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💚 Sharing Love & Sibe-rish Kisses on #FlashbackFriday! ☘️

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  "Woo...Kiss me, Faith, I'm Sibe-rish!" says Wolfie in a 2016 Flashback. Oh, my FiveSibes were always up for some fun and were forever my favorite subjects! If it was about a party, or treats, or fun, they were all about it! Here, is one of my many fave photos of Wolfie celebrating the wearin'o' the green for St. Paddy's Day with my dear friend Jeanette's beautiful girl, Faith, and just perfect for this week's #FlashbackFriday with St. Patrick's Day being this Sunday. We always had so much fun with these two and us proud mommas dubbed them girlfriend and boyfriend...and they actually FaceTimed each other, several times! So much fun! Remember, JOY is all around you...find it, and embrace it. Hug your dogs. Enjoy a holiday together - fun or serious. They are our furry best friends and are with us for such a short time...so enjoy every moment!     What fun things did you and your pup do for St. Paddy's Day?   "A good friend is like ...

Honoring K9 Veterans and Their Handlers on K9 Veterans Day

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Updated March 13, 2025 T oday is March 13th ~ K9 Veterans Day ! A time to thank our many working dogs and their handlers—from military to police—who are now veterans. As the daughter of a WWII U.S. Army veteran, I'm honored to celebrate the work these amazing K9 soldiers do each year by writing about them and sharing important news and links. March 13th was the date in 1942 when an experimental program of enlisting dogs into service was approved. According to the United States Army, "In January 1942, members of the American Kennel Club and other dog lovers formed a civilian organization called Dogs for Defense . They intended to train dogs to perform sentry duty for the army along the coast of the United States. Aware of this effort, Lieutenant Colonel Clifford C. Smith, chief of the Plant Protection Branch, Inspection Division, Quartermaster Corps, met with his commander, Major General Edmund B. Gregory, and suggested that the Army use the sentry dogs ...