Dogs are nutters in fur coats. Goofy, ridiculous fluff balls who eat the air while wiggling their hips like a Miley Cyrus video with the hanging tongue to match.
Put simply, they are the best creatures put on the planet in the history of creatures put on the planet.
Now add some snow and give them a job. Not just any job either, a life saving job.
Enter avalanche dogs and prepare to become obsessed.
I’ve spent the last hour trawling Instagram like a woman possessed.
I first found Fitz and his gorgeous little bitty red coat.

Then I died when I discovered Yuki. Look at those ears fly!

And Yuki has friends!! Kill me now they are so goddamn cute. I swear Yuki thinks she is Farrah Fawcett on the right.

And before I knew it I had a whole litter of avalanche pups to call my new friends including the hilarious Bandit, the shark dog hybrid. Told you they were nutters.

I don’t know who I adore more, Bandit, Ginger, Bo, Yuki, Solo, Zucka, Ruckus, Mason or Josie.
So I bundled them all up and put them in a slideshow. You can thank me later.
- Avi dogs from @ryancreary
- Avi dog from Keystone from @benlindbloom
- Awwww Ginger from @12tim
- More of Ginger from @12tim
- Lightening the load @resortalyeska
- Zuka! @resortalyeska
- Summer holidays for these avi dogs @natlskipatrol
- Tahoe love @elhawko
- Bandit between the legs @elhawko
- Oh the shame, the shame @kcoe91
- Northstar snow pooch @kcoe91
- Ruckus training at Stevens Pass @elhawko
- Is that a shark or a dog? @elhawko
- Ski Heavenly’s Bandit! @elhawko
- Solo and Bandit are brothers at Ski Heavenly @elhawko
- Snow blanket! @elhawko
- Can’t get enough of Bandit @elhawko
- Digger at Red River @kevincollings
- Tug of stick at Heavenly @elhawko
- Dogs of Keystone @sarahhelzer87
- Fun at Bridger Bowl @bridgerbowl
- Cute alert from Mason @coppermtn
- Beautiful Bo @lovelandskiarea
- You lookin’ at me? @lovelandskiarea
- Josie at Jackson @koto_photo
- Co-pilot @miklink
- It’s an avi dog’s life @12tim
Which one is your favourite?
Love the avi dogs at my local resorts in PNW, Washington! I’m forever jumping off the chair lift doing the typical “shit skier girls say” – “Puppppppiiiiies” when there’s avi dogs around!
Hi just wondering what breed of dog yuki is?