Do you have a purple pumpkin? #LiveGibStrong K-9 Epilepsy Awareness  joins The Purple Pumpkin Project Have a safe and Happy Howloween!

It's Flashback Friday here at the FiveSibes and today's photo is from a few Halloween's ago when our girl Bandit was enjoying watching us carve a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch! With Halloween being this Monday, please be sure to check out my  "Top 15 Halloween Pet Safety Tips" published in American Pet Magazine so everyone - pets and humans - can have a spooktacular #Howloween ! Simply visit HERE , then click on Volume 4, Issue 3, Page 13 - to read my article in the online magazine on your iPad, laptop, computer, or mobile device! And don't forget you can also read my article on The Purple Pumpkin Project and Canine Epilepsy that is featured in the newest issue ( Volume 5, Issue 3, Page 8 ) of American Pet Magazine , and see why Gibson's pumpkin was purple! Read original blog post HERE .  We hope everyone will have a safe and spooktacular Howloween!     The Flashback Friday Blog Hop is brought to you by...

Today's FiveSibes Flashback Friday photo is of my sweet angel boy, Gibson, from a few years ago. He, like me, loved to go for walks, especially in the crispy Autumn leaves and in the freshly snow! Autumn has always been my very favorite time of year. I recall how Gibson loved to just watch the leaves as they floated down off the trees. I can remember this moment so very clearly as we had just left the house to go for our daily walk, when he paused, sat down next to our pumpkin and scarecrow, and assumed the Husky "watch" position! Oh, how he loved the cool weather and "swimming" in the fallen leaves, with many of them hitching a ride to his wooly fur! Autumn for Gibson was a time when he enjoyed  cooler temperatures and began anticipating the arrival of snow. These sweet memories keep him close in my heart...  for always. What do you and your pet enjoy the most about Autumn?       The Flashback Friday Blog Hop is brought to you by us - ...

Woo! We here at FiveSibes l-o-v-e our vet techs at Kingston Animal Hospital ! The loving and amazing care they have always given my pets - the FiveSibes and our kitties Smokie and Binx, goes beyond a job - their care comes from their hearts! As many of you know, my boy Gibson had many special needs stemming from his Canine Epilepsy that required much extra care (laser therapy on his weak hind end, CCL tear healed through Conservative Care Treatment/Management, a suspicious growth removal, and even at the end when he was suddenly stricken with a bleeding spleen and diagnosed with hemangiosarcoma and required IV drip and medication), some of which he required in-home care and treatments as he could not be transported. Our vet techs were right there not only caring for him, but loving him as well. I could not have done all what I did without them and our fabulous vet team. So today, we want to say a huge heartfelt "Thank You" to all of "Gibson's...

Halloween is right around the corner and here’s our Flashback Friday photo of my boy Gibson with his purple pumpkin. A Purple pumpkin? Pumpkins are orange!  So you may be asking, "Why is Gibson’s pumpkin purple?"  Do you know why? Please Note: This post contains two Amazon affiliate links for my books. This is not a paid post, and all opinions are always my own and from our own experiences. Why is Gibson's Pumpkin Purple? For Canine Epilepsy awareness. As many of  you know, the cause is near and dear to my heart as one of my Siberian Huskies, Gibson, was an Epi-dog (canine epileptic). He was diagnosed with idiopathic Canine Epilepsy in 2009, shortly after his third birthday. It was a very scary time and I felt very alone when he started having seizures. Ever since, I have a been strong advocate of Canine Epilepsy Awareness. Over the years I've written many articles, oodles of blog posts, and two books on the subject, as well ...

Today we are flashing back to an Autumn past when our girl Bandit was having some fun playing a game of hide-n-peep in the fallen maple leaves!  Does your dog like to hide in the leaves?     The Flashback Friday Blog Hop is brought to you by us - the FiveSibes!   We welcome our co-host Love is being Owned by a Husky ! We hope you'll find a photo or video from Memory Lane, post it, and link up to our Blog Hop each Friday! If you don't catch it on Friday, you can link up any time during the week! To catch our past Flashbacks, just enter "Flashback Friday" in the search box.  Come join us! We'd love to see your pets' Flashback pics! Just grab our badge below:   We are also joining in the Pet Parade, hosted by Rascal & Rocco , Bionic Basil , our co-host, Owned by a Husky , and Barking from the Bayou ! Be sure to visit them and their hoppers!

Today is a very special day! It's "Faith" DaBaldo's "Sweet 16" Birthday! This inspirational Siberian Husky I met several years ago and have since become wonderful friends with her mother! We thank our furbabies for introducing us! Isn't it wonderful the people we meet through our dogs? Her hu-mom, Jeanette, helps keep this beauty youthful through a number of alternative therapies including AquaTread, acupuncture, chiropractic treatments and stem cell therapy! Faith loves the snow and spending time with her hu-mom and hu-dad, and sometimes this sweet-faced angel enjoys some Husky zoomies and a can even give a little Husky sass! This sweet girl is an inspiration to pet parents every where!  To read more about Faith's story, check out my article on her in American Pet Magazine's volume 4, issue 2, starting on page 10!  And to hear her hu-mom talk about this amazing dog and her treatments, tune in to my sho...