Snow in Denver, and Spirit the Chihuahua

We awoke yesterday morning to a couple inches of snow on the ground. Our dog, Spirit, must never have encountered the white stuff before because when I let her out of the back door, she looked puzzled. You could almost hear her thinking: "Where is all the grass and porch, and what is this white stuff?". I encouraged her to walk out (ok, her butt got a little push with my food - just a little nudge). She walked into the 2-inches of snow and a look of complete shock held her face. "This is COLD!" It took me walking around, making a path for her before she would pee.

Then this morning, it was actually still snowing when we went outside. Spirit was hesitant at first because I'm sure she was remembering yesterday morning. But I went out first, then she followed. She started to turn back but I closed the door. It didn't take as much encouragement today because some of yesterday's snow had melted, revealing dead grass.

What a quandry! What will she do when we've gotten a foot or two of snow, which is completely likely, given where we live? Guess we'll have to make sure most of her walks are in the backyard, or get a litter box or something. After all, she's only 10 pounds. And very stubborn.