The piece de resistance ~a FiveSibes Birthday cake! What a wonderful surprise I received today from my hubby, daughter, and the Sibe kids...the best, most beautiful Birthday cake everrrr! It was a custom-made FiveSibes Birthday cake from our local bakery complete with fondant replicas of Harley, Gibson, Wolf, Chloe, and Bandit! It was way too pretty to eat...but, after many hours of admiring it and taking lots of photos...we did eat it... But ...not until after I safely removed each and every fondant Husky and carefully placed them on a plate until I can get to the craft store and purchase some shellac to preserve them and place them in my curio cabinet with my other Husky collectibles!    The totally pawsome fondant Huskies: Harley, Gibson, Chloe, Bandit & Wolf! I don't think I could ask for a more perfect Birthday. It started off with the sun brightly shining, illuminating the beautiful beginning Autumn colors on the trees. Then, my daughter and I shared some p

"Woooo! Wolf of the FiveSibes here...I just got done doing some fun Autumn evening zoomies with my packmates and wanted to take a minute to bring you up-to-date news on our "Summer Fun" Canine Photo Contest. The second round panel of judges have selected the top 22...and now we are officially in the third and final round of judging with a new panel of judges to select the actual prize winners and honorable mentions from the top finalists! We are getting closer! You guys took some amazing and beautiful photos! And please remember...if your photo did not place, it was not by any means a reflection of your dog...all the dogs were gorgeous and the photos were stunning! It was a tough, tough competition I heard, and the results were all THISCLOSE! The photos (all 162 of them!) were judged on: 1 ) summer theme, 2) dog's expression, 3) composition of photo, and 4) quality of photo. Mom says we never had to go into a third round  in our photo contests before!

Woooo! We are once again participating in the annual Tails of the Tundra Siberian Husky Rescue's annual "Tails on the Trails" fundraising hike and are looking for our friends and family to sponsor the FiveSibes by pledging (any amount) to help us help the homeless Huskies helped by this wonderful rescue! It's so simple to do...you just visit this PLEDGE link and it will bring you right to the FiveSibes PayPal pledge button ! You know you are in the right place when you see this image below: While this year we are registered as "remote hikers" and will be walking in the fundraiser from home, we humans did attend last year and had a wonderful time while helping the rescue raise valuable funds for the Huskies they save and help. Here's a fun look back to last year's "Tails on the Trails": Woos and Thank Yous for Your Support!

  Check out this beautiful Husky having a blast in the raked leaves! I am still smiling! What a great way to kick-off Autumn! We think it's one of the best videos ever! Enjoy!   October's Bright Blue Weather   O sun and skies and clouds of June And flowers of June together, Ye cannot rival for one hour October's bright blue weather; When loud the bumblebee makes haste, Belated, thriftless vagrant, And goldenrod is dying fast, And lanes with grapes are fragrant; When gentians roll their fringes tight, To save them for the morning, And chestnuts fall from satin burs Without a sound of warning; When on the ground red apples lie In piles like jewels shining, And redder still on old stone walls Are leaves of woodbine twining; When all the lovely wayside things Their white-winged seeds are sowing, And in the fields, still green and

"Woooo! When are the winners of the 'Summer Fun' Photo Contest going to be announced? There were all such great photos of our gorgeous furpals!"     Good question, Chloe! For you and all of our furpals, here's our latest "Summer Fun" Photo Contest Update: The judges' top pics were so many that they are now going into a second round of judging for the prize winners! They were all such wonderful photos! The placement is very close, like seriously thisclose ! We will post prize winners as soon as the judges are finished with the final selection round. :-) If you haven't seen the fun video, please be sure to check it out in our earlier post below, or click HERE . "But Mommmm...I am SO tired of waiting!  I hope they are posted soon! I can't wait to see who won!" Patience, dear Wolf, patience!  (But I'm very excited, too!)

Harley, poolside, on lifedog duty. Summer in many areas is starting to wind down...Labor Day has passed, the kids are back in school, and while there are still a few days of summer-like temperatures, the cooler temps are on the way - which of course, is music to a Siberian Husky's ears! Our FiveSibes kids have had enough lounging in the air conditioned house, lying under fans, and splashing in the pool. On a few cool nights we've had here in New York (before the recent two-day heatwave, complete with high humidity) the Huskies have had lots of pep in their steps and were "woooing" more songs than they have all summer!  Wolf is tuckered out from all the summer fun! For this week's "Flashback Friday," we are going to take a look back at how Summertime was such a fun season for our furpals from across the globe, and as you'll see from this video slideshow, how they all "beat the heat," with lots of splashing and lounging in pools,

September 11, 2001. Twelve years ago. I remember exactly where I was when the news broke. A horrific day. Babies have grown up. Young children are now adults. Search and Rescue (SAR) dogs retired and passed on. Time marches on, but we will never forget.  On this memorial day of 9/11, we want to pay tribute to all the heroes of that day, and those days following the attacks on America...both human and canine. We are still a nation in healing. I think we will always be. We are so thankful for all those who answered the call that fateful day, even though the two simple words "Thank You" just does not seem enough to express our gratitude. Our hearts go out to the families of lost loved ones, and our deepest, sincerest thanks to all of the heroes of 9/11. We will always remember. There are so many 9/11 stories, many still untold. If you were on a K-9 team, a vet, or VMAT (veterinary medical assistance team) and  have a story to share, or know of someone who does, pleas