A courageous dog, too heavy to be able to walk, miraculously survived being frozen to a sidewalk overnight.

The 59-year-old woman from Wisconsin who owns Jiffy, an aging border collie, let him out of the house in 6 degrees weather. The dog ended up being literally frozen to the sidewalk. A neighbour saw the dog stuck to the sidewalk and called police.

The local human society arrived at the scene and loosened Jiffy with warm water. It appears that Jiffy’s fat helped him survive one night in the bone-chilling weather.

“It is very disturbing to see a dog that overweight and then to actually come up and see the dog frozen to the sidewalk. It was very, very traumatic for me. I’ve never seen a dog actually frozen to a sidewalk before,” Human Society worker Carey Payne, one of the people sent to help the dog said. Officials at the Humane Society say they’ve received more than a half dozen calls from people who want to adopt the 11-year-old dog.

Jiffy’s owner was arrested for animal abuse and released. The woman told police she tried to get the dog inside but she couldn’t, so she left the dog there. The district attorney is considering whether to charge Jiffy’s owner.

Excess weight is dangerous to a dog. Obesity and excess body weight are estimated to affect more than 20 percent of dogs. Obesity is recognized as the most common nutrition disease in companion animals. Workers at the Sheboygan County Humane Society suggest the dog was abused long before he was frozen.