Big Salmon Lake Dashing Thru' the Snow

His name is in the thread title, sooo... xD  

Dash had come for the salmon, but he had stayed for the entertainment. 

He hadn't even ended up cracking the ice, what with being so thouroughly distracted by... whatever it was that kept popping up out of that snowdrift. Each time the creature emerged, Dash's entire head followed its progress, up, down, up, down. He was enthralled. What could it possibly be doing? He found himself becoming more attached to the little thing as he watched, and every time it burried itself down in the snow he waited anxiously (or, with as much anxiety as Dash could ever summon for anything) until the creature reappeared. 

Dash's eyes widened as the creature popped up out of a snowbank by the lake and skittered onto the icy surface. It seemed to become distracted by the ice, beating its little paws against the surface. Dash's brow knit even further, his curiosity exploding. He began to inch forward for a better view. The last thing he wanted to do was disturb the little cutie and risk scaring it away, but he had to see what it was looking at...

The little thing seemed to possess an attention span comparable to Dash's, because now it was turning away from the pond and readying itself to leap back into the snowbank. It would have to be a very mighty leap for such a small creature, and leaping from the slick surface would be difficult. Dash wagged his tail furiously, like a spectator applauding to cheer on his favorite athelete.  As the creature went to leap, an excited, encouraging half-bark slipped from Dash's mouth. Whoops.