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Memorial Day: Honoring Our Fallen Human & K9 Soldiers

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     #FiveSibes Flashback ~ "Wolfie" ~ Memorial Day 2011    ***Note: The Linky had a technical issue so you may not have been able to link up this morning. It has been fixed, so all should be good now! Thank you for your patience!***   W ith the arrival of Memorial Day weekend begins the unofficial start to summer...but, please let us all remember the reason for the day: to honor our fallen military members—human and K9—those who gave the ultimate sacrifice so we may enjoy the freedoms we do today. Take a quiet moment and reflect on our soldiers and send out a heartfelt "thank you" before embarking upon the holiday weekend, hopefully filled with sunshine, love, friends, and family. "As you enjoy your weekend with friends and family, we hope that you will take a moment to recognize and reflect on those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. Speak their names and tell their stories with us," states Warrior Canine Connection . Warrior ...

#FBF: Watch Dog Sibe Sisters

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    FiveSibes #Flashback ~ Pupster Sisters "Bandit" & "Chloe" ~ 2015   M y, h ow fast a decade goes by. Pictured here are our Pupster sisters, Bandit and Chloe, at one of our FiveSibes fave spots - looking out the front living room window! Now, if you know Siberian Huskies, they are not watch dogs in the typical sense of guard dogs, but they sure did love to "watch" to see what was happening in the neighborhood! While they weren't barkers, their body language always did alert me that something was happening ~ most likely our adopted feral kitty "Binx" strolling by!   “Because of the dog’s joyfulness, our own is increased.  It is no small gift.” ~ Mary Oliver       đź’› Memories Are Visits For The Heart đź’›   The Linky tool below for the Blog Hop will open all week for you to join us and share pics from yesteryear or yesterday! Please include our badge and *link back to us*, and  be sure to hop along down Memory Lane with us and vi...

FBF: A Tribute to All the Moms & A Special Poem From An EpiDog to His Hu-Mom

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  T his is a big weekend for Moms of all orders...Saturday, May 11th is Dog Mom's Day and Sunday is Mother's Day! So whether you are a mom, adoptive mom, foster mom, surrogate mom, mom-in-law, a friend-who-is-like-a-mom, a grandmom standing in for a mom, a dog mom, or a hu-mom to any pet, this weekend is all about celebrating YOU! Because this is a dog blog, naturally, I'm going to concentrate on our hu-moms, adopted dog hu-moms, and foster hu-moms. Oh, how fun is to to celebrate with our beloved dogs.  While I absolutely adore being a mom of a human child, I loved being a dog mom, too. While all of my beloved FiveSibes and adopted dogs have now earned their furangel wings, they are forever in my heart, and I will forever be a proud Dog/Husky Momma.   As most of you know, Gibson was diagnosed with idiopathic epilepsy shortly after his third birthday. I met so many wonderful fellow Epi-dog mommas during our six-year journey with Canine Epilepsy. One of the hu-moms, w...