Today sees the launch of ‘Be Dog Smart Week’, our annual dog safety campaign. This year, given the current lock down, the focus is on safety around dogs in the home.

With temperatures set to average in the high teens this week we are warning the public of the serious dangers hotter weather can have on dogs.

We are fearful of an influx of unwanted dogs as a tiny seven-week-old puppy was found wandering alone in Dublin’s inner city centre last Friday night.

Due to the amount of time most owners have been spending with their dogs recently, we fear many dogs have become too reliant on human attention over the past number of weeks and will become extremely anxious once their owners go back to work.