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A Fond Flashback To A Friend-Filled Easter Parade, Easter Safety Tips & A Tribute to a Dear Furpal

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Spring is finally in the air here! Although Mother Nature gave us an inch of snow the other morning, clearly reminding us that she's in charge, today, although overcast, is a comfy 64℉ and all the Sibes are relaxing out on the deck in anticipation of the Easter Bunny arriving this weekend! And in honor of that, on this FiveSibes Flashback Friday , this is a photo of our Easter Husky, Gibson, from several Easters back, and we thought what better flashback is there than to stroll down Memory Lane, revisiting furpals and furangels from around the world who were featured in our Easter Parade from 2012?! It's also a great time to review some innocent looking dangers: Easter plants and flowers, i.e. lilies are pretty, but they are toxic. Go faux! Easter basket grass (better yet, don't use it; use crumpled up tissue paper). Easter basket toys - watch out for those small parts and toy batteries! Chocolate (and be careful where those chocolate eggs were hidden so none a...

*PET ALERT* FDA Issues Pharmeceutical Alert

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  In an excerpt of the the FDA's press release of today: FDA Alerts Veterinarians and Pet Owners Not to Use Prescription Center Pharmacy Products April 2, 2015 "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine is urging veterinarians and pet owners not to use products made and distributed by the Prescription Center pharmacy, located at 915 Hay St., Fayetteville, North Carolina. In an inspection conducted in March by the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy (NC BOP), state inspectors observed significant deficiencies that raise concerns about the company’s ability to assure the sterility, stability and potency of the sterile and non-sterile human and veterinary drug products that it produced. The Prescription Center has been closed by order of the NC BOP, and the NC BOP has ordered a recall of all lots of sterile and non-sterile products compounded or repackaged and distributed by the Prescription Center between Sept. 10, 2014, and ...

No Fools, No Pranks, Just Some Silly Sibes!

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Puppy Knows Best on a Merry Meme Monday!

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What a great way to kick off a week! FiveSibes™ Merry Meme Caption Contest is periodically hosted over on our FiveSibes: Siberian Husky K9 News & Reviews Facebook page! How cute is this photo of Lavisha Kelly's baby "Blaze?" SO cute!  We have a lot of fun with the photographers and caption winners (winners are selected by total number of "Likes" by our Facebook readers), so join us each Monday for some Merry Memes and lots of smiles!

Purple Day®: Supporting Canine Epilepsy Worldwide Blog Hop & Our New Epilepsy Book Release!

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  Today is International Purple Day® in support of Epilepsy across the world. I'm very proud to be an official Amabassador for my fourth consecutive year.Today, we are hosting our first annual Purple Day Blog Hop! Please sure to see how you can join in this very important event at the end of this post!   Each year, Gibson and I join in the worldwide effort of  bringing awareness, education, information, resources, and support to people about Canine Epilepsy. We also hope to help dispel some of the fear associated with seizure disorders and to let folks know they are not alone. We are here for you and hope we can successfully steer you in the right direction for assistance. What is Purple Day®? According to PurpleDay.org , “Cassidy Megan created the idea of Purple Day in 2008, motivated by her own struggles with epilepsy. Cassidy's goal is to get people talking about epilepsy in an effort to dispel myths and inform those with seizures th...