Annie, the snow dog

Some dogs are working dogs. They pull sleds. They "see" for the blind. They serve as companions for physically impaired, and some are rescue or security dogs. Annie is a snow dog, that's it. She sleeps from April through November, only waking to bark at the mail truck once a day or a delivery truck once in a while. But in December and for the next three months, she sleeps with one eye open as she eagerly waits for snow to start falling. Then she's up and out while we hunker down and add more wood to the fire.

Annie is part collie and part husky, but even at that, if you don't need to pull a sled, why stay out in the blizzard. I mean, it's sixteen degrees outside! Who is she trying to impress, anyway? Nobody else is out there.