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COVID-19 has been man’s nightmare but a dog’s best friend, leading to walks galore and more company than pooches have enjoyed their whole furry lives.

But what happens when they get seriously sick in a pandemic, with vet clinics in crisis mode, and interprovincial barriers in place?

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Gloria Baron, 24, lives in Centretown but works as a public servant in Gatineau, normally crossing a central bridge twice a day. She also has a dog, Chloe, a 12-year-old beagle-border collie mix with a heart condition. Chloe has been cared for at a veterinary clinic on St. Joseph Boulevard in Gatineau.

Baron says Chloe has been in good health since she was adopted at age 10, save for a cardiac murmur.

Over Easter weekend, Baron said, Chloe collapsed twice, having what appeared to be seizures for 20 or 30 seconds. “It was frightening,” she said Thursday.

After taking the dog to an emergency clinic open on the long weekend in Ottawa, Baron said the on-duty vet said to monitor the dog’s breathing and make plans for an X-ray and blood work.