Mother says "truth is stranger than fiction".  I have no idea what that means.   I overheard her talking to Patient Pam about a pet that went to the overnight clinic.  Pebbles was the oldest of three sister Dachshunds that lived with their human mom Mrs. Bea Fuddled.  Mrs. Fuddled had been to visit our clinic before, but always for food or treats, I hadn't had a chance to actually meet any of the Dachshund girls yet.  Mrs. Fuddled travels back and forth to the place called 'Up North', so she already had a doctor for her girls. 

Mother was reading aloud to Patient Pam from the report from the overnight clinic; "Mrs. Fuddled recently purchased Advantage Multi for her pets.  She was used to giving heartworm prevention by mouth and was happy that her new heartworm prevention came in a liquid form.  She gave one dose to her dog, Diamond and she vomited shortly afterwards.  She gave the next dose to Pebbles who started drooling but did not vomit.  She didn't give a dose to her third dog but called the clinic that sold her the medication to see if it could be making the dogs sick.  That's when she ended up at the emergency clinic."
"Wow", was all Patient Pam could say. "Topical medication has been around so long, I would never have thought someone might give it orally!" mother mused.  " It really teaches you that you can't take anything for granted."

"So does the report say what happened to Pebbles?" Sweet Sally chimed in.  "It says that Pebbles acted drunk and wobbly for a few hours but then she was fine.  The report includes a bit about contacting the manufacturer and in the studies they did, giving the medicine orally, most dogs didn't get very sick.  I guess that's good to know" mother added.
We never did get to see Pebbles, Patient Pam called and she's 'back to normal' according to her mother.  I spent the rest of the day trying to figure out what 'fiction' meant.  Bea was no help at all, she thought it had to do with fish and said it sounded yummy.  I think it must have to do with Dachshunds, their backs are so long there can't be much stranger than that!