💜 FiveSibes #Flashback ~ "Gibson" ~ Autumn 2015  💜   " The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be."    ~Konrad Lorenz With it being November Epilepsy Awareness Month, also referred to as #NEAM, I thought it only fitting to highlight my heart dog, my beloved Epi-boy "Gibson" for the first #FlashbackFriday of November! This photo was taken on a lovely Autumn day when we strolled over to my vet's office for a photoshoot. One of the front desk girls wanted to have her photo for their website taken with my Gibson! He was such a charmer, always bestowing his Gibbie kisses to all the girls! He was my only dog who ever absolutely loved going to the vet's! While out walking, he would always lead me straight to their door! In his name, this month I will sharing lots of information on Canine Epilepsy to help others on who are on this journey as well, and to offer them:       1) Hope. Dogs with epilepsy ca...

 ***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 ...

I, on behalf of our FiveSibes #LiveGibStrong K9 Epilepsy Awareness Campaign, have some very exciting news to share ~ in partnership with a huge congratulations to a dear friend and fellow Epi-dog hu-mom!    Barbara Drury, whose now furangel Epi-dog, "Manilow B. Magic," fondly called Manilow (yes, he was named after the singer!) was one of the beautiful Epi-stars featured in my book, EPIc Dog Tales: Heartfelt Stories About Amazing Dogs Living & Loving Life With Canine Epilepsy. He was also featured in my November's Epi-Star Features HERE if you'd like to read all about this amazing dog who did not let epilepsy get in his way of enjoying life. Barbara's original best buddy, the handsome Epi-dog "Manilow" was featured in EPIc Dog Tales: Heartfelt Stories About Amazing Dogs Living and Loving Life With Canine Epilepsy, an award-winning large coffee table resource book by me, the FiveSibesMom, Dorothy Wills-Raftery. Manilow was not just Barbara's han...

  So excited to be hosting our 6th #LiveGibStrong Purple Day® for Epilepsy Blog Hop, once again along with my two amazing co-hosts, Jeanaann Barnaby of Knotty Toys for Good Dogs and Kimberley Matchem of Rescue Dog-Mom Confessions ! So let's talk purple!     “People affected by epilepsy will change the face of epilepsy.”    ~Anita Kaufmann Foundation    What's Purple Day All About?   If you have not already seen my Purple Day video, please take a few minutes to watch it, learn about how an amazing young girl named Cassidy Megan founded Purple Day, and how dogs across the globe joined Gibson and my FiveSibes in showing their support for Epi-dogs by "going purple!"      Why Do I Advocate for Epi-dogs? Gibson. Chances are, if you have followed us here at FiveSibes, you know that my Gibson was diagnosed shortly after his third birthday with idiopathic epilepsy, and ever since, he and I have advocated for dogs with epilepsy to spread ...