A heartbroken couple have told how their pet puppy fell seriously ill and died shortly after swimming in water at a Hampshire beauty spot. Hannah May Washington and partner Jordan Shearman had taken their dog Roo out for a daily walk to the Anton Lakes nature reserve in Andover on Saturday, April 20.
But just minutes after their dog went into the water for a swim, tragedy struck. Hannah told WiltshireLive : "We have taken Roo to the lakes many times before, but not so much recently, and did notice that a lot of the areas he would usually swim, were incredibly dirty, much more so than normal, so we didn’t spend so much time swimming in those areas. However, he did jump in briefly for a lot of them."
As the couple neared the end of their walk through the beauty spot, they noticed something amiss. Roo's eyes appeared droopy. "We figured he had gotten too much water in his eyes so we decided to end the walk and return to the car," said Hannah. On the way home from the lakes, the couple "knew straight away something was wrong" when Roo became extremely agitated and appeared to struggle to stand-up.
