With the arrival of November, comes #NEAM —November is Epilepsy Awareness Month—and here at FiveSibes, we're all about promoting helpful #LiveGibStrong tips for #Epidogs and their caregivers! This month, we'll be sharing a lot of info and heart-warming stories about amazing dogs who have epilepsy, but still enjoy living and loving life, just like my Gibson! I had originally posted one Epi-Tip each day in November, but have combined them all into this slideshow I hope you find helpful! I'm so proud to say that my Epi-Tips was also shared at the Purple Day® Around the World Education Week event on March 26, 2022!  Be sure to come back and check out this months posts!  If you are just beginning your journey with Canine Epilepsy, please refer to my FREE online resource library that has lots and lots of vetted info, included this video, to help guide you. Start by clicking on the image of my beautiful boy below! Back to our Home Page and Don't Forget to Visit Our Othe...

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...

Updated March 4, 2025   Bandit, Gibson's little sister! S pring Ahead in March! It's that time of the year again that can have us caregivers of dogs who are medications, such as Epi-dogs (dogs with epilepsy), feeling unnerved and very concerned if the time change will affect our dog's medication schedules. With Epi-dogs, the timing of medications is important.  So, today, we're talking about both "Spring Ahead" and further down in this post, "Fall Back" time changes, and hopefully share some helpful tips so you won't have to worry as much. First Up...Spring Ahead...this is when the clocks go forward an hour in the Spring, typically at 2 AM on the second Sunday of March here and in many areas of the world...which means...we will have "longer" lighter days to have more fun doing things outdoors with our pets! A question I am asked a lot, and do see often asked in dog epilepsy groups, is, "What do I do about my dog's medication...