Our beautiful #pupster and chatty chowhound, “Chloe,” the absolute sweetheart of our #FiveSibes who never met a treat or food she didn’t like, made her sudden journey to the #RainbowBridge 7 years ago today due to sudden liver failure.  I think Mother Nature knew as it rained all day here, like tears from Heaven.    ☔️   🐕 Chloe was my daughter’s baby, and while I prefer to focus today on her beauty, charm, loyalty, sweetness, great enthusiasm to talk and eat…and oh, how she rallied back after two emergency CCL surgeries after blowing them out at the same time.  What an amazing patient she was after that scary surgery...when we carried her in, but with the aid of a sling harness, she walked out two days later on rebuilt hind legs. She was truly an ideal patient, and healed well under my daughter’s care.    I still felt the need to recognize today, the day she had suddenly earned her wings after she stopped doing what she loved ...

  FiveSibes #Flashback ~ Summer 2011 ~ (l-r): Chloe, Bandit, Gibson, Harley & Wolfie Can you say Husky Pool Party?! It wouldn't be (almost) summer without sharing this special moment! Oh, the excitement that happened when I brought out the FiveSibes' pools and turned on the hose to fill them for some summer fun! Harley was always the first in the water! Oh, the zoomies, splashes, woos, and tapping sounds of their 20 happy paws running across the deck, chasing each other in and out of the water as I was filling up the plastic pools...it all still fills my mind with memories and my heart with joy for how much fun we all had!    🎶 “Sun is shining. Weather is sweet. Make you wanna move your dancing feet.”   🎶 ~Bob Marley   When I close my eyes, I can still hear them and smell the scent of fresh water mixed with Husky fur and summer sun. If only I could bottle that scent! This pic is truly one that represents so many of our summers--days filled with such joy w...

  FiveSibes #Flashback ~ July 2010 ~ "Wolfie"     ~Unknown   It's true, every picture does indeed tell a story ~ and I remember this moment clear as day...but, I find it hard to believe it was 16 years ago ! How can that be? I still cannot wrap my head around that! Oh, but what joy it brings me to remember these special moments (aren't they all)?! I could close my eyes and drift back to this very moment with Wolfie and my FiveSibes, who were also on the deck waiting to get a-splashing!    It was always so much fun when the weather turned warmed and their kiddie pools were brought out on the deck and filled up with water! They would get so excited and have wild zoomies through, over, and around the pools! I can still hear all the splashing!   What do you think my Wolfie was thinking of in this photograph?!   💙 Memories Are Visits For The Heart  💙          Join in our weekly #FlashbackFriday Blog & Social Media Ho...

  T oday is #WorldPetMemorialDay … Share Your #Furangels below! Always in my heart are my beloved #FiveSibes : Harley, Gibson, Wolfie, Chloe & Bandit, Smokie (our honorary husky cat who adopted us), and our first (as a married couple) rescue pups Chelsey, and Sandy. "What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us." ~Helen Keller    A good tool for families with children  who have lost a beloved pet , or a Therapy Dog handler, veterinarian, etc., is my special award-winning FiveSibesTale,    Wolfie, What is the   Rainbow  Bridge?  An excellent, sensitive tool for families that include an elementary school reading specialist approved word list, plus a special creative section for children to create their own. memorial. *Spoiler Alert: the dog does NOT die in the book.*   Purchase the book on Amazon HERE . (Shhh, I hear they are running a sale right now, too!)   Read...

Today - D-Day - we remember and honor those heroes who served, both human and canine. According to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum & Boyhood Home, "The D-Day (Invaston of Normandy) operation of June 6, 1944, brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history." Did you know...? Siberian Huskies played an important role in WWII?  Photo From History Warfare Network Visit my previous post HERE all about these amazing Husky War Dogs, including a WWII Husky mix named "Chips" and a Siberian Husky Vietnam War Dog Ambassador named "Buck." Did You Know...? Siberian Huskies were one of 7 dogs breeds to be used as War Dogs during WWII?  Meet "Chips" It was my sincere pleasure to connect to Herson Whitley's daughter, Mary Ann, who gave me permission to use her father's photo above of Chips, a Husky/German Shepherd/Collie mix, who ...

 FiveSibes #Flashbacks ~ Wolfie 2021; Wolfie Book 2025   In the words of my FiveSibes, Wooooooo! Why all the excitement? Well, today's #FlashbackFriday is a bit different...yes, I'm highlighting a fond memory photo above...but...we're all excited because my FiveSibes Jr. Tale,  Wolfie, What is the   Rainbow  Bridge?  that I wrote with my young grandson, just received another award! It was selected as a Story Monsters Approved book in the Religious/Spiritual category!   "What makes this book program so unique? KIDS assist our industry experts in judging submissions, so when a book earns the Story Monsters Seal of Approval, it means that children are recommending the book for other children to read, too!" ~Story Monsters®     The most exciting part was presenting my grandson with the Story Monsters' award medal and certificate! And today, he took the book, the award certificate, and his medal to school to show his teachers and to read the bo...