Charleston (South Carolina/USA) - A few days ago, Emily Todd just couldn't help herself. At 11.30 pm, she woke her beloved golden retriever from a deep sleep - and took him outside.

The reason for the night-time excursion: it had just started snowing in the US state of South Carolina. And the young woman definitely didn't want her four-legged friend to miss it.

In a cute TikTok video , she also revealed why this moment was so special for her: the ten-year-old dog had only seen snow once in his entire life.

No wonder the furry friend didn't know what to do when the white flakes fell from the sky. Full of joy, the four-legged friend jumped along the road, rolled around in the snow, wagged his tail and beamed from ear to ear.

In an interview with the news portal Newsweek , Todd explained: "The weather forecast had changed a few times that evening, and the snow was supposed to arrive later and later. So I stayed up later than planned."

And it was worth it. When it finally started to snow for real, the young American described the moment as "magical."

"We went for a walk for about an hour that night and played," she continued happily. "The next morning we walked a few more kilometers through the snow."

For Todd and her best friend, this is a very special time right now: "It hardly ever snows here, so it was really so exciting. He loved the snow just as much as he did back then. It was so much fun to see his inner puppy from 2018 come out again in the snow."