VIDEO: Dog helps shovel snow from ice rink in backyard

TORONTO, Canada (KTRK) -- A man in Canada used his dog to help him shovel away snow from his mini ice hockey rink in his backyard.

Greg Cox took video of his golden retriever named Elsa, with a shovel in her mouth, as she pushed away several inches of snow off the rink in Ontario.

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Cox loved the video so much he posted it to the social media website, YouTube.

"She loves it out there, and takes any opportunity she can to get out back on the ice," said Cox after he posted the clip on YouTube.

Thousands of people have watched the video of Elsa plowing the snow.

United Press International contributed to this story.