One winter I had suddenly blind dog. She'd pretty much spent all day outside before she lost her sight. That winter, I shoveled paths in the deep snow so that she could easily navigate, by herself, outside my house. You just reminded me of her, my Solimar. She was a fabulous creature. I miss her.
I live south of Buffalo and Rochester, almost on the border of Pennsylvania. This was a freakily early snow though, and deep enough for the plow guy to come. So cold!!!