HUNTINGTON, WV (WOWK) — As the summer time warmth blazes on, we have all figured out how to very best maintain ourselves cool and hydrated. But, what about our animals?

Murphy, a local black Labrador retriever, enjoys very little extra than to expend the day chasing tennis balls.

A single warm summer season day, however—playtime proved too a lot for him.

“We had taken Murphy to the park, to participate in tennis ball just like we’re undertaking now. It was hot, it was humid, and we could notify he was starting to get exhausted. So we walked him residence, about a quarter-mile, and he collapsed in our driveway,” clarifies Murphy’s proprietor, Monthly bill Bartlett.

The terrifying circumstance swiftly took a flip for the even worse.

“[I] ran water more than him, termed the vet…took him to the vet the subsequent morning, [and]