T oday, back in 2020, it began like any other day...only to become a day I'd never forget, and not for a good reason. Sure, this was the year that change most of our lives with the 2020 being the pandemic year, it also was a year of new beginnings for us at FiveSibes...we had lost three of our beloved Huskies by then: Gibson in 2015, Chloe and Harley three months apart in 2019...and then on this date, our crazy, lovable, beautiful "Bandit" a/k/a "Bee" and "BandaBear" earned her wings and silver harness at age 12½, leaving the last of our pack family, her brother/littermate and my baby boy, Wolfie, without his furfamily. As I sit here today, it is still so surreal to me that all of my beautiful, wonderful FiveSibes have now earned their wings. As I gaze out my window, I recall their beautiful, so-not-majestic group howls, the sounds of their 20 paws pounding through the room or across our back deck as they engaged in fun zoomies, or the woos and woofs w...

  W oo! It's our #FiveSibes #MerryMeme Monday and we're so happy to share this wonderful seasonal photo submitted to us of Cathy Armato's ( of DogsLuvUsAndWeLuvThem ) beautiful Siberian Husky girl "Icy" in her fun Howloween costume! Inspired by her costume and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow , of course, being a writer, I had to write a little Husky Howloween poem-style story! ( Easter egg time: Did any Husky-loving person get the last line?! BOL, but true)! I was thrilled my "The Tale of The Horseman and The Husky" was selected as the winning caption, but I was just happy and fun writing it. I am sharing here just in time for that spooky time of year! Hope you enjoy!   The Tale of the Horseman and the Husky by Dorothy Wills-Raftery    The horseman arrives upon a swift steed, A beautiful dog of an ancient breed. The Siberian Husky comes from the North  It's strong, and clever, and fast like a horse.  Together, they ride out of Howloween's past Gallo...

FiveSibes #Flashback Photo ~ Gibson & His Purple Pumpkin ~ 2014 W oo! Or, should I say Booooo! It's that time of the year when pumpkin hunting and carving is fun thing to do! And, while we are all busy carving and displaying our artworks on the gourds, did you remember to make a purple pumpkin?  "Woo! What's in my purple pumpkin? Treats?!"  ~Gibson/FiveSibes       A Purple pumpkin? What?! If you've been a FiveSibes follower, you know how important the color of purple is to us, and why Purple Pumpkins are a staple here.If you are new to us here at FiveSibes, I initially joined in the Purple Pumpkin Project because we made our pumpkin purple for my Epi-dog Gibson. So, you might be asking yourself, Why was Gibson's pumpkin purple? For Canine Epilepsy Awareness!  You can read more about it in our video further down in this post, or by visiting a previous explanatory post HERE.   Follow the Purple Pumpkin Project on Facebook! In a pumpkin shell—as m...