Hi!

I have a question about a behavior my American Eskimo exhibits when she
goes out into the snow. Most of the time when we go out in the snow,
she'll roll on her back a lot and also lie flat on her stomach and drag
her body through the snow with her hind legs kinda dragging behind her
for about 10 seconds or so. We take good care of her, she has no skin
problems, etc., and I'm sure it's nothing, but I'm just curious as to
why she does it. I want to say it's just because she likes being in the
snow (We had a Chinook once who liked to dive head first into snow
banks and carry hunks of ice around in his mouth and I _know_ it was
because he _loved_ cold weather.)

TIA,

Juno

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Hi!

I have a question about a behavior my American Eskimo exhibits when she
goes out into the snow. Most of the time when we go out in the snow,
she'll roll on her back a lot and also lie flat on her stomach and drag
her body through the snow with her hind legs kinda dragging behind her
for about 10 seconds or so. We take good care of her, she has no skin
problems, etc., and I'm sure it's nothing, but I'm just curious as to
why she does it. I want to say it's just because she likes being in the
snow (We had a Chinook once who liked to dive head first into snow
banks and carry hunks of ice around in his mouth and I _know_ it was
because he _loved_ cold weather.)

Its a breed trait. I've never heard of an Eskie who didn't *love* snow.
Playing in it, working in it, wallowing in it.

--
Tara

"junoexpress" wrote in message
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| Hi!
|
| I have a question about a behavior my American Eskimo exhibits when she
| goes out into the snow. Most of the time when we go out in the snow,
| she'll roll on her back a lot and also lie flat on her stomach and drag
| her body through the snow with her hind legs kinda dragging behind her
| for about 10 seconds or so. We take good care of her, she has no skin
| problems, etc., and I'm sure it's nothing, but I'm just curious as to
| why she does it. I want to say it's just because she likes being in the
| snow (We had a Chinook once who liked to dive head first into snow
| banks and carry hunks of ice around in his mouth and I _know_ it was
| because he _loved_ cold weather.)


She is cooling her belly. My boys do it when they get warmed up running
outside.

Breed trait, mine don't live in the snow but they do the same thing on
the grass. Have one even that likes to sleep on his back with his legs
relaxed in all 4 directions. It's a sight to see. LOL

Marie