Samira Mahjoub Tapia's beautiful "Chili" the therapy dog is busy checking out some books for kids in the library with Lynda Cox's (what we think is the perfect) caption! Our FiveSibes™ Merry Meme Caption Contest is periodically hosted over on our FiveSibes: Siberian Husky K9 News & Reviews Facebook page featuring gorgeous Siberian Huskies and clever memes suggested by and voted by on our readers. Mondays have you down? Come join us each week for some Merry Memes and lots of smiles! Would you like to see your Husky or northern breed featured in a meme? Post your pic on our Facebook page or Email it to us at FiveSibesHuskyNews(at)gmail(dot)com and put "Meme Caption Contest" in subject line! We'll post it on our page and the caption suggestion with the most likes, wins, and we turn it into a poster crediting both photographer and caption winner! Lots of fun and a great way to highlight our furbabies! We hope you'll join us! ...

 I am posting a "Live Gib Strong" Epi-Tip each day for the month of November for National Epilepsy Awareness Month in the hopes that we can help to continue to educate and inform people about dogs living full, happy lives with Canine Epilepsy.  * * * * * Today, we are joining in the Tasty Tuesday Blog Hop with a special November Giveaway in honor of our "Live Gib Strong" K-9 Epilepsy Awareness Campaign! Please be sure to visit all the other blog sites listed in the blog hop at the bottom of this post to check out their tasty posts, and don't forget to visit our hosts Sugar, the Golden Retriever and Kol's Notes blogs, too, for great recipes, tips, and tasty info! Our giveaway is in conjunction with House Wolf K-9 Dog Biscuits , part of Edelweiss Bakery of Vermont, USA.  Gibson says, "Thank Woo" for helping Epi-Dogs in  Need At House Wolf, they make wholesome dog treats and one of their delicious dog treats they have formulated with...

It's been very exciting around here! It's been hard to keep it quiet! But, we can now announce another big step in our "Live Gib Strong" K-9 Epilepsy Awareness campaign - treats! Woo? Woof? Ruff? Aroooo? That's right, all our canine furpals...treats! A dog's favorite word! We know your ears are perked and we have some cute head tips just waiting to hear the rest of our news! So, I am so thrilled to present... Here's our official announcement: And here's a little video introduction:   "Gibbie Snacks" are made by House Wolf K-9 Dog Biscuits, a part of the Edelweiss Bakery & Cafe in Vermont, good ol' USA! Yes, these treats are freshly made with all healthy and wholesome ingredients. The fabulous baking and creative team of Ralf and Ken of House Wolf were inspired by our Epi-Husky Gibson and researched healthy diets for Epi-dogs. They specially formulated "Gibbie Snacks" with the Epi-dog in ...

K9 Epilepsy SpokesHusky Gibson Woooo! That’s Gibson and the FiveSibes and I making a very exciting announcement! Thanks to so many wonderful and caring folks who have purchased my first FiveSibes™ Tale, What’s Wrong With Gibson? Learning About K-9 Epilepsy , we have been able to make our very first donation to Canine Epilepsy Resources Emma’s Fund! We hope to continue selling copies of my children’s book, which contains fun and lively illustrations by the very talented Michelle Littler of Etsy's littletoad so through Gibson’s story and ArcticHouse, I can continue making donations to this very important organization. This is such a big day because as many of you know, I have been an author, writer, photojournalist, photographer, and editor for many years. I established ArcticHousePublishing so I can produce the FiveSibes™ Tales and after the costs of production, I can then make a donation to a worthy cause. For What’s Wrong With Gibson? Learning About K-9 Epilepsy , ...

  After three-and-a-half years of having things pretty steady with my Epi-Husky Gibson, I've just recently had a bit of a scare. First, let me start by saying, Gibson is doing much better now. I decided to wait to post about his ordeal until after his bloodwork came back and I had a full report to post. Flashback a little more than three weeks ago. It had been time to refill Gibson’s Potassium Bromide (KBr) prescription, which is one of the meds’combination he is taking for Canine Epilepsy. (He is also on Phenobarbital, and also Thyrotabs as his thyroid became an issue, too, which is not an uncommon link for canines with seizures).  The 300 mg KBr Capsules When I picked up his prescription from my vet, the 1,000 mg capsules were the same, but I noticed that the 300 mg capsules were smaller in size (as you can see from this photo, they are more than half the size of the original) and had more of a crystallized appearance as opposed to the more powder-like material i...