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Understanding winter pet health risks
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Understanding winter pet health risks

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While some dogs prefer to be outdoors regardless of the weather, the cold and often snowy and icy conditions winter brings can pose serious threats to their health.

Hot conditions could lead to heat-related illness, OHA warns
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Hot conditions could lead to heat-related illness, OHA warns

  • Oregon Health Authority media release
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FREE NEWS: As summer reaches its peak — and with a hazardous heat watch in the forecast starting Sunday — Oregon Health Authority (OHA) encourages people to avoid activities that could lead to heat stroke and heat exhaustion.

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The facts of hypothermia

  • Neita Cecil
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Hypothermia is when the body gets very cold and can’t warm up on its own, according to UpToDate, a medical website. It occurs when the body, normally at 98.6 degrees, drops below 95 degrees.

Dog days of winter
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Dog days of winter

  • Ben Pierce, The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
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Tips for keeping your dog safe during winter’s cold