A mystery dog illness is sweeping the UK with another woman coming forward to reveal that her dog was left 'lifeless' and 'limp' after a walk by a canal last week.
Nicola Jane, from Leeds, West Yorkshire, walked her six-month-old Lurcher along Hunslet canal and he became extremely poorly a few hours later.
The dog was left fighting an infection in his body for five days following the walk, which nearly killed him.
Nicola had also been walking a friend's dog at the time who also became ill, though it managed to recover within a day.
She said that both dogs started showing symptoms within four hours of the walk and 'seemed off'.
It comes following reports of hundreds of dogs experiencing similar symptoms, sparking warnings from vets to avoid coastal walks.
A woman's dog was left 'lifeless' and 'limp' after a walk by Hunslet canal in West Yorkshire last week
Louisa Moss was 'terrified' when her eight month old Staffordshire bull terrier Nalu picked up a severe infection and became so ill it had to be put on a ventilator
David Arthur's 13-month-old dog Odin went swimming every day at Hayling Island beach near Portsmouth, Hampshire, but had to be put to sleep after developing a lung infection
Speaking about her lurcher's battle with the mystery illness, Nicola said: 'On day 3 he started to perk up, I thought the worst of it must be over and he was getting better like my friends dog.
'I was still concerned but his food started staying down so I thought he must have been on the mend.
Nicola had read the stories online about what was going on at the Yorkshire coasts.
She added: 'I woke up around 3am on night four, and just thought I was loosing him.
'I thought he was dead, he was shaking and being sick, he was limp in my arms I thought he wasn't coming back from this.
'At that point in the night I took him to the emergency vet, I was really shocked with the numbers that were there. I was terrified.'
The vet carried out blood tests and kept the overnight for monitoring on IV fluids.
Nicola added: 'He is a mess, he is like a skeleton he is that skinny. He lost that much weight.
'There was nothing on him, no life, he was limp, I thought he was gone, I thought I was losing him.'
She claimed the vets told her it was a virus that is spreading, originally from beaches. It has now apparently spread due to people going to beaches then back to cities.
Nicola also said the vets said it's best to avoid the popular dog waking areas at the moment, as it's spreading from dog to dog very quickly.
She said: 'It's strange, it's kind of the same impact as covid, some dogs are handling it better, I have seen the difference firsthand between the two dogs.'
Relatives of Nicola have also had their dogs admitted to the vets, some for 3 days.
It comes after a dog owner told how his 'fit and strong' one-year-old Great Dane died after he developed a lung infection from swimming in 'polluted' sea water.
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