[Homestead] Warning - dog frozen to sidewalk
bob ford
bobford79 at yahoo.com
Sat Dec 6 09:18:23 EST 2008
For all of you people who live in real winter, pleasewatch your poor dogs. yesyetday about dalight, my poor dog awakened, stertched wnt to the door to go pee; when I opened the door she turned arouind to go back to the living room, with a look like "scr*ew this, I'll hold it or pee inside"; and it was only in the fifties, here.......................
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Dog frozen to sidewalk; fat helped it survive
Posted 31m ago
Shelter workers poured warm water over Jiffy's back end to unstick him from the sidewalk, a shelter manager said, and it was too soon to say whether he suffered any long-term effects.
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A dog weighing more than 120 pounds survived being frozen to a sidewalk overnight, probably because he was insulated by layers of fat, authorities said.
The Sheboygan County Humane Society says the "morbidly obese" dog, an aging border collie mix named Jiffy, froze to the sidewalk when he was left out overnight Wednesday. Shelter manager Carey Payne told The Sheboygan Press that few dogs could survive the single-digit temperatures, and it was probably the fat that made the difference.
Jiffy's 59-year-old owner was arrested Thursday morning on suspicion of animal neglect, Sheboygan Police Lt. Tim Eirich said. She told police she tried to get the dog inside but couldn't, and instead checked on him every few hours.
The dog is 11 or 12 years old, Eirich said. Shelter workers poured warm water over Jiffy's back end to unstick him from the sidewalk, Payne said, and it was too soon to say whether he suffered any long-term effects.
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