FiveSibes #Flashback ~ December 2014 ~ "Gibson"   I t may be the first day of spring, but we're still having snow! Which brings me to remembering my FiveSibes and how much they loved snow!  Oh, how bittersweet. Sweet for all the beautiful moments they were, yet bitter when those we love are no longer here to make more memories.    I had snapped of my beautiful boy, Gibson, enjoying the snow as he always did in our yard. With his wooly fur, this boy was never cold! Oh, how he loved to zoomie around with my other FiveSibes, but then he'd plop down in a bed of soft white snow and enjoy simply watching his furfamily of Harley and the pupsters--his little bro Wolfie, and sisters Chloe and Bandit--as they ran around him, kicking up snow. Gibson was an old soul. He was watchful, caring, loving, and wise.    I just love this photograph of him so happy in his element. It's the first time I'm sharing it, too. This is exactly how I picture him now--north of the...

I nspired by my own Epi-dog (dog with epilepsy) "Gibson," I became  an official Ambassador for  Purple Day® for (K9) Epilepsy in 2012. Each year, on Purple Day (March 26th), I like to bring you something new to help dogs living with seizures. (My 11th Annual #LiveGibStrong Purple Day Blog Hop &. Media Share is happening on the 26th, too! be sure to read more about it HERE or at the end of this blog post.)   This year, I' m so very excited to announce "Gibson's Coffee"  a limited edition coffee by  Husky Coffee Company!   And, for each bag of Gibson's Coffee purchased, Husky Coffee Company will  DONATE $5  to  The Wally Foundation-Canine Epilepsy!      And, for each subscription, they will  DONATE $15  to The Wally Foundation!   I am so thrilled and honored to have my beautiful boy, Gibson, on a coffee brought to you by the Husky Coffee Company, whose founder excitedly jumped right in to join our #LiveG...

    "May your dog rise up to meet you, with a bark and a wag of the tail. When your day's journey is o'er, may the woes of the day be gone." ~Irish Blessing          ☘️ Memories Are Visits For The Heart 💚        Join Us in "Going Purple" on March 26th! If you missed my post, click on the image below to read more about our upcoming annual #LiveGibStrong Purple Day® for Epilepsy Blog Hop & Social Media Share and how you can participate!    Back to FiveSibes Home Page  💜 🐕     Follow FiveSibes on Social Media! Click on the logos below to go to some of our pages!  FiveSibes: Siberian Husky K9 News & Reviews @FiveSibesMom      

  FiveSibes #Flashback ~ "Gibson ~ 2015 T oday's Flashback is in honor our K9 Military Working Dogs. Pictured above is my boy, Gibson, in 2015 by a box we filled with toys and treats we sent to The United States War Dogs Association for working military canines. In honor of today being K9 Veterans Day , I thought it would be fitting to share my award-winning article that I'm very proud to have been recipient of the Dog Writer's Association of America's Captain William Lewis Judy Award through the American Legion Brick Memorial 348 . My article was first published in 2023 in 4Knines .  If you missed it when it was originally. published, I do hope you enjoy reading my story here all about  K9 Veterans Day and some of our history's brave military K9 heroes... “When we pause to remember our heroes,  let us also remember our heroes with paws.” ~ Barbara Snow, Executive Director, U.S. War Dogs Association Chapter 2, Bronson, Florida   K9 Veterans Day is observ...