Cold, snow and 4-foot icicles! The Northeast and New England has been hammered with what the media is referring to as a "biblical" number of snowstorms, blizzards, and hurricane-like winds, and record-breaking bitter cold temperatures in a decade! We are currently under more than two feet of snow, with another storm on its way this upcoming week. The temperatures have plummeted to below zero, with up to 35 mph winds, and  dangerous wind chills-tonight alone it's 4 ℉, but, with the bitter Arctic-like winds, registering -20℉ - -30 ℉ ! If your dogs can go out in the yard and free run, please keep a watch on them that they are not left out too long in case you get distracted by the phone, text, or TV show. Also, be sure to have their collars and tags on in case they escape. With snow, it's much more difficult for them to find their way home. Be sure their microchip info is up-to-date as well.  Even though we have "snow dogs" - Siberian Huskies, this...

Are you a fan of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette TV series? Do you dream of pure love, nuzzling, soft kisses, and lifelong devotion? Do you wish you could be at a Rose Ceremony standing before the beautiful girl or handsome guy of your dreams? Well, look no more! In honor of today being Valentine's Day, we bring you The Canine Bachelor and Bachelorette...the very handsome "Lycan" and beautiful "Mystie" of the Pawpack Huskies! Now who could resist accepting a rose from these two beauties?  Meet our Bachelor..."Lycan" Lycan loves playing with ball, going for walks, and playing hide-and-seek in the woods. His mum says if she hides behind the tree trunks, he will look for her! And if a boy is good to his mum, he'll make a wonderful mate! Meet our Bachelorette..."Mystie" "Wooo...oh, yes, I know LOTS about Lycan!" Mystie's favorite past time is doing tricks! She's an outdoorsy type of gal who ...

Today, on Valentine's Eve, we flashback to  Valentine's Day 2013 with Gibson waiting to give a special Valentine to his lady love, Harley. "Woo, won't you be my ValenSibe?"  Flashback Fridays are brought to you by us - the FiveSibes - and our new co-hosts, Love is being owned by a Husky , each Friday. We hope you'll find a photo or video from Memory Lane, post it, and link up to our blog hop each week! If you don't catch it on Friday, you can link up any time during the week!

  Today is the very first International Epilepsy Day, and we here at FiveSibes, continue our awareness of Canine Epilepsy, and also for people who have Epilepsy. International Epilepsy Day was created by the International Bureau For Epilepsy (IBE) and the The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) "This world day for epilepsy will be a major step in improving epilepsy awareness in every region of the world, and will also highlight the urgent need for increased research into epilepsy.This joint initiative of the IBE and the ILAE will be a major event celebrated across the globe in the 138 of countries in which IBE and ILAE are represented. With both IBE and ILAE in official working relations with the WHO, and with IBE in Special Consultative Status in the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations, this will make International Epilepsy Day the most prestigious epilepsy event in the world."   ~International Bureau for Epilepsy ...

"Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you. " ~Walt Whitman As a photography student (some 40 years ago!), I learned my craft shooting black and white photos and developing them in a dark room in the basement of my school. Seeing the images first briefly under the enlarger, and then slowly come to life in the developing tray as the chemicals worked their magic, was what fed my creative spirit! Today, my Huskies are one of my favorite subjects to photograph. I especially love to do natural lighting portraits, freestyle. No lamps. No tripods. No fancy photo gimmicks. Just pure natural light, my dog, may camera, and me. That's why I love this portrait I shot of Gibson as he was sitting in the living room glancing out of the window as the sun beamed in, flooding him in beautiful light and shadows. These candid moments steal my breath away as I quickly and quietly reach for one of my cameras before the moment passes. These are som...

Woo! What's Harley so happy about? We have some very exciting news to share, that's why! The FiveSibes are starring in a music video! Wooo! We are big music fans in this house, and our FiveSibes are truly "a little bit country,"and a whole lot of Rock n' Woo! Even when they were puppies, music is how they settled down in their kennels to sleep. When they had their own room, and no radio was in it, I'd put on the television and they each loved something different. Gibson and Harley loved anything with singing, so a musical movie or show captivated them. Chloe and Bandit loved watching cartoons with all the animation and singing characters. And Wolf had to have hard rock music...AC/DC songs could lull his puppy self right to sleep! They grew up with my daughter jamming on her guitar, tinkling the ivories, and beating out a song on the drums.  The former rock band manager in me was in Heaven! Music filled our house, our ears, and our souls...and still rema...