# Taking your dog out in the snow

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-your-dog-out-in-the-snow/958597>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 28, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-your-dog-out-in-the-snow/958597 "2022-01-28T22:44:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-your-dog-out-in-the-snow/958597/18 "2022-01-29T20:55:06Z")

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**Thread title** : taking your dog out in the snow

My vote: of course I do!

**OP details, somewhat buried** : do you clear the snow for her to piddle? (The thread title is poor)

**My answer would now be** — hell no it builds character.

When I was in the field in winter, you squatted and went. It builds character.

A better title would’ve been — snow, do you clear it for your dog to go?

ETA — my dog:

> [@Pet pictures!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/978):
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> Dusty Rose! She’s a Chessie, a Chesapeake Bay Retriever. And she’s fast. [[Album] Dusty Rose! [Dusty Rose!] ](https://imgur.com/gallery/wB6dV9X)

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