Snow is Falling...

I have come to the conclusion that my dog loves the white snow more than myself. On Tuesday morning when we had our first snowfall my dog was the first to make his paw prints in the snow whilst Drizzle (my cat) watched reluctantly from the kitchen.
As snow only comes around for us in Pembrokeshire once in a blue moon, we tend to get very excited when we wake up and the white fairies have sparkled their dust over the land, snow looks so pretty when unspoilt. I stress 'when unspoilt' as it can get to look rather dirty once a few cars and lorries have turned it to a horrible dirty brown at the side of the road.
Back to Jed and Drizzle. Jed is a maniac in the snow, dancing around the garden letting out the occasional 'this is so much fun' bark and chasing Drizzle around in circles.
Drizzle has never actually seen snow before and so for her this is proved to be one terrifying experience. You can almost see the clogs working behind her little eyes, 'What the devil is all that white fluffy stuff covering my scratching post?' It was so funny to watch though, as Drizzle was doing her very best to avoid every inch of the white stuff, Jed comes bounding along, Drizzle scarpers and Jed begins tormenting her in the bushes! You would have thought that that would have resolved her fear (or made it ten times worse), but as the snow returns this morning, Drizzle took one look and skips back into the house. I suppose it must feel like walking on water to cats really.
And that's another thing, do your dogs always feel the need to eat snow? Jed is terrible. It is fun throwing snowballs at him though and watching him dive to catch it, but is eating snow really good for our best friend?
After doing a little research this afternoon, there is such a term known as 'snow poisoning'. This is simply when a dog that is dying of thirst, is surrounded by snow. The problem is that eating the snow doesn't equal drinking water, not by a long stretch! When you think about it, snow melts down to very little water and so wouldn't provide our pooch with hardly any liquid at all. I suppose that the moral of that story, is always make sure a nice bowl of water is on hand!
I hope you are all enjoying the snow as much as Jed and I, taking plenty of snaps of the white blanket covering the countryside, as we never knwo when it shall return!