an elkhound but i'm not exactly sure.. they were just sooooooo unbelievably cute!

[_sophie_]

Ok maybe not.. i got a picture but it's really small : http://www.gravatar.c...bc23b64e7fd252e53.png

[lankeela]

The film 'Snow Dogs' used a variety of spitz breeds, Siberian Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes etc and their crosses. It is a generic term to describe any of the northern spitz breeds and sadly the film has resulted in many people buying these breeds or crosses which are often totally unsuitable for the homes, needing a lot of exercise, being noisy and moulting a lot, very hard to train and difficult to catch if let off the lead.
The rescues are full to overflowing with them and people are still breeding and advertising them as such. Being 'seriously cute' is not a good reason for wanting a dog.

[bookbinder]

Might have been Samoyeds?

[milly143]

I can only speak from my experience but our Elkhound/Spitz was a great family dog for us. She had a healthy life up to the age of 18 when her time was up (that was about 15 years ago). She had a lovely manner and was a very happy dog. She also gave us 10 lovely puppies, 9 of whom we rehomed. We lived across from a huge field so she did get plenty of excersize daily. Still miss her.

[milly143]

Why do I keep spelling excersize with a Z? ggrrrr.