My beloved Gibson Always and forever. Today is International Epilepsy Day. For us here at the FiveSibes, it is a day to pay tribute to Epi-dogs and Epi-angels, true warrior dogs who inspire(d) us with their love and zest for life as they live with Canine Epilepsy. To read more about this and my inspirational Epi-angel Gibson, please check out my post HERE .  For important Canine Epilepsy resources and information, please check out my books at ArcticHouse Publishing (with a link to Amazon.)  A portion of sales from both books is donated through my #LiveGibStrong campaign to the Canine Epilepsy Resources/Epil-K9 Foundation's "Emma's Seizure Fund" through the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine Neurology Department. I also want to remind folks that House Woof Dog Bis cu its formulated a special wholesome treat specifically created for the canine epileptic and named "Gibbie Snacks" after my ...

Post Game Activity: In case you missed it, be sure to check out my #TackleEpilepsy post!  

We here at FiveSibes are joining Coach Jerry Kill, who as partnered with UCB and EpilepsyAdvocate,  in his #TackleEpilepsy social media campaign to help spread the word about Epilepsy Awareness. On the Big Game Day - February 5 - UCB will feature an ad in the Super Bowl program advocating for Epilepsy Awareness. From now until then,  you can join in by posting pics of your (and your dog's) "game face" as your Facebook profile pic, tag some friends, and also share your pic on all of your social media with the hashtag #TackleEpilepsy. That's it! And... "UCB will donate $26,000 to the Epilepsy Foundation in honor of #TackleEpilepsy participation!" In memory of my sweet Epi-dog, Gibson and our continual #LiveGibStrong K-9 Epilepsy Awareness Campaign, I have my purple-for-Epilepsy-awareness game face on and we are in! Will you join in, too, for both K9s and humans living with Epilepsy?  And since it's our Flashback Friday blog hop...my photos are ...

Woo! Today is all about the sled dog and our Siberian Husky lovin' household invite you to share in celebration of today by enjoying the following wonderful music video by award-winning singer/songwriter Nancy Simmonds who featured my FiveSibes, along with my "The Sibe Vibe" Dog Works Radio show executive producer and lead musher of Alaska's Team Ineka's sled dogs, in her music video "Husky Dog!" What a special honor for us to have our Siberian Huskies: Harley, Gibson, Wolf, Chloe, and Bandit star in her video set against the awesome song she wrote and performed! So turn up the volume and enjoy the ride!

Surrogate Momma Harley joins in for some nom-noms! What a party it was! Check it out... Gibson once again stopped in from The Rainbow Bridge to visit his  younger siblings for their birthday!  ~Once FiveSibes: Always FiveSibes~ Since I'm posting at the end of the day Thursday on the Pupsters Birthday, I'm tying it in with our Flashback Friday!  In addition to the Pupster's flashback photo from 2008 when they were just mere pups, here's another special Flashback Friday photo from four years ago of all FiveSibes, including big brother furangel Gibson, enjoying the best part of the day...cake time...at the Pupster's 5th Birthday party! Flashback Fridays are brought to you by us - the FiveSibes - and now also our 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 ...

Happy New Year & Happy Birthday, furangel Gibson! It's been a few weeks since I've last posted and what a roller coaster of a ride it has been. Some of it pretty wonderful, and some tragically sad, which led to my blogging absence during the holiday season. It seems along with our return, the new year, and in keeping with the theme of  "Auld Lang Syne," it is very appropriate that we return today on a Flashback Friday and on what would have been Gibson's 11th Birthday, with a recap of our holiday, and a tribute to family members no longer with us. With Gibson always in our thoughts, the rest of the FiveSibes patiently awaited Santa Paws' arrival on Christmas! They also have been adjusting to having a newborn baby in the house ( see my 4Knines article on "How to Prepare Yo ur Dogs for a Newborn Baby" )! It has been a fun and exciting time for all here. I have been so in love with my new grandson, Cody, enjoying spending time togeth...

    W elcome Baby New Year! With the arrival of the bright and shiny 2017, I am so blessed to be looking forward to a year of firsts with the arrival of my first grandson this past December! With having had five Siberian Huskies (four now since Gibson earned his wings in 2015), I know just how very social they are by nature, so we wanted to prepare them for the arrival of the baby so they would not be too excited, overstressed, or worry when the baby cries and coos. A few things that have helped us with the transition from a four-dog household to a four-dog-and-a-baby household are:   Prepare Your Dog Ahead of Time Months ahead of time, play different sound bites of babies crying and cooing to let your dog get used to the new voice they will be hearing on a daily basis. When you play the cries, reassure your dog by saying , “It’s okay, Wolfie. This is Baby (Name).” Then remember to add positive verbal reward to your dog, such as “Good boy, ...