Saturday, August 31, 2013
Summertime Surprises!
Monday, August 26, 2013
Happy National Dog Day!
We think it's Dog Day here everyday! But, the Sibes are happy to have it be a canine "holiday"! Did you do anything special to celebrate? The FiveSibes slept most of the day as it has been pouring rain here...but they did get some yummy treats, too! What better way to spend a holiday than eating and relaxing?
Sounds perfect to me!
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Sweet Sunday
On the way home, I drove through the drive-in and picked my girl up a cup of vanilla ice cream as a special treat. Then, we went home and shared the rest with the rest of her Sibe family!
Ice cream for one, ice cream for all!
You howl, I howl, we all howl for ice cream!
Friday, August 23, 2013
Flashback Friday #34: Darling Chloe
"A dog wags its tail with its heart."
~Martin Buxbaum
*Join us with a Friday stroll down Memory Lane!*
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Flashback Friday #33: Circle of Love: Celebrating Life
Flashback Friday #32: Those Were the Days, My Friend ~ When Gibson Was Smaller Than Harley!
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Together We Can Give Hope to Others: Pawing it Forward to Help a Husky Rescuer in Need
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| Sasha & Luka of the Virginia Beach Sibe Tribe* |
The Virginia Beach Sibe Tribe is currently in need of some immediate help...and they ARE asking for it.
The home they are currently in is an apartment
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| Sasha and newly rescued Herik, an Epi-dog.* |
Then there's a health problem. The Huskies came back home and were ill. Apparently, while they were running about, they got into a pond and area where they were able to ingest stuff, including goose droppings that is prominent in that area, which their vet believes is what caused them to become ill. And there is also a mold issue in the home. "We need to move to a safer and healthier environment," the Sibe Tribe's hu-mom, Mary, states.
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| The Virginia Beach Sibe Tribe taking a nap!* |
Mary, whose income has scaled back dramatically for the summer, is an avid animal lover and rescuer. She is also a civilian musician for the United States Navy, which sometimes takes her away from her apartment for short periods of time. But now, in lieu of the break-ins, she doesn't want to be away from her Huskies and risk their getting out, getting lost, sick, or worse. The dogs mean the world to her, and three of them are special needs canines. She just recently adopted an Epi-dog, a canine epileptic, who she is determined to help and give a good life to and is in the midst of working with a vet for proper medical care to control the seizures. Another Husky has cataracts, and a third has spinal abnormalities. But the Virginia Beach Sibe Tribe does not need to worry about ever being rehomed or dropped off at a shelter because this special lady, their hu-mom and guardian, says she will sleep in her car with her furbabies if need be as giving them up is not an option.
Bravo! I say. It's not easy when hard times come a calling to continue the same special care for our pets, especially if they have medical issues, but as pet parents and guardians, isn't it our responsibility to care for them...no matter what?
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| Luka of the Virginia Beach Sibe Tribe waiting to move with family into a safer home.* |
"I just need help getting over this little bump in the road," she tells me via a telephone conversation earlier this evening. By October, Mary hopes to be back on her feet financially (her hours were cut back for the summer). And to hopefully get moving now, Mary has started a YouCaring.com Virginia Beach Sibe Tribe fundraiser to help her achieve her goal of raising $5,000 to aide in funding the move to a safe house she found, one that includes space for the dogs that is also within walking distance to the beach so she can take them on exercises. The neighborhood is safe. There is no mold. There is a yard. There is a full basement level "where it will be cool for the dogs" in the Virginia heat. Money from the fundraiser will also help her to purchase the much-needed medications and food for the rescue Huskies. And...folks in Pennsylvania are waiting on her to possibly rescue another that is waiting for a home. "I know in a few months I will be stable enough once again," she states. "I so appreciate any help...even if say 600 people just donated $5 each, that would get me almost there. I just want to have a safe and healthy home for my dogs and myself so I can properly care and provide for them and continue rescuing other Huskies in need. I just need to get over this hump of a few months, and hopefully be able to move into the house, and then we should be smoother sailing."
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| Recently rescued Epi-Husky and newest Sibe Tribe member, Herik.* |
In the words of President Obama, "The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope."
Together, if each of us joins in with one another, we can bring help "make some good things happen" for the Virginia Beach Sibe Tribe in their time of need.
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| "Thank Woo for helping us!"* |
To donate to the Virginia Beach Sibe Tribe, please visit their YouCaring.com site HERE.
*Photos courtesy of the Virginia Beach Sibe Tribe.
The
Sibe Tribe currently has three special needs dogs - one with cataracts,
one with spinal abnormalities and one with epilepsy. In the months
since moving into our current apartment, the dogs has been getting
sicker. Our Vet believes that the illness is due to the duck and goose
waste that is all over the grounds of our complex. We are also having
electrical and mold issues in the apartment that the management and
maintenance has failed to fix - our human has been electrocuted in the
apt and has mold allergies causing headaches and respiratory issues.
Most recently there has been a rash of breakins - yesterday the
intruder breached the door and all of the dogs escaped the apartment.
Thankfully, they were all found and returned to the apartment, but now
two are violently ill from whatever they encountered while running free.
The Sibe Tribe desperately needs funds to move to a house with a
fenced yard and help with more Vet visits to get us all back on the road
to good health.
The
Sibe Tribe currently has three special needs dogs - one with cataracts,
one with spinal abnormalities and one with epilepsy. In the months
since moving into our current apartment, the dogs has been getting
sicker. Our Vet believes that the illness is due to the duck and goose
waste that is all over the grounds of our complex. We are also having
electrical and mold issues in the apartment that the management and
maintenance has failed to fix - our human has been electrocuted in the
apt and has mold allergies causing headaches and respiratory issues.
Most recently there has been a rash of breakins - yesterday the
intruder breached the door and all of the dogs escaped the apartment.
Thankfully, they were all found and returned to the apartment, but now
two are violently ill from whatever they encountered while running free.
The Sibe Tribe desperately needs funds to move to a house with a
fenced yard and help with more Vet visits to get us all back on the road
to good health.
The
Sibe Tribe currently has three special needs dogs - one with cataracts,
one with spinal abnormalities and one with epilepsy. In the months
since moving into our current apartment, the dogs has been getting
sicker. Our Vet believes that the illness is due to the duck and goose
waste that is all over the grounds of our complex. We are also having
electrical and mold issues in the apartment that the management and
maintenance has failed to fix - our human has been electrocuted in the
apt and has mold allergies causing headaches and respiratory issues.
Most recently there has been a rash of breakins - yesterday the
intruder breached the door and all of the dogs escaped the apartment.
Thankfully, they were all found and returned to the apartment, but now
two are violently ill from whatever they encountered while running free.
The Sibe Tribe desperately needs funds to move to a house with a
fenced yard and help with more Vet visits to get us all back on the road
to good health.
Friday, August 16, 2013
Flashback Friday #33: Circle of Love: Celebrating Life
The Pupsters' Circle of Love
Today is Flashback Friday here at the FiveSibes homestead and a good time to reflect upon puppies, new life, and happiness, to celebrate life.
This is our darling Pupsters - littermates Chloe, Bandit, and Wolf - at just two months! They have been best friends, The Three Muskateers, since the start, and they still love to strike this pose and kiss each other! It's been a wonderful treat to watch these babies grow up together, interact, and play...they have a wonderful relationship, and it just warms my heart to know they have had each other since birth! Our silly, loving, loveable Pupsters!
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I Am Not There
- Do not stand at my grave and weep,
- I am not there; I do not sleep.
- I am a thousand winds that blow,
- I am the diamond glints on snow,
- I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
- I am the gentle autumn rain.
- When you awaken in the morning’s hush
- I am the swift uplifting rush
- Of quiet birds in circled flight.
- I am the soft stars that shine at night.
- Do not stand at my grave and cry,
- I am not there; I did not die.
- ~Mary Frye
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Flashback Friday #32: Those Were the Days, My Friend ~ When Gibson Was Smaller Than Harley!
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
A Pawcircle of Prayer for Furpal "The Mighty Quinn"
Our beautiful fellow Epi-furpal, The Mighty Quinn of the White Dog Army, is really in need of our support and prayers after a devastating bout of seizures he was recently hospitalized for. While he is back home, Quinn, a warrior in this war against Canine Epilepsy, is having a rough time rebounding. Our thoughts are with Quinn, his hu-parents, and the White Dog Army. Please join us here at the FiveSibes in a pawcircle of prayer, hope, and healing to send Quinn's way. If you can, please stop over to leave your comments and support for Quinn and family on the White Dog Army's blog. And join us in raising our paws, hands, and voices to sing him his anthem to bring him our love and strength, and "you'll not see nothing like The Mighty Quinn." Stay strong, our friend.
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Happy Anniversary to...us! Plus, a Treat GIVEAWAY on Today's "The Sibe Vibe!"
It's our one-year Anniversary since we debuted "The Sibe Vibe" on Dog Works Radio! In August 2012, our very first guests were from the Siberian Husky Rescue of Florida, and the rest, as they say, is Husky history!
Tune in live to today's episode of our Dog Works Radio "The Sibe Vibe" online at 1 PM EST and see how you can WIN a three-bag selection of House Wolf K-9 Dog Biscuits, created by the fabulous bakers at Edelweiss Bakery in Vermont. In their treats you will find: No salt. No preservatives, No chemical. Ever!
We will be posting a permalink to the show if you miss it, and also if you'd like to learn more about House Wolf and their wholesome treats, check out our post on their newest treat, "Gibbie Snacks," named after our Gibson and formulated with the canine epileptic in mind!
And if you couldn't enter to win the treats live from the radio show, don't forget we still have our "Summer Fun Canine Photo Contest" running (deadline 12 midnight EST August 15) where you have another chance to win these delicious dog treats as several of the prizes, including the $150 Grand Prize package, is from House Wolf!
To listen to today's "The Sibe Vibe" show live, go HERE.
I will update this page at a later time with a permalink to the today's show so you can listen in any time or embed it if you'd like!
Hope you enjoy the show!
Friday, August 9, 2013
Flashback Friday #32: Those Were the Days, My Friend ~ When Gibson Was Smaller Than Harley!
While flipping through puppy pictures for today's Flashback Friday, it was fun to come across some I have not seen in a long time (since they were film photos and not digital)...like this photo! I had to laugh, first at Harley's expression of knowing she was the boss over the new puppy, Gibson! Even though she loved every second of bossing him around, playing Husky tag, and rolling and romping in the grass and pool with him. The second thing I giggled at was how little he was! Gibson was a big puppy, here he was about six months old...and he didn't stay small for long! It was pretty soon after my wooly boy caught up to Harley in size, and then passed her...by almost double the size! And then...I noticed the crystal clear water (not!) Harley and Gibson had just played in the yard and dug holes and ran in and out of the pool, creating a muddy masterpiece! Even all our grass had not quite grown in yet after we installed a new "Husky-proof" fence, but just gave them more dirt to have fun in! This photographic memory represents to me the freedom of puppyhood, and the fun and zest for life Siberian Huskies have!
"Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way!"
~Sung by Mary Hopkin
Happy Flashback Friday!
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Friday, August 2, 2013
Flashback Friday #31: Puppy Gibson Steals Our Hearts!
This is the sweet, beautiful, fluffy face that stole my heart immediately! This Flashback Friday photo of Gibson was taken when he was just four months old on the day after he came home with us. After a nice bath and tons of kisses, he was a very sleepy wooly Husky pup! He spent the entire first night sleeping on my lap on the living room recliner. He stretched out (he was already a big boy at just four months old - just check out the size of those paws!) across my lap and fell fast asleep...who could have the heart to move him? Not me! He was home, safe and loved from the very first moment I set eyes on him! Troy may have Helen...but, I have Gibson!
And Gibson...he has my heart...
❤
Forever.
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Scrub-A-Dub-Dub, A Husky in the (Empty) Tub!
Wooo! Harley here. Mom's busy editing a book tonight, so I'm stepping in to blog for her! So, Mom bought us a new tub since Chloe, Gibson, and I have all injured our legs and she didn't want us to get hurt in the house tub because we really don't like it...it's all echo-y and we give the groomer a really hard time (well, not Gibson. He's an angel and loves to be bathed). So we have a new walk-in tub all of our own. Well, I liked it so much I decided to check it out, so I climbed in and made myself pretty comfy...even with a leg brace on!
Wooo...life is good. I love this new bathtub bed. I love it so much, I think I'll take a nap!
Zzzzzzzzzzz....
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