"The heart that truly loves never forgets."   ~Proverb For the past few days, I've been sorting through one of my closets in an effort of spring cleaning. This one particular closet had never been emptied out to the walls since we first built our house in 1990! But instead of it being a real chore, I've been enjoying sorting through the hidden treasure of our lives as there in boxes were some photos that captured wonderful memories of years past.  There hiding behind the folds of clothing were some of my daughter's infant and childhood toys, her first rocking horse from my mother for her First Christmas, my Lamaze class book, holiday cards, and many photographs, including ones of my daughter as a baby, playing on the floor with her Nanny, holidays with cousins, merry-go-round rides with her father and I, vacation photos of a much younger hubby and I when we were first married, and photos of past pets that have now journeyed beyond the Rainbow Bridge. Eac...

We're back on the campaign trial in support of our breed, the Siberian Husky! And we're reaching out to all our furpals to help us once again as we are in a fun face-of f in another breed competition - this one by DogChannel.com's Facebook Page! If you would like to help our breed, please visit their page and "Like" the graphic. That's all! (If you have Facebook, please don't share that graphic as it casts a vote for the other breed. A bit tricky I know!) Woos and Thank Yous to all our friends for your support!!!  **LATE BREAK ING UPDATE FROM DOGCHANNEL.COM **   The voting is not over! DogChannel.com Facebook Page has revised their Bark Madness Competition to reflect a question style format (see below) after much input from readers. Even if you have already voted, please go back and visit their page and revote "Siberian Husky" using their new question format as the former method will now not be used. Go Vote Husky! And let's r...

The FiveSibes love the Earth and sure hopes everyone else does, too. After all, it's the only planet we have and if we don't care for it, who will? We must think not just of ourselves, but of future generations as well. This year, we are joining in the Earth Day 2013 "Faces of Climate Change," so let's be good to our Earth. Here at the FiveSibes, we have some tips to measure your dog's carbon pawprint. For a full (free) version of my Earth Day article and photos, please visit page 24 of the recent issues (Vol.2/Issue 2) of AMERICAN PET MAGAZINE . Here's a sneak peak: Here's some tips from my article to help everyone "think green" when it comes to our pets and their pet care, and help to reduce not only our carbon footprints, but their carbon pawprints as well: Walk your dog whenever possible instead of going by car. Use recycle shopping bags when going grocery shopping for your supplies and food. Feed your pet their food ...

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Beep-Beep! "Need a ride?" Our Harley at the wheel! Today is Be the Change for Animals "Blog the Change" day. And, in honor of their "National Volunteer Month" and the BtC theme of "Celebrating People in Action," I'd like to give a big honk to the Operation Roger Truckers Pet Transport ! This is an amazing group of about 20 to 30 truck drivers who love pets and offer "v olunteer transportation and housing for abused and neglected animals, military pets, and pets that need relocation due to family difficulty."  Ac cording to their website, "volunteer to help needy pets get to their new homes and have a better chance at a fun-filled life by giving them a hitchhike in their cabs and a lot of TLC enroute." These caring truck drivers help dogs, cats, and bunnies in need across the country safely reach their destinations. Now in its eighth year, Operation Roger has helped transport 694 pets (and counting) across th...

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Calling all our friends, Siberian Husky parents, lovers, friends, and supporters! Please help us get the Siberian Husky to the top of the American Kennel Club 's friendly breed competition! We need your vote on Wednesday, April 10 from  8:30 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST  to help the Husky beat the Bulldog  in the #FinalFido4 leg of the competition!  Please visit the AKC Facebook page and  "VOTE SIBERIAN HUSKY!"  Woooos and Thank Yous! CLICK HERE TO VOTE

"Happiness is a warm puppy." ~Charles M. Schulz Or in our case...three warm puppies!  Happy Flashback Friday! Grab our badge and join in!  Share your blog, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram #FlashbackFriday photo and mention 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 #26: A Siberian Snow Pup Flashback Friday #25: Siberian Sibling Pillow   Flashback Friday #24 Springs Ahead With Important Ti ps for Daylight Saving Time Flashback Friday #23: Oh, To Be A Counter Surfer Once Again, and A Fond Farewell to A Fellow Epi-Dog Furfriend Flashback Friday #22: A Tale of a Prince and His Perch   Flashback Friday #21: A Bandit of Love Flashback Friday #20: A Beauty Queen Arrives! Flashback Friday #19: Freedom! Where the Spirit Takes You! Flashback Friday #18: Chatt Chloe!   Flashbac...