Dogs get a workout in humid conditions.

Byline: Phil Dillon

AFL: If Western Bulldogs veteran Tory Dickson thought travelling to Queensland would help with breathing issues, then he got a rude awakening when Luke Beveridge's men arrived on the Sunshine Coast for a pre-season camp yesterday.

The Bulldogs had been forced to move off their Whitten Oval home a couple of times for indoor training as the Air Quality Index in Melbourne following the bushfire crisis rose to dangerous levels.

Bushfires weren't the problem for Dickson yesterday, however, he did have difficulty catching his breath as a combination of the 30C heat and Queensland storms the previous day combined to raise humidity levels to about 90 per cent.

"The humidity up here is pretty unbearable," Dickson said...