Shimmy the Aussie's Weight Loss Journey

01/14/2023

It’s been a year since Shimmy started her weight loss journey. She started at 127 # and now is a normal weight at 55 #. Doesn’t she look great. 💗

09/28/2022

Shimmy is enjoying the sunshine. Her dad says she’s now made it under 70 pounds. He and her veterinarian are happy with her progress. 💞

08/06/2022

Shimmy is excited to share her Saturday news. 73 pounds is her new weight. A loss of 54 pounds. Way to keep up the good job.

08/02/2022

Shimmy has had so many new life events since she joined Miller's Cause Animal Rescue in January. Her weight loss journey has been remarkable and she’s done so well over six months. She has a few more pounds to loose and we are excited to continue to get updates on her over the next few weeks. Shimmy is super excited to announce a very special day as she starts a new journey with her new dad. HAPPY ADOPTION DAY Shimmy. Congratulations William.

07/24/2022

Shimmy is enjoying the summer zoomies.

07/09/2022

Shimmy got a bath today and is so proud to show off her new summer figure. She’s smiling after her stair climbing exercises.

06/20/2022

Shimmy has been on her weight loss journey for five months. She’s made huge progress in her weight loss and in her fitness. See how different she looks from January to March to June. 127 pounds to 80 pounds.

06/14/2022

Two more pounds. Way to keep working Shimmy. 45 pounds total lost so far. Shimmy loves going for car rides and visiting Hollywood Feed for her weight checks.

05/22/2022

Shimmy has worked hard this month and lost another 10 pounds. Shimmy started at 127 and is now 84 pounds. A total of 43 pounds lost. That’s a whole other dog in weight she has lost. We are so excited for her. Her goal is to be between 45-50 pounds.

04/28/2022

Shimmy is so Happy to share her new picture as she shows her slimmer self. She’s now 94 pounds. A total of 33 pounds lost. She still has many more pounds to loose but we are so Proud of her hard work and how happy she’s becoming to walk and exercise.
Shimmy is available to foster or foster to adopt. Message Miller's Cause Animal Rescue if interested in learning more about Shimmy.

04/16/2022

Shimmy had a little break in her walks as she got a little sore after a 1.1 mile walk. Our weight loss is still moving down ward which is soooo positive. We are ready to pick up the walks again and just not go quite as far for while.

03/31/2022

03/30/2022

Shimmy broke the 100 # line. 98.8 #

03/24/2022

Body Condition scoring.

03/24/2022

Two more pounds. We are almost at our next big goal. Good job Shimmy.

03/16/2022

Weigh in Wednesday. 3 more pounds. 24 total so far. ❤️

03/14/2022

Shimmy got her Fi Collar and has walked yesterday and today. 0.55 miles yesterday and 0.8 today.
Thank you to the donors who made donations to help purchase her collar.

03/12/2022

Shimmy showing off her slimmer figure. Seven weeks.

03/09/2022

Shimmy spent the day with Jessi at ROC Animal Training and Behavior. On her way home we stopped at Hollywood Feed for a weight check. We haven’t made much change this week but we are hopeful for good weather and more walks.

03/05/2022

02/21/2022

Shimmy hit a major mile stone today. She’s been on her weight loss journey for one month and has lost 20 pounds. Way to go Shimmy.

02/11/2022

It’s a Friday update. Shimmy is making progress in her walks. She made it 11 houses before turning around and was only five houses from home before she had to take a rest stop. Her weigh in this week was awesome. From her original weight of 127 pounds to Monday this week she was down 11 pounds to 116. Foster mom can tell she’s moving better.

02/09/2022

02/08/2022

Welcome to my page.

My name is Shimmy and I am a 3 year old Standard Aussie who was originally adopted at approximately 1 year of age and a weight of 45 pounds from a local shelter. Here I am a little over two years later and was returned to the shelter at 127 pounds (280 percent of my ideal weight).

Why was I returned? Well quite simply because I had gotten so big that I was getting in the way.

The shelter staff were quite concerned about me and felt I was going to need a medical assessment and care they would be unable to provide for me before I could be adopted into a new home. So they did the best thing for me and reached out to see if a rescue could take me into their care. I’m really grateful Miller's Cause Animal Rescue agreed to take me into their program and help me get started on my new journey.

One of the very first things they did for me was to get me in to see Dr. Harris Halo Animal Hospital
I am probably one of the most overweight dogs she has ever cared for. She did lab work and an exam to make sure i didn’t have any medical reasons to have gained this much weight in such a short time frame. All my lab work was normal. So that’s really good. It just means I was probably allowed to eat toooo much and not exercise enough.

I have been told I will need to be on a weight management food and an exercise program. At first that sounded like a lot to manage but so far it’s been kinda easy. My foster mom gives me just a certain amount of the special weight food twice a day and takes me for walks. Which I love to go out and walk. Of course I get kinda tired and short of breath but I’m getting better and able to go a little farther all the time.

Foster mom says I am a super sweet girl and I do well with other dogs and even the kitties. I really enjoy going outside and trying to play with my foster fur siblings. Sometimes I can’t keep up yet but I try really hard. Maybe that is how I got my name Shimmy. I like to shimmy and shake and show off my Aussie wiggle butt.

I look forward to taking my friends on my journey back to being able to do all those Aussie things like run, jump, wiggle and play.

If you are interested in opening your home to fostering me and helping me get back into Aussie shape the rescue foster application is attached.

The Rescue can provide crate, food, meds, prevention etc.
I just need someone to open their home and give a little of your time to take me for walks and maybe to swim time when I loose a bit more weight.

https://form.jotform.com/millerscause/foster-application-form

If you can help cover some of my expenses for food, medical or swim therapy the rescue is always always grateful for any support.

PayPal.me/Millerscause

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02/08/2022