12/16/2024
Tulip’s Diary – My Big Adventure
Hi everyone! It’s Tulip here, the mixed pitbull pup, checking in! I live with my human, Lee, who works at the clinic, and I have two best friends – Goose and Tarben. They’re both big black labs, and Goose is my special boyfriend (don’t tell Tarben, okay?). We have SO much fun together. We like to play rough – running, tumbling, and getting all the zoomies out. But then, after all the excitement, we curl up for naps on the couch downstairs while the humans are working upstairs. Life is pretty sweet.
But…oh boy, I need to tell you about one of my not-so-smart ideas. One day, while everyone was busy, I noticed something shiny and exciting—Goose’s leather collar! Now, Goose has this collar that’s super shiny and smells like him. It was just sitting there, waiting for me. It looked like it was made for chewing! So... oops, I did. I chewed and chewed until it was all gone. I thought nothing of it, and I didn’t even get caught!
Well, my stomach had a different plan. I passed part of it through my stool, but a couple of weeks later, I started feeling super sick. I was throwing up all over the place and not feeling like myself. Lee and the rest of the clinic team were so worried and rushed me to the vet (which, by the way, is where they all work!). It turns out, that sneaky collar piece was still stuck inside me. Yikes! I needed exploratory surgery to get it out. But, don’t worry, I made it through just fine. The doctors did their magic, and soon enough, I was feeling like my old self again.
Now I’m back to my usual antics with Goose and Tarben. I’m still the protective girl around Goose (I can't help it, I love him!), and we’re back to playing and napping like nothing ever happened. Lee tells me I have to be extra careful next time, but we’ll see how long that lasts. 😉 The humans take off our collars now when we are together – I don’t really understand why but oh well.
Thanks for reading my little diary, and remember—sometimes it’s the simplest things that lead to the greatest adventures (or, in my case, trouble)!
Love, Tulip 🐾