Life with a Barbet especially when it is snowy outside is so much fun. The Babret really enjoys the white powdery stuff. All the Barbet I have witnessed in the snow have this puppy reaction to it. They go outside, sniff, eat, lick, and roll in it. With their “barbe” (beard in French), they will collect an abominable snow face. If left outside for awhile the Barbet will develop what I like to call “snow locks” which are snow like dread-locks. They don’t harm the dog as the easily thaw out.
Here are some photos of Francie living in Illinois, approximately 13 weeks of age from Biscay Water Dogs in Canada. She is having a good ól snowy time with her sister, Ming, a Japanese Chin.
