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Tasty Tuesday: Whipped Green Beans & Low-Fat Cheese Kibble Omelettes

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"Woo! Mom's cooking omelettes!!!" This week we're joining in the Tasty Tuesday foodie blog hop with Kol's Notes and Sugar the Golden Retriever , w ho both always ha ve such pawsome, tasty, and healthy recipes !  Last year, we had started posting some of our Canine Cooking Corner recipes, and then took a break for awhile...well, today, we are once again posting with our recipe for one of the Sibe kids' favorite weekend breakfast dishes - Whipped Green Bean & Low-Fat Cheese Kibble Omelettes ! They get so excited from the moment they hear the eggs crack! It's simple, healthy, and quick to make! Just be prepared for some heavy bowl licking!  Here's our video slideshow recipe: And be sure to stop by Kol's and Sugar's, and visit the others in the hop for some great recipes and food tips! Bon Appetit!   -->

A New Journey: Conservative Care Treatment for Gibson's Cruciate Tear

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Shortly before Gibson's birthday, my beautiful boy and I have embarked upon a new journey. Right around Christmas, he had started to limp from what we initially thought was a soft tissue injury from being active now that his Epi-meds were reduced (see story on Bromide toxicity incident ). He soon started favoring the leg and then couldn't put any weight on it at all. He began to work around it and even was able to run as a tripawd, with the injured paw held up and close to his body. We did an Xray to rule out any hip or other issues...but he could not use his leg. He went on an anti-inflammatory for a week with continued in-home K-Laser treatments (we really do have the best vet team!) However, even after receiving a number of treatments, it didn't seem to get any better indicating that the injury is different than what we first suspected. One of my wonderful vet's came to do a house call and upon examing Gibson, and with his Xrays, determined he had a cruciate li

Love our Husky "Hoover!"

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Flashback Friday #18: Chatty Chloe! And... Announcing The Pupsters' Birthday T-Shirt Winner!

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Today is Flashback Friday and here's a little di tt y from our sweet Chloe from two summers ago. Enjoy and Happy Friday! Grab our badge and join in! Share your blog, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram #Flashback Friday photo and me ntion the FiveSibes ™ with a link back to here and leave us comment so we can come visit your Flashback , too! To catch up on past Flashback Fridays, visit us here: Flashback Friday #17: Hey! Hey! It's the Pupsters! Flashback Friday #16: Happy Birthday to My Wonderful Daughter, the FiveSibes Other Mom! Flashback Friday #15: Chloe's First Christmas Flashback Friday #14: A Christmas Queen Decks the Halls Flashback Friday #13: Siberian Reindogs Flashback Friday #12: Memories of Christmas Past     Flashback Friday #11: Pupsters Meet Their Big Brother Gibson! Flashback Friday #10: Run, Wolf, Run!   Flashback Friday #9: A Bandit Steals Our Heart  Flashback Friday #8: Brotherly love Flashback Friday #7

Happy 5th Birthday to Our Pupsters: Bandit, Wolf, and Chloe!

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"Wooo! Is it cake time???  Nommm-nommmms!" Wooo! Today is a very special day as we celebrate The Pupsters' Fifth Birthday! I just can't believe how fast time flies! Watching these three littermates grow up together has been such a wonderful experience! They are truly a joy, a lot of fun, and complete our FiveSibes pack family ! Yest erday, we posted a couple puppy pics of them from when they came home with us at just 14 weeks old! In some ways, it seems like that was just yes terday for us! We celebrated with vanilla ice cream from our local dairy poured into a bone-shaped cake pan, special plates and nap kins, and of course - pre sents! Party time for Chloe, Wolf & Bandit! "Um...Mom...where's our ice cream cake??!"     "Oh, yeah, yummmm....!" "Nom-nom-nom...Happy Birthday to us!" The whole pack family joins in the celebration! "S econds, please?!" asks Bandit. Happy 5th Birthd

Flashback Friday #17: Hey! Hey! It's the Pupsters!

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The Pupsters: Sibe Babies Chloe, Wolfgang, and Bandit! Hey! Hey! We 're the Pupsters...we're just playing around...we can be so silly...we' re the best pups in town! Today's Flashback Friday is a special day as it precedes tomorrow's BIG Pupsters' event! You''ll have to come back to check out what it is and join us in having s ome fun! This photo is when our little cuties first came home to join Harley, Gibson, and our family when they were just 14 weeks old!  How was it raising three Siberian pups at one time? The best experience of a lifetime! While triple the work (especially the potty training...ohhhh....it was a quite the scene at first!)...it's triple the love, triple the fun, and triple the kisses! It's so cool to see the bonds they formed and still have with each other. My daughter did a lot of the early training with them and since she taught all three at one time, to this day they still take their commands and do it

Blog the Change: Dogs Can Live Full and Happy Lives with Canine Epilepsy

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Today is Blog the Change . I'd like to take this opportunity to once again talk about Canine Epilepsy Awareness . As the parent of a seven-year-old Epi-Husky, Gibson, who was diagnosed shortly after his third birthday, I believe it is so important to spread the word that Canine Epilepsy and seizures do not have to mean a death sentence for dogs. There are many dogs who have, are, and will continue to live life to the fullest even with Canine Epilepsy . We don't know how long our canine companions - both Epis and non-Epis - will bless us with their pr esence, but we can make their lives as full and happy and love-filled as we can. And, whereas once upon a time euthanasia was the suggested protocol for dogs with seizures or Canine Epilepsy, that is not the recommendation today. Today, there are so many resources and healthcare routes to explore, both medically and/or holistically and there are many treatment options available for the Epi-dog parent that just didn't

Happy Birthday to My Wonderful Daughter, the FiveSibes' Other Mom, on this Very Special Flashback Friday!

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  "Happy Birthday to you...Happy Birthday to you..."   Today is a very special day for 25 years ago the most beautiful, amazing girl was born and has filled my l ife with so much love and joy e ach and every day since - my wonderful d aughter and very best friend!  So for this edition of Flashback Friday, I'd like to dedicate it to my Birthday girl and her furbabies of yesterday a nd today! Pictured abo ve in an ode to my family's first dog that touched my daughter's life when she was just a little girl - her then best friend, (now a f ura ngel) , puppy Chelsey , who came home with us after we adopted her from our local SPCA . She spent the next 13 years always playing and watching over my daughter ...and go ing on the swing set with her! De voted love. A bove my d aughter is wit h her first baby, Harley, our first Siberian Husky on the day that, unbeknownst to us at the time, would be the kick-off of the beginning of the FiveSibes