I mportant info to share on Canine Epilepsy. In an Email from Julie Nettifee, RVT, MS, VTS (Neurology), the results of a questionnaire-based study has been published that is of great interest to those who care for dogs living with epilepsy (Epi-dogs). Below is the information she shared and a direct link to the full study. Results of " Characterization of Post-Ictal Clinical Signs in Dogs with Idiopathic Epilepsy: A Questionnaire-Based Study by: Aran Nagendran, Julie A. Nettifee, Dani Carter, Karen R. Muñana As published in the January/February 2025 Vol. 39, Issue 1 of the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Published January 20, 2025 Click on magazine cover above to go to full article on the Wiley Online Library or  to view the PDF go HERE.   *ABOUT THE AUTHORS * Aran Nagendran : Co-Head of the Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery Service, R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Senior Lecturer and EBVS Specialist in Veteri...

     Snowy #FiveSibes Flashback ~ 2017   "Snow flurries began to fall and they swirled around....It was magical, this snow globe world.” ~Sarah Addison Allen    'T is the season for snow! Oh, how my beloved huskies loved snow day, it was in their snow dog DNA. Even before the first flake softly swirled down, it was almost as though they felt it and the excitement would build until I let them out into the yard! I love this pic of my Pupsters Chloe, Wolfgang, and Bee with our alpha queen Harley! We sure missed Gibson (who earned his wings two years before), but on snow days, it always felt so special! And even now, when it snows, I know it's a message from my beloved FiveSibes. Snow will always hold a special place in this FiveSibesMom's heart.   Now, I know not all dogs love the snow like Huskies do with their double coats and snow dog DNA. Even my FiveSibes ( although it took some enticing with snacks and fun indoor things to do ) e...

"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard."    ~Winnie the Pooh/A. A. Milne T oday would have been another one of those special fun days with my FiveSibes...it's the birthdate of my three Pupsters - Wolfie, Chloe, and Bandit! Oh, how much fun birthdays were with all of them. If you've followed my blog, you know jut how much they all enjoyed their doggy birthday parties! Today, they would be turning 17! While I know they would not physically be here for that birthday, they are always and forever in my heart and I always embrace their special dates, and while I miss them all so very much, how lucky I was to have them all in my life. What a wonderful chapter that was, and in my memories, will always be. 🩷 January 19, 2008 🩵 When the adorable Pupsters first day home after a nice warm bath!      The babies with "Momma" Harley! (She was not their birth mother, but she was such an amazing surrogate mom to them.) Happy Birthday  dear ...