With November being Epilepsy Awareness Month, today's Flashback Friday photo is of my beautiful, sweet Epi-dog angel, Gibson, the face and inspiration behind our #FiveSibes #LiveGibStrong K-9 Epilepsy Awareness Campaign. Gibson embraced life, no mater what challenges came his way. His is a story of inspiration and hope for others who love dogs that are living with Canine Epilepsy. May they all #LiveGibStrongForever. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ~Winston Churchill   This month I will be sharing and highlighting information on Canine Epilepsy to help others who are on this journey or who have dogs who are having seizures know where to turn and what to do to help their canine companion. Always remember, while it is scary to watch your beloved dog have a seizure,  you are not alone. There is much support and information out there. Not sure? Just drop me a line and I'll be happy to steer you in the right di...

It's November 1st and that means it's Epilepsy Awareness Month. Here at FiveSibes, we focus mainly on Canine Epilepsy and the message that dogs can and do live happy lives, for however long we are blessed to have them. As many of my longtime readers and listeners know, my advocacy for Canine Epilepsy was inspired by my own beautiful boy, Gibson, a wooly Siberian Husky who was diagnosed shortly after his third birthday in 2009. He lived a happy, amazing life and inspired me to have faith, confidence, and always keep trying, just like he did! While we managed his seizures through a regmien of anti-seizure medications, supplements, and alternative and holistic therapies, Gibson did experience side effects of the meds such as lethargy, voracious appetite, weight gain, weak hind -end issues, ataxia, and bouts of vomiting. Each of these side effects, we combatted as they came...and he overcame so many of them. After two years of a strict diet and rehab, he lost 20 pounds he init...

Do you have a purple pumpkin? #LiveGibStrong K-9 Epilepsy Awareness  joins The Purple Pumpkin Project Have a safe and Happy Howloween!

It's Flashback Friday here at the FiveSibes and today's photo is from a few Halloween's ago when our girl Bandit was enjoying watching us carve a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch! With Halloween being this Monday, please be sure to check out my  "Top 15 Halloween Pet Safety Tips" published in American Pet Magazine so everyone - pets and humans - can have a spooktacular #Howloween ! Simply visit HERE , then click on Volume 4, Issue 3, Page 13 - to read my article in the online magazine on your iPad, laptop, computer, or mobile device! And don't forget you can also read my article on The Purple Pumpkin Project and Canine Epilepsy that is featured in the newest issue ( Volume 5, Issue 3, Page 8 ) of American Pet Magazine , and see why Gibson's pumpkin was purple! Read original blog post HERE .  We hope everyone will have a safe and spooktacular Howloween!     The Flashback Friday Blog Hop is brought to you by...

Today's FiveSibes Flashback Friday photo is of my sweet angel boy, Gibson, from a few years ago. He, like me, loved to go for walks, especially in the crispy Autumn leaves and in the freshly snow! Autumn has always been my very favorite time of year. I recall how Gibson loved to just watch the leaves as they floated down off the trees. I can remember this moment so very clearly as we had just left the house to go for our daily walk, when he paused, sat down next to our pumpkin and scarecrow, and assumed the Husky "watch" position! Oh, how he loved the cool weather and "swimming" in the fallen leaves, with many of them hitching a ride to his wooly fur! Autumn for Gibson was a time when he enjoyed  cooler temperatures and began anticipating the arrival of snow. These sweet memories keep him close in my heart...  for always. What do you and your pet enjoy the most about Autumn?       The Flashback Friday Blog Hop is brought to you by us - ...

Woo! We here at FiveSibes l-o-v-e our vet techs at Kingston Animal Hospital ! The loving and amazing care they have always given my pets - the FiveSibes and our kitties Smokie and Binx, goes beyond a job - their care comes from their hearts! As many of you know, my boy Gibson had many special needs stemming from his Canine Epilepsy that required much extra care (laser therapy on his weak hind end, CCL tear healed through Conservative Care Treatment/Management, a suspicious growth removal, and even at the end when he was suddenly stricken with a bleeding spleen and diagnosed with hemangiosarcoma and required IV drip and medication), some of which he required in-home care and treatments as he could not be transported. Our vet techs were right there not only caring for him, but loving him as well. I could not have done all what I did without them and our fabulous vet team. So today, we want to say a huge heartfelt "Thank You" to all of "Gibson's...