What is the best way to remove snowballs from hair?

[Karlyn]

First snow of the season, and Max LOVES the snow! He will romp endlessly in it-but he gets snowballs, large and small, attached to his beard and legs...
Pulling them is not an option (ouch) I have tried the hair dryer-without much success. They eventually drop off (all over the house) and leave a multitude of puddles in a variety of places. I am having him groomed tomorrow, and he will get his usual 'puppy cut'-I am sure that will help somewhat...
Any advice?

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

This may sound crazy, but what works best for me is to squeeze them with my hands- the heat from your hands melts them pretty quick, and at the same time you can very gently pull- kind of like gently "wringing them out".

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

PS- A good brisk all-over towelling before squeezing helps, too.

[Holly Paterniti]

OMG!!!! That totally looks like Bear when he comes in from the snow :) If you do not mind me asking, where do you live? I hate to say this, I just let Bear eat the snow balls off of his legs.........as for his face, he licks then off.

[Mary Beth Sancomb-Moran]

We do the same with Casey - he snacks on them!

[Tamara & Giada]

I have NO idea, we are dealing this ourselves, but just wanted to say I LOVE the pic:)

[2itampco1w9fa]

We also had our first snow. Tucker gets little balls underneath his feet and I was wondering what to do about them. So far I'm just letting them melt all over the house.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

He looks so cute with his "Santa" beard!

[Eva (Lilo and Rocky)]

What has worked well for us (the 3-5 days/year we get decent snow) is a quickie trip under the shower, followed by a nice warm blow dry ;)

[2hl9mp3c2fuam]

Oh I hear ya!! The snow and I have NOT been friends lately!! I actually bought some doggie boots this weekend - I'm hoping they help!!

[Holly Paterniti]

I have not tried that with Bear, but did try it with my poodles in the past and I just let them run around the house. But then I would be right behind them as the snow melted with a towel wiping it up :)

[Jenn&Bruce]

I also bought doggie boots this past weekend, and they make a huge difference when it comes to the snowballs between toes, but as for the belly, bum, and beard, it's drip dry baby!
(before the boots, I would get a bowl or bucket with some warm water for his feet, dip them in, and the snow balls melt right off!)

[Melissa]

I use the dog booties and they work really good.
They tend to fall off about 45 minutes of running at the dog park.