Timbertown Vets have tips for dog safety in summer

Letitia Fitzpatrick
December 9 2017 - 3:00pm
A SAFE DOG IS A HAPPY DOG: Timbertown Vet Hospital nurse Nikki Gibbs enjoying quality time with Charlie.
A SAFE DOG IS A HAPPY DOG: Timbertown Vet Hospital nurse Nikki Gibbs enjoying quality time with Charlie.

As we come into heatwave season, Timbertown Vet Hospital are warning that our dogs face the possibility of serious heat stress or heatstroke if they’re left outside during extremely hot days.  Heatstroke sees a dog’s core body temperature elevated above the normal range.

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Letitia Fitzpatrick

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Senior journalist, Wauchope Gazette

Worked as a journalist and assistant producer for BBC news and current affairs in the UK, Ulster Television, Q Radio and the Irish News in Northern Ireland. Moved to Australia and joined Fairfax Media in 2016. Won a Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship award in 2018 for reporting the Pappinbarra bushfires and the subsequent Rotary appeal which raised $30,000.