"Aria" on her rescue ride out of the shelter. Aria is an abandoned Husky that is a starvation case MUSH Rescue stepped in to help. In order to give Aria the medical care she needs, will take a village of caring folk s. T he number of Siberian Huskies and Husky mixes filling shelters is at an overwhelmingly and alarming rate. Why are so many being abandoned? What do people think will happen to the dogs the drop off, or worse yet, just abandon to the streets? There are not enough people to foster and/or adopt them. The shelters are full beyond capacity and are scheduling these sweet dogs to euthanization because they have no room and no fosters to take them in. There has to be a way to get this under control...a way to reach people and say, "Hey, yes, that Siberian Husky is indeed gorgeous, but do you know their habits? Traits? Needs? Will you give him/her a home forever? Take care of the Husky in sickness and health? Be a responsible pet parent?" "Aria" fro...

  Woo! Today is a special #FlashbackFriday as it celebrates Moms of all types! Dog Mom's Day is tomorrow, May 11, and Mother's Day is Sunday, May 12. So this blog post is for all the mommas out there! I also want to wish my daughter and BFF a very Happy Mother's Day! I love being a Mom and the forever FiveSibesMom. Being a mom and grandmom is my best role in life! And...I'm sending a special wish to north of the Rainbow Bridge to our FiveSibes Pack Momma, Harley, the Mother of our Huskies! Always missed, but I take comfort knowing they are all together again... And a very special Mother's Day poem for #Epi-dogs everywhere written by Epi-angel Shadow Pas De Deux's hu-mom and reprinted in my book, EPIc Dog Tales: Heartfelt Stories About Amazing Dogs Living. Loving Life With Canine Epilepsy.   I dedicate this post to my beautiful mother and first best friend who I know is keeping my  FiveSibes company, especially Gibson, who left shortly after my Mom *I believe* to...

Be Aware. Be Prepared. Don't Panic. A ccording to Newsweek , "For the first time in 19 years, a 'severe' solar storm warning has been issued for several plumes of solar material about to slam into the Earth. These five coronal mass ejections (CMEs) were spat out by a huge and extremely hyperactive sunspot called AR3664 and are due to crash into our atmosphere between May 10 and May 11" (and possibly into May 12). "The last time NOAA announced a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch was in January 2005."  This type of activity can have an impact such as interfering with satellites, the electric grid, the internet, etc., or a cool thing would be seeing the auroa borealis in areas not typically seen. But, what does this all mean for dogs with epilepsy? It *can be* a possible seizure trigger. Many Epi-dogs are sensitive to weather and atmospheric changes and have been reported to having seizures. This "solar storm train"--if the predictions are...