This is our Norwegian Elkhound, Freya. She was about 6 or 7 years old here. She LOVES playing in the snow, even now that she's 13, arthritic, and has blurry vision. She'll lay in it for hours. Let it rain though, and she almost refuses to go outside. When she was about a year old I answered a Craigslist ad giving her away to a good home. I had discussed another dog (we already had 2) with my husband and he said sure... So long as it had upright eyes (rather than a flat or dished face), upright ears, curly tail, fluffy coat, and was lap sized. Challenge accepted. We picked her up a week later. Poor guy.