How to deal with Scottie snowballs

Phoebe has a very bad case of Scottie Snowballs, the balls of snow that attach themselves to a Scottish Terrier's coat, mostly around the legs, underarms and muzzle:



Thanks to the moderator of Yahoo's Nothing But Scotties group, however, we have a cure, which we'll let her describe:

I have a wee trick for snowballs that affix themselves to scottie furnishings - it's really a mess to get to armpit ice balls off - I plop them in the tub with just an inch of tepid water - then sort of scoop a bit of lukewarm water into the snow and ice balls - they dissolve right away - and it also keeps any salt or whatever might be around in the winter off their feet - they are usually a bit wet when they come inside from snow anyway and require a quick toweling - so this is just one more step and I find it easier then other methods I've tried - :o)

More cold weather advice can be found here, tips on Scottish Terrier Sweaters here, and a Scottie dog snow odyssey here.

Update: If you try this trick and your Scottie does what mine did and hops out of the tub, here are more tricks Nothing But Scottie' moderator: "If your girl is not used to the tub, she will get used to it if you include a few 'tub only' toys -- balls, whatever -- and keep the water just tepid, room temp. and only an inch deep."