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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

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.