Chloe on the way to the vet's office. Checking out Chloe the other day, I noticed some very odd looking abrasions on her nose and mouth area. While she has a tendency for hot spots, and is currently sporting one on her leg, the issue with her face looked strange. It didn't seem painful, but it looked raw and it was red and bare above and below her lips. Plus, she did her best to hide her nose into her tail or tuck her head under trying to hide it from our view. Very suspicious! While waiting to see the vet, Chloe sensed something was up and attached herself to my daughter! After being checked out with one of our vets, it was determined that it was not a hot spot...and her injury became a bit of an enigma! Ruling out allergies and erring on the side of caution, he took a slide culture of the affected area, and thankfully, it came back negative for any signs of bacteria, parasites, infection, etc. We are currently looking at a possible abrasion due to a rug burn. Yep, a rug...

Today was a big fun day for so many with lots of good food...tossing of a ball...a little rough-housing among siblings and pals...and a lot of woooing and cheering...why it's none other than...   Puppy Bowl Sunday! Harley is pretty interested in the player lineup in this year's Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl VIII.    Chloe getting ready for some yummy Puppy Bowl Sunday snacks while watching the game and cool doggie commercials. Bandit getting ready to engage in a little indoor tag football with her siblings. Let the Husky games begin!   Wolf scored a touchdown while Harley hit the couch safe zone.  Gibson going in for the pass...   Harley knows half-time means dinner time! Wooo, that was fun! And congrats to "Fumble" on becoming this year's MVP! Did you check out this pup's moves??!!! Well played! We hope your Puppy Bowl Sunday was a  fun one!

We are so excited over here and the FiveSibes™ are wooing all about it! Sunday, I will be a guest on Dr. Robert and Michele Forto's Mushing Radio Dog Works Radio show out of Alaska! We will be chatting about Canine Epilepsy, my book What's Wrong With Gibson? Learning About K-9 Epilepsy (illustrated by Michelle Littler of Etsy littletoad ), the FiveSibes™, and all things Huskies and Canine! We hope you'll tune in to Blog Radio to listen to the show...and feel free to call in 1 PM EST/11 AM Alaskan Time to (646) 727-3539 to say "hi" and/or ask a question...and be sure to mention you're one of our Blogger furpals! Maybe my Sibe kids will even break out into one of their "wolf songs" on air for our hosts! This should be fun...we hope you will tune in and join us! Post Show Update: We had a great time on the Forto's show, and if you missed it, here's the link to the program! Listen to internet radio with Dog Works Radio Show on Blog Talk R...

Chloe is our "tropical" Husky. We say that because we think she didn't get the memo about Siberian Huskies loving the cold, snowy weather. No, Chloe would much rather snuggle up inside on the sofa and sleep all day. When outside, in Sibe-balmy 40-50 degrees Farenheit, she will woo and cry and then snuggle right up alongside one of her brothers, either wooly Gibson, or furry Wolf. Here, she's taken up position to settle in for a nice nap up against Wolf with her head resting on his leg.  Chloe, sweetie, read the memo. You are a S-i-b-e-r-i-a-n  H-u-s-k-y!

Today's What's Wrong With Gibson? Learning About K-9 Epilepsy Book Release Blog Tour stops at the Gimpy Dogs , and we are so pleased to be part of their blog and truly enjoyed their interview. We want to give a big "thank woo" to them for joining our book tour and for helping to spread the word about Canine Epilepsy Awareness and our book. We sure hope you'll pop over and read their great article and take some time to read some of their other great stories about dogs with special needs and the listing of resources available. We sure had a lot of fun and want to extend our wholehearted thanks for featuring us! Gibson is pooped from all the touring, but loves that his furpals are helping to spread the word about Canine Epilepsy Awareness and helping to promote his book in order to help raise funds for the Canine Epilepsy Resources , a non-profit organization that provides valuable information and resources to Epi-Dog parents worldwide. He is busy catching some zz...

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Next stop on the FiveSibes™ Book Release Blog Tour will be on Friday, February 3rd at the Gimpy Dogs blog ! Please stop on by!