21-05-2025
Moment Owner's Attempt at Sweet Moment With Dog Hilariously Backfires
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A woman tried to get a sweet moment with her dog under a blossoming tree, only for the pup to ruin the moment in the best way.
Mariel Lucian, who posts to TikTok under the username @mariellucian, has gone viral after showcasing a snippet of her day with her young dog, sitting under a beautifully blossoming tree. As Lucian put it in the caption, she was "trying to enjoy cherry blossom season with a puppy."
But, as many dog owners will tell you, trying to have any calm and serene moment with a puppy is difficult at the best of times—and how the pup reacted in the clip has left commenters in stitches.
In a video posted on May 2, viewed more than 440,000 times, Lucian holds out a pink flower that had fallen from the tree above, and shows it to the camera.
But immediately, the dog thinks the flower is something for her: she slaps her paw down on Lucian's arm and eats the blossom directly out of her hand.
And within seconds, the dog is reconsidering her actions—she gives the ultimate side eye, twists her face into an expression of utter disgust, and tries to spit it out, as Lucian laughs beside her.
TikTok users were in stitches, with one summing it up: "So many things happened to her."
Another imitated the dog as they wrote, "Thith tathes dithgusing," as another wrote: "The way she DEMANDS and is DISRESPECTED."
And as another user described the scene: "When your pet thinks everything you hold in reverence out like that is for them. The look on the puppy's face, just instant regret."
Pictured: The dog tries to eat the blossom and is immediately overcome with regret.
Pictured: The dog tries to eat the blossom and is immediately overcome with regret.
TikTok @marciellucian
Others worried the blossoms could be bad for the dog, with Lucian responding and assuring commenters there would be "no more blossoms for her."
She added: "She just had the one and now that I know it's toxic she won't get any more!"
Some plants can be toxic if ingested by animals, including aloe, holly, azaleas, daffodils, and different types of lilies for dogs, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).
If you believe your dog has ingested a toxic plant and has fallen ill, then owners should contact their local veterinarian or the Animal Poison Control Center 24-hour emergency poison hotline at (888) 426-4435.
Newsweek has contacted @mariellucian on TikTok for comment on this story.
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