The past couple of weeks have been pretty cold here in Montana as well. In addition to training dogs I also do private hour long dog walks/hikes for some clients as well. It had dipped down to -11, -14, etc. After about a week the temps started to warm back up.
One evening while talking with my husband I said - "It is SO nice to walk dogs in decent weather again. This morning it was 12 degrees!" He just laughed. But it really is amazing what a few degrees above zero can do for you. Yesterday it warmed to 42 above - a heat wave really. We are supposed to dip back down to frigid later this week. Sarah in MT