{"id":239820,"date":"2010-01-28T00:03:59","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T05:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef0128771e3663970c"},"modified":"2010-01-28T15:46:50","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T20:46:50","slug":"jiffy-obese-border-collie-found-frozen-to-wisconsin-sidewalk-in-2008-recovering-in-new-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/239820","title":{"rendered":"Jiffy, obese border collie found frozen to Wisconsin sidewalk in 2008, recovering in new home"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. \u2014 A year after a "morbidly obese" dog froze to a Wisconsin sidewalk, the border collie mix has lost 40 pounds and is slowly returning to an active lifestyle. Jiffy is still portly, but his owner said he’s finally moving "like a regular dog." The dog weighed about 120 pounds when he froze to the sidewalk in December 2008 in single-digit temperatures. His dense layers of fat probably helped him survive.<\/p>\n

Afterward a court ordered Jiffy’s owner to give him up.<\/p>\n

Patty and Peter Geise of Sheboygan Falls said that when they adopted Jiffy, he could barely step over a 4-inch-high pipe. Even then he had to rest afterward.<\/p>\n

The Sheboygan Press reported that now he walks a mile at a normal pace.<\/p>\n

Patty Geise said it’s rewarding to see how much Jiffy has improved.<\/p>\n

— Associated Press<\/p>\n

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