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"Me and my siblings had a lot of fun playing in the snow with our cousins," said Koda. What he didn't mention was how he and his brother used to gang up on the smaller pups and push them into the snow. So what he actually meant was he and his brother had a lot of fun, at the expense of the other pups.

"We also loved to slide around on the ice," he added. Frozen ponds and rivers were fun places to play, but they could also be dangerous. Koda's expression became serious as he recounted one such encounter. "Once, my little sister fell through while we were all playing on the pond. Luckily we were able to get her out before she froze. But she never went near the water again."

"We never told our parents," he confessed. "They would have freaked out."