South Coast holiday ends with ticks, $20k vet bill for Theo the sled dog

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Updated December 3 2021 - 10:45pm, first published November 29 2021 - 5:30am
Veterinary nursing manager Sarah Cropper attends to a patient at Canberra Veterinary Emergency Services in Gungahlin. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
Veterinary nursing manager Sarah Cropper attends to a patient at Canberra Veterinary Emergency Services in Gungahlin. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

A $20,000 vet bill could have been easily avoided with an inexpensive tick treatment for one unlucky pooch.

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Hannah Neale

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Hannah is a reporter with The Canberra Times. She is currently covering ACT courts. Hannah started as a journalist with The Southern Highland News and The Goulburn Post before moving to the ACT.

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