Clipped dog got temperature and suffered (9)
I believe the answer is:
curtailed
'clipped' is the definition.
('curtail' can be a synonym of 'clip')
'dog got temperature and suffered' is the wordplay.
'dog' becomes 'cur' (I've seen this before).
'got' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'temperature' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'suffered' becomes 'ailed' (ailing is a kind of suffering**).
'cur'+'t'+'ailed'='CURTAILED'
(Other definitions for curtailed that I've seen before include "Cut short" , "Broken off" , "limited" , "Made short" , "Clipped" .)