N ovember marks Epilepsy Awareness Month (#NEAM) and it also marks the end to Daylight Saving Time, a time for clocks to "fall back" in many areas the first Sunday in November at 2 AM EST.     Again, I am asked this question a lot, and do see often asked in dog epilepsy groups, is, "What do I do  about my dog's medication when the clocks go back?"   If your Epi-dog (dog with Epilepsy) is on specifically timed medications, same as in the spring, you will want to adjust his schedule a few days ahead of time, or at least for the first day of the new time change, stagger the dosage times.    My FiveSibes Epi-tip is again actually a simple formula for helping adjust your Epi-dog's medication doses to keep it as close to "normal" as possible.     FOR EXAMPLE: If your pet typically gets his medications at 7 AM and 7 PM, for the first day of end of DST, give the AM dosage at the new fall-back time of 6:30 (true time would be 7:30, a half h...

  W ith Howloween being the eve of November's Epilepsy Awareness Month (#NEAM), you'll be seeing a of posts from us about The Purple Pumpkin Project (read my previous post HERE explaining that and/or check out our FiveSibes Purple Day video below)! And, of course, I'll be posting about Canine Epilepsy throughout the month! Note: This post may contain an Amazon affiliate link, which simply means that if you click on it and make a qualifying purchase, I may receive a small commission *at no cost to you.* Thank you! Today, as we prepare for Halloween, our dear furangel and furpal, Ruby, the Therapy Dog , who was also an Epi-dog like Gibson, has a fun, super-easy DIY project to make cool purple pumpkins with your kids and then put on proud display! Ruby, an Epi-Dog and an honorary member of the Epilepsy Foundation's Kids Crew, with a finished purple pumpkin. How cute! Photo Courtesy of Jan/Ruby, the Therapy dog   If you don't know Ruby, she was a registered Th...