I was thrilled that on Purple Day this year I debuted this new joint-project I did with Tracy Smith of the supportive GIBBS-erish...Making Sense of Canine Epilepsy Facebook group. I've paired up with Tracy before when she hosted her Whine & Wag video podcast on "Talking About Canine Epilepsy" with veterinarian neurology experts. That was a such a great project, that we teamed up again for this one!      Gibson with his anti-epileptic medications (AEMs), also referred to as  AEDs (anti-epileptic drugs) and/or anti-convulsants.  Both having Epi-dogs - Tracy's "Gibbs" and my "Gibson" - we know how often times it can be a challenge to a) get dogs to take their much-needed medications, and 2) ensure they actually swallowed their medications (as many are pretty tricky! I've found my Gibson's capsule stuck in his thick wooly fur a few times)!  Missed doses can be very unnerving for Epi-dogs as it is so important to keep those anti-seizure m...

      W oo! Today is THE day--Purple Day® for Epilepsy Awareness worldwide when we #GoPurple to bring awareness to epilepsy in all forms and show the world it's not something to be feared and highlight important information and amazing success stories of those living with epilepsy and seizures. Here, at FiveSibes, we're about dogs, so we will be discussing Canine Epilepsy and hoping to turn social media purple in honor of all Epi-dogs, humans, cats, rabbits, and even horses who live with epilepsy. Be sure to scroll down to the ed of this post and click on the 18 thumbnail links to read even more info from those who joined in the blog hop & see how they spent Purple Day! Join us - it's simple! You and/or your pet wear something purple, or bake something purple (like a purple dog treat?!), or create a purple artwork, turn a photo purple, whatever you like...then you can go to the bottom of this post and link it up! You can also share the pic under this graphic on our F...