Why you need three dogs!

[Ginger's Mom]

The *Fluffier* they are, the better their insulation is - and the LESS heat
they give off or that you can feel in their fur!

My all-time *FLUFFIEST* was dear Bowser - the little Husky/Corgi/Shepherd
with the SUPER-Plush rug - double coated, to boot!
Bowz could be out for 20 minutes in a snow storm, and when he wandered inside
he looked like a miniature SNOW-man! The ONLY parts of him that were't caked in
a 1/4" of snow were the end of his nose, his eyes, and his feet!

Same storm would leave Cinder, the rather soft & plush (double) coated Shepherd,
with a mere dusting of snow, head to tail.

Smokey, the very short coated (but also double-coated) Heinz-57 kid, would be
getting 'chilled' and came in with a WET coat - he'd melted off everything
that fell on him.

MiniMutt (Heidi) probably won't be another "Snow Dawg" - Min Pins don't have a double coat, and for sure she's not got much "fluff" to hold in heat!

It's funny you should say that, Phred. I sort of assumed that it was their coat that was holding in the heat, and not sharing it with me. But I hadn't taken it the step further, that the little snowballs in her fur were from the same effect. I just assumed it was because her hair was long, but you are probably right, not only long but also double coated so holding in the heat from melting the snow. All I can say is if those Eskimos wanted to keep warm they should have adopted chihuahuas.

[Cinder & Smoke]

All I can say is if those Eskimos wanted to keep warm,
they should have adopted Chihuahuas.

There migh be a problem with the Alaskan Chihuahua plan >>>

That being:
HOW do ya keep the lill buggers WARM till BedTime??

Tossing a few FROZEN Chis into bed won't help with raising the temp much!
Be like sleepin wiffa loose tray of Ice Cubes!