"Chloe" Van Wylde of Mystic Mountain Today was not at all what we expected. While the day dawned a beautiful, sunny, breezy Saturday...just one phone call catapulted our morning into a morning of mourning, filled with shock and sadness as we helped our sweet Chloe earn her furangel wings and journey North of the Rainbow Bridge to join her older brother, Gibson. Puppy Chloe and her momma, my Daughter. To say losing Chloe to sudden acute liver failure was a total shock. Her April vet check went well for an 11.5 year old pup with arthritis. While Chloe's legs had arthritis issues that have been steadily worsening to the point she was on medication, she was still a healthy, always happy girl.  Her leg issues stem back to when she was just four and during a leap up onto my daughter's bed, she blew out both of her legs, requiring her to go in for emergency double imbrication surgeries. So thankful at the time when she actually walked out of the vet (althoug...

FiveSibes #Flashback ~ Baby "Chloe" ~ 2008 W here does the time go? After we lose a beloved pet, we are immersed into a surreal reality...where at first each day feels like a year...and then one day, that year becomes five...FIVE years ago this week on the 22nd, our pack sweetheart, and my daughter's dog, Chloe, earned her furangel wings quite suddenly, and shockingly after she went into sudden severe liver failure. How can it be five years? In some ways, it feels like yesterday, while at the same time, it's been a while since hearing her woos. So today's flashback is in honor of our sweet "Coco" and a look back over the wonderful years we've had her. This girl was not only a sweetheart, super trained, loved her littermates Bandit and Wolfie, and being member of the FiveSibes family with Harley and Gibson, and she was so devoted to my daughter, and the talker of our pack!   Chloe and her siblings brother "Wolfie" and sister "Bandit...

  Our beloved four FiveSibes furangels:  Bandit, Chloe, Harley & Gibson #Flashback Photo: Spring 2015     Do you believe in signs from our beloved departed dogs?   Today's Flashback goes back to the Summer Solstice, which if you are a Husky or northern breed dog parent, you probably already know that solstices and equinoxes are special times to light a candle and remember all of our dearly beloved pups who have made their journey to North of the Rainbow Bridge. (If you'd like to learn more, or to include your dog on the Sibernet's list, please visit the Siberian Husky Memorial Candle Lighting page HERE . The next candle lighting will be on the Autumn Equinox, August 22, 2021). The Summer Solstice, which was on June 20th this year, brought about today's wondrous story. The morning broke as usual in our house, with my daughter brewing coffee, Wolfie wooing to go out, and the grandkids laughing and screeching to their morning games and shows. After all the ini...

"I know no ways to mince it in love, but directly to say ‘I love you’."    ~William Shakespeare Our journey with Chloe as she heads down the path of healing from her recent double Bilateral Cruciate Imbrication surgery is an incredible one. Watching my daughter care for her so tenderly warms my heart, as she is such a good mommy to Chloe. Chloe and my daughter share a special bond and watching it through these trying times is...simply put...amazing. During this journey, as many of you who have gone through traumas with your furbabies can relate to, it is a roller coaster of emotions that have filled us, especially fear. First absolute fear when Chloe first screamed in pain when her legs went lame. Fear of the unknown. Fear of not knowing what happened to her. Fear of not knowing what her future held.  Then comes determination. No matter what...Chloe would be healed. There was absolutely no other alternative to the situation. As a family we discussed that if we did no...