Winter weather was back with a vengeance this week, and you know what that means — a puppy's first experiences with snow, dogs who are old hands at sledding and cats who like nothing better than to cozy up to a warm fireplace to take off the chill.

In continuing our ongoing Friday Pet Photos feature, we invite you to email a photo of your companion animal enjoying the season to ppsa2mi@gmail.com, any time during the week.

Please include your companion animal's name, age, and city or township of residence in your email. Be sure that your photos are 600 pixels wide and in .jpg format.

We put the week's photos into a slideshow, publish and promote each Friday here in the Pets section.

Lorrie Shaw is lead pets blogger on AnnArbor.com. Follow her pet adventures on Twitter.