A woman feared her Labrador would "drop down dead" in front of her after he was struck down by a rarely diagnosed condition. Laura Dennis, from Nottingham, was left anxious and upset when her beloved 12-year-old pet dog Tucker found himself battling to breathe.
His quality of life became greatly reduced and Laura struggled to understand what was wrong with her poor pooch. She told the Mirror : "I was very concerned that Tucker could have a breathing crisis and collapse and suffocate in front of me, just because he was excited to see me or had got too warm on a walk."
