Why Don't Dogs Mind Walking On Snow Or Ice?

sandyRoe | 15:12 Wed 23rd Jan 2013 | ChatterBank

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squarebear

Because they have thick paws I assume.

sandyRoe

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Even a thick paw would get cold.

RATTER15

I've often wondered this myself, they also walk through deep sticky mud etc when they could easily walk around it.

Old_Geezer

With all that dog hair, it's one of the few times they can get to cool their bits & pieces ;-)

Can only guess they aren't particularly sensitive to heat (a bit like youths during winter who feel it isn't cool to wrap up).

albaqwerty

They only mind when they skate and legs akimbo and mater/slave laugh their heads off.

Ratty2E

They do have sensitive paws though, as mine won't walk on gravel or stoney ground. Sometimes when they get in from being out in the cold their little paws feel frozen but it doesn't seem to put them off dawdling about out in the snow.

stewey

I know what you mean, OG: the kids around here think it's cool to be cold.

craft1948

My dog detests snow and refuses to go out. He doesn't seem to mind heat as one of his favourite occupations is standing, looking out of the window, with his front paws on a very hot stainless steel radiator.