A Parallel of Puppies: Snow Dogs

Olie would drag her face through the snow on walks. She'd push with her back legs and walk across someones lawn like this. Sometimes all you'd see is her butt and tail sticking out of a snow drift.
Akela purposefully looks for clumps of snow that have been packed tightly, so that they form a solid block. Not too solid that they are a ice cube, but not too soft that they fall apart when he picks them up and chomps on them.