"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard."    ~Winnie the Pooh/A. A. Milne T oday would have been another one of those special fun days with my FiveSibes...it's the birthdate of my three Pupsters - Wolfie, Chloe, and Bandit! Oh, how much fun birthdays were with all of them. If you've followed my blog, you know jut how much they all enjoyed their doggy birthday parties! Today, they would be turning 17! While I know they would not physically be here for that birthday, they are always and forever in my heart and I always embrace their special dates, and while I miss them all so very much, how lucky I was to have them all in my life. What a wonderful chapter that was, and in my memories, will always be. 🩷 January 19, 2008 🩵 When the adorable Pupsters first day home after a nice warm bath!      The babies with "Momma" Harley! (She was not their birth mother, but she was such an amazing surrogate mom to them.) Happy Birthday  dear ...

  What a special day here at FiveSibes...our Pupsters, Chloe, Wolf, and Bandit turned 11! It's been such  joy watching these siblings grow up together - and days filled with love, fun, chaos, and laughter raising three puppies at once, with two more young Huskies - our "originals" Harley and Gibson who were just pups themselves at three and two years of age at the time we brought home the Pupsters! Our Pupsters as12-week-old puppies! Oh, the days of training three - lots of craziness and fun - and pee pads and poop! But believe it or not, teaching three puppies at the same time was pretty awesome! My daughter, who was my co-parent and trainer, spent every day with them while I was work. When they learned something new, they learned it together! To this day when you say "Potty off the deck!" all three (actually all five, now four) would turn and run off the deck together tandem-style!  Watching them, I still cannot believe they are now considered ...

Woo! It is a special day here; a trifecta of birthdays!!! Our #FiveSibes “Pupsters” Chloe, Wolfgang, and Bandit turn 10!!! It seems like only yesterday we brought them home at 2 months old to join our 3-year-old Harley and 2-year-old Gibson...and our FiveSibes Family was born! I can’t believe it was a decade ago!  There is something so special about raising three littermates; watching them grow up together and knowing they will never be separated. They have such a close bond! To this day, they do everything in tandum, including "potty off the deck!" This Flashback Friday photo is from when they had their first bath and would snuggle up to each other to nap! Raising three Husky puppies at the same time, along with two young Huskies, has been such a joy! Sometimes a bit chaotic, but so much fun! And, oh, the love and Husky kisses: priceless!  Here are some more pics from today's Birthday celebration! "Happy Birthday to you..." Mama...

Our FiveSibes Flashback Friday post is a fun stroll back to just this past Monday, January 19, when our Pupsters ~ Wolf, Chloe, and Bandit ~ celebrated their seventh Birthday! Wooo! While we had hoped to share this party celebration a little earlier, but Wolf was sick with a tummy upset for two days (starting on his birthday) and their party was postponed a few days. And then I was hit by the stomach flu! Things are starting to settle down and everyone is making their way back to feeling better, so what better time to share their special celebration than on a Flashback Friday?! Here's a little video of their fun belated celebration: It's so hard to believe that seven years have passed since the Pupsters first came into our home at two months old! It has been such a wonderful experience seeing these three siblings grow up and always have each other to play with, and it's such a great feeling knowing they will never be separated! Wolf, Chloe, and Bandit have added th...

With all the rehabbing going on, we're terribly behind in our posts. One of the things I want to play catch-up on is my "thank yous" so I will be trying to do that and hopefully get back into blogging on a more timely fashion and getting back to visiting all your blogs, too, as my furkids continue to recuperate. First up, we'll start with Valentine's Day and the Pupster's birthday as they are most recent...a big "thank woo" goes out to Holly and the Huskies for their wonderful and thoughtful gifts for Valentine's Day and Wolf, Chloe, and Bandit's sixth birthday in January. They had a wonderful time opening up their presents, and I think they know who the packages are from when they come as they get all excited! With rehab being the top priority here since Halloween...what a wonderful surprise and treat for the furkids to have!    "Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who m...