Bandit and Chloe buckled up and ready for a car ride! M ark your calendars! Today, January 2, is National Pet Travel Safety Day ! Harley and Gibson love car rides! I am very pro-pet safety belts. In both my November blog post and in October's post I have talked about buckling up our Sibes anytime we go for a car ride. Well, National Pet Travel Safety Day takes that one step further by promoting the safety of pets not only by automobile travel, but also by plane, water recreation, and even stays at a hotel. The mission of National Pet Safety Day is to bring public awareness to keep our pets safe no matter how they travel. Wolf and Bandit buckled and ready to go! C olleen Paige, pet lifestyle and safety expert , and former LA paramedic with over 20 years experience in the pet industry, is the founder of National Pet Travel Safety Day . Among her credits, she is an animal behaviorist,  Editor-in-Chief of Pet Home Magazine , author of Dog Drool and The Good...

 Happy Husky New Year! by Dorothy Wills-Raftery H uskies are beautiful with eyes so bright. A nd they are intelligent and very sprite. P ulling sleds or P ulling apart toys        Y ou will love them all; girls and boys! H owling is their native song   U nderstanding where they belong.   S pirit guides speaking the unspoken   K eeping us safe by their side   Y et always willing to work and to ride.   N ome owes the Sibe since twenty-five   E veryone knows their story and pride;   W hether snow or ice, never they hide.   Y ou can’t keep a Husky from running   E ven then they are truly stunning.   A ll they want is a Hu-family to love;   R eal fur angels sent from above. We wish you all a very happy, healthy 2011!

"We win! You win! Woos!" S o here we are on New Year's Eve, the last day of the year, contemplating where we've been and where we are going. Before the year ends, we would like to say thank you to all the wonderful friends we've made here, thank you to the awards bestowed upon us, and for some prizes we've won along the way. "My turn to read it next!" T hanks to Pets Blogroll , we were the recent winners of a great book, The Dog Who Couldn't Stop Loving , by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson. Currently, we are enjoying the read. Thanks, Pets Blogroll! If you haven't checked this site out (where you can win prizes! Yay!), please do so soon!   I 'd also like to take a few moments to pass on the Stylish Blogger Award I was given by Facing 50 With Humor . Please stop by her site for some really funny, thought-inspiring writings! You won't be sorry you stopped by. T o accept the award, I need to select blogs I deem worthy of the Stylish Bl...

Our pack's princess is right at home amdist the Christmas wrappings. What do you think Chloe is thinking about?

The snow has finally arrived here...and Mother Nature not only finally gifted us with much fluffy white stuff, she made up for lost time with dropping a foot-and-a half in our region!  Needless to say, this is an equation all Sibe lovers know:  Snow = Happy Sibes!   We sure hope Sibes everywhere finally have some snow of their own! To celebrate the falling of the snow, h ere is a slideshow of the FiveSibes in their element right after the blizzard. We hope you enjoy watching as much as they enjoyed playing!

It all sounds good to food hobbyist Chloe! F or this installment of "Canine Cooking Corner," while I don't have a FiveSibes video this week, I do have an item I came across that I'd like to share. It's from a 2005 news video from the CBS "Early Show," as reported by the show's resident vet, Dr. Debbye Turner, called "'Bone' Appetite" that features dog chef and author Micki Voisard, who discussed home cooking for dogs. Perfect for this column, wouldn't you say? Ms. Voisard, who is also the founder of Dog Chefs of America , whips up delectable dishes for dogs and holds canine cooking classes world wide! Pretty cool. I hope she has one in our area sometime soon!   J ust a quick reminder that no matter what type of diet your canine companion is on, it's always wise to check with the vet before changing/altering your dog's nutritional intake. A nd while we are on the subject of food...with another holiday once again...