{"id":53,"date":"2012-07-11T16:50:20","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T16:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovrs.com\/blog\/?p=53"},"modified":"2019-12-19T12:21:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T17:21:27","slug":"the-dog-days-of-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovrs.com\/blog\/the-dog-days-of-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dog Days of Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven\u2019t noticed yet, it is a little warm outside lately.\u00a0 Did you know that pets can very easily become overheated?\u00a0 And that heat stroke is a major cause for an emergency veterinary visit in the summer?\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-54\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ovrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Dog-in-Pool.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"351\" \/>That doesn\u2019t mean you and your pet can\u2019t enjoy the outdoors, though.\u00a0 Do the following to ensure that your pet stays out of the hospital this 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