Aia's Kakulitan

It's been a week yesterday since we moved to the new house. Instead of celebrating it we started out the day with Aia's kakulitan. It started out when last Sunday I noticed that I can't let her roam the garage because she can easily get out through the small openings in the gate.

So, what I did, I placed the plastic bubble wrap I used for the computer and cover all the small openings in the gate so she won't get out. Until yesterday she managed to take them down.

As part of her "parusa", while I'm giving her a bath I put a "sipit" on her ears and tail. I initially placed them where she could easily get them off. Until late in the afternoon I noticed that she no longer wags her tail and around 7 PM I noticed blood on the floor. I checked her out without touching her tail and I noticed that there's still one left on her tail near the "pwet".

We tried everything we can to get it off but I guess it hurts really bad that she attempts to bite off anyone's hand who touches her tail. Upon seeing the blood, I got really scared that it might be due the "sipit" I put her. My brother and I hurriedly brought her to the nearest vet outside the village and they gladly openned for us though it's a little late.

There, Aia got angry whenever we try to place a muzzle on her mouth, she would really attempt to get the leash out of her and run away, good thing the clinic is really big. We couldn't even get her weight because she would strangle every time we do it.

Because we are running out of options I decided to ask the nurse if it's okay to sedate a dog. She called the doctor to ask for an opinion and so we did. It was hard to keep her calm and that's our only option. We waited for sometime, as the nurse would tell her "wag mo nang labanan". After around 10 minutes she's already calm and we easily placed the muzzle on her face and finally, we got the "sipit" off her tail.

We checked her tail and found the wound quite far from where the "sipit" is. I believe since she can't reach the "sipit", she just bites her tail to somehow ease the discomfort of the "sipit". The nurse put betadine on the wound and because Aia's dozed off I had to carry her back home.

Lesson learned for me, I promise to never put anything to Aia and endanger her life. I love her so much and I'd give anything to keep her longer. She's my companion and my baby.