FiveSibes Flashback ~ Christmas 2013 ~ (Santa, Harley, Bandit, Gibson, Chloe & Wolfie)   W elcome to Merry Christmas in July, FiveSibes #FlashbackFriday style! Oh, how my fab five loved hanging out in our house with "Santa Paws" when she came for a visit! You can see the excitement and joy in their faces, and oh, the Sibe kisses Santa received were wondrous! as you can see, they all were so thrilled for the home visit, with them all giving her a good ol' sniff or three! Even Chloe, our shy girl, (right pic)  made herself right at home in Santa's lap, giving her lots and lots of kisses!  Now...a little pop quiz...in the photo on the left, can you find our Harley?! In case you missed our video of this fun howliday visit, here it is!    So, who's now in the mood for snow or some holiday baking? After all, Christmas is only 159 days from today!   "Christmas presents come and go, memories last a lifetime."       Join Us! The Lin...

 ***Update (8/15/2024): This slot has been filled. The Companion Animal Epilepsy Research Lab at NCSU-CVM has their Husky! Thank you to all who applied.**** The Companion Animal Epilepsy Research Lab at North Carolina State Univerity is seeking a "control dog" - one MALE SIBERIAN HUSKY, Neutered, with NO health issues, NO history of seizures, and does NOT live in a household with an Epidog to complete a survey for part of a Sleep & Epilepsy Study led by Dr. Alejandra Mondino, DVM, MSc, PhD, and Dr. Karen Muñana, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Neurology). This study aims to understand how Epilepsy disrupts sleep by comparing affected dogs to healthy controls. TO BE ELIGIBLE, YOUR DOG MUST: ●  Be a male, neutered Siberian Husky ●Have NO current medical issues ●Be between 1 to 5 years of age ●Have NO history of seizures ●NOT live in the same household as another dog with Epilepsy.    Please read the criteria carefully to see if your Husky fits the call out, and if you'd be ...

   #Flashback ~ Miss America Harley ~ 2014 It's incredible to think that America was born just 248 years ago, and that this video of our beautiful alpha queen "Harley" is now a from a decade ago. Time is very surreal. As you can tell from this video, I believe Harley knew she was a patriotic princess because once I slid the blinking red, white & blue glasses on her, she not only kept them on, but she posed like the beautiful queen she was! Oh, it does my heart good to reflect upon all the fun and amazing times I shared with my beloved FiveSibes. I hope you all had a safe and Happy July 4th!   “America is a tune. It must be sung together.”    ~Gerald Stanley Lee       Happy Birthday, America!   ❤️ Memories Are Visits For The Heart 💙     Join Us! The Linky tool will open all week for you to join us in the Blog Hop and share pics from yesteryear or yesterday! Please include our badge and *link back to us*, and  be...

      I knew I was going to really like A. Piper Burgi's book, Living with Canine Epilepsy , as soon as began reading the first page. As many of you know, one of my beloved FiveSibes, Gibson, was diagnosed with idiopathic Epilepsy shortly after his third birthday and the journey I embarked upon was finding out everything I could so he could live a wonderful life, and he did!    Through that journey, I learned the most common vet recommendation for a dog with epilepsy was euthanization. Yes. As unbelievable as that is, that was the typical suggestion. Keep in mind, this was well over a decade ago. My own Gibson was diagnosed in 2009. Thankfully, I had a very caring and knowledgeable vet team that never suggested that (which I never would have opted to do anyhow), but rather worked with me on what would be the best course of treatment for Gibson moving forward. And that is when I began the #LiveGibStrong campaign for awareness that eventually developed into the f...