Yes, I absolutely agree that they are bred for the cold weather...they love it. I have an 88% husky, 12% unknown (terrier, wild canid, etc..) and she loves sleeping out in the below freezing and absolutely thrives on playing in the snow. We recently just started to let her outside to sleep at night, with the option of coming back in on her own, since we keep it pretty warm in the apartment, and she stays out there all night. We have to con her into coming back inside in the morning. We were also thinking that she could get cold but I researched it a bit and read about the clues that she would give away if she was truly cold and I've yet to see it, even in very cold snowstorms