Summer precautions for people and animals

With the summer upon us, I feel compelled to pen a column about the dangers of heat, sun and the effects it can have not only on the human body, but on your animals, as well.

According to the weatherman, the temperature is starting to head toward the century mark, and weather forecasters are talking about a brutal heat wave after July 4th.

A couple of summers ago, having just staggered into the house from working outside in the after-historic-flood elements of 2019, I didn’t have a dry stitch of...