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A local dog owner has urged others to be careful after having a terrifying experience of her own.

A Glasgow dog owner has urged others to be careful when near water at two city parks due to the presence of poisonous algae.

Read more: Airdrie woman catches thugs breaking into pet chicken coop and 'kicking them like footballs' Her owner has now urged other owners to take care while using the park. She told Glasgow Live: "She was in the water at the waterfall across from Pollok House, there were men and boys in the waterfall as well swimming. She was on her lead paddling in the shallow stones part and took a couple of laps out of the water.

"We were there within 20 minutes and she was taken immediately to be bathed to ensure there was no residue on her coat, put on an IV for fluids to flush the toxins out, and given activated charcoal, then the same again the following day all day. Sign up to Glasgow Live's newsletter Get all the latest Glasgow news and headlines sent straight to your inbox twice a day by signing up to our free newsletter.The morning newsletter arrives every day before 9am and the evening newsletter, manually curated by the team, is sent between 4pm and 5pm, giving you a round up of the most important stories we've covered that day.

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