"I thought for sure Tio was going to hate the snow as a Florida dog, but he tore right through it and loved it," said Savage, executive editor of Pensacola News Journal, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK.

Jessie Miller, a veterinarian at Autumn Trails Veterinarian Center in Charlottesville and University of Virginia (UVA) alum, explained how to best keep your dog safe in frigid weather.

“I made an awesome snowman,” Abigail said, for the record. While Peterson has traveled and seen snow before, there was “nothing like this, at your house, with your neighbors,” he sai ...