Flipping through older photographs for my Flashback Friday series is always fun, and sometimes bittersweet, especially when I come across the furbabies that are no longer here, but always in my heart. This photo made me chuckle. Our old gal, Chelsey, a German Shepherd/Akita mix we adopted as a puppy from our local SPCA, was our family dog for almost 13 years before we brought home our first Siberian Husky puppy, Harley. Harley was (still is at almost 11!) a ball of energy and everything was fair game for a little Husky body slamming! Chelsey's expression in this photo says it all! Lucky for her, we welcomed Gibson soon after this was taken so Harley had a pup to boss, shove, and love, leaving Chelsey to go back to bathing in the sunbeams shining through my daughter's bedroom window as a senior pup should be able to do! “I guess sometimes the greatest memories are made in the most unlikely of places, further proof that spontaneity is more rewarding than a m...

“Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever.” ~ Karen Davison Today, we are joining the Be the Change for Animals Blog the Change and with October being "Adopt A Shelter Dog Month" what more of a perfect time to talk about bringing awareness to the millions of dogs that enter shelters every year. As an advocate for the ASPCA , we here at FiveSibes wish to talk about adopting a dog from a shelter, whether it's a cute puppy, a 'tween, and especially senior dogs.   My previous two angels, Sandy (above left with my daughter when she she was a toddler) and Chelsey (above right with my daughter when she was a teenager) were both adopted as puppies from our local SPCA. While I grew up in a household full of dogs and had my own as a teenager, our  Sandy, a golden German Shepherd/Chow mix (I suspect a little Husky in there), was the first dog my husband and I welcomed in our home as a married couple. ...

These beautiful babies are just waiting for forever loving homes...could it be yours? Let's Meet Our Adoptable Stars... "Maya" Look at this sweet face! "Maya" is a 5-6 year-old white German Shepherd Epi-dog, whose has some seizures and sadly her family can no longer care for her and left her at the Ventura County Shelter (Camarillo), California. Unknown if she is on any meds. Please, if you can open your heart and home to this beautiful girl, you can consult with your vet to get her on an epilepsy treatment protocol and give her a wonderful loving home! I have lots of resources and info I'd be happy to share with any potential adoptive families. We need to get her out of the shelter and back into a home environment where she can thrive being part of a forever family! Epi-dogs make wonderful, loving pets! Just ask my Gibson! Another photo of Maya is on the shelter website.   Her shelter ID is ‪#‎ A494155‬ .  CONTACT: Ventura Cou...

"Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!" This has been quite the week of snowstorms here, kicking it all off with a blizzard, followed by another snowstorm, and yet another snow day to come spreading more sparkly white stuff across the land this Sunday into Monday! It surely is a Siberian Husky's dream forecast! In honor of all this snow, January being Health and Fitness Month, and it being our Flashback Friday Blog Hop, I'm sharing a few pics of snowy winters of the past where our snowdogs just loved the snow! Up top are sisters Chloe and Bandit having a little Siberian Husky fun! Now sometimes folks not familiar with the breed think this looks like a vicious attack ~ let me assure you, there is no cause for alarm! It's just another day of Husky play. They do not hurt each other and they are not fighting...it's simply Siberian Huskies doing what they do best - roughhousing! And here is my sweet furangel Chelsey, a German Shepherd/Akita mix who w...

"The heart that truly loves never forgets."   ~Proverb For the past few days, I've been sorting through one of my closets in an effort of spring cleaning. This one particular closet had never been emptied out to the walls since we first built our house in 1990! But instead of it being a real chore, I've been enjoying sorting through the hidden treasure of our lives as there in boxes were some photos that captured wonderful memories of years past.  There hiding behind the folds of clothing were some of my daughter's infant and childhood toys, her first rocking horse from my mother for her First Christmas, my Lamaze class book, holiday cards, and many photographs, including ones of my daughter as a baby, playing on the floor with her Nanny, holidays with cousins, merry-go-round rides with her father and I, vacation photos of a much younger hubby and I when we were first married, and photos of past pets that have now journeyed beyond the Rainbow Bridge. Eac...

Our FurAngel Chelsey with puppy Harley, circa 2005 I was flipping through some photographs and came across some from when Harley and Gibson were pups! What a pleasant surprise to find these - like jewels - that slipped out from between the pressed pages of a book. With everything being digital nowadays, having an actual photograph to look at versus checking one out online or on our phones is actually quite rare. I was still shooting with a film 35mm camera when Harley and a while later, Gibson joined our family, which consisted, at the time, of just one dog - our rescue German Shepherd/Akita, Chelsey who we adopted as a puppy. Reminiscing over the photos, I thought, "Wouldn't it be fun to do a 'Flashback Friday' every Friday featuring pics of my furbabies when they were pups?" They grow up so fast; it will be nice to take time to reflect upon the joy these puppies have added to our lives by featuring a different photo each Friday. Days go by so fast, som...