A "Sweet 16" Celebration Time Is Here! W oo! Wow! February 23, 2026 marked our FiveSibes16th Blogiversary! My first blog post debuted on February 23, 2010 with my very first post featuring our alpha queen "Harley" and Pet Dental Health. And what a reception I received from fellow bloggers in Blogville! What a terrific place to be and host a blog. We're like family - a "blog-mily" - we have seen each other through the highs of having amazing pets to the lows of losing them. I have made so many wonderful friends here, who also have wonderful blogs of their own. Never did I imagine that I'd still have this blog going strong 16 years later! What a testament to the breed, to writing, and to you, my devoted readers, many who have been here from the very start. Enter Our Giveaway for a Custom FiveSibes  Embroidered Patch At End of this Post! If you've been following my blog for any length of time, you know I was inspired, of course, by my bel...

I t's that time of year when we turn everything P-U-R-P-L-E!   As a Purple Day® for (K9) Epilepsy Ambassador since 2012, in honor of my Gibson (an Epi-dog; dog with epilepsy), in 2015 I began hosting a annual Purple Day® for Epilepsy Blog Hop & Social Media Share -11 years ago!  Little did I know that March, that just nine months later, my Gibson would earn his furangel wings. In hindsight, he eventually had kicked the seizure monster to the curb, living the last SEVEN years of his life SEIZURE FREE. He passed shortly before his tenth birthday, and not from epilepsy. (Gibson passed from hemangiosarcoma). The purpose of the annual blog hop (and eventually media share was added) was to reach others across blogs and a variety of social media platforms to let them know that with some with some special care and treatment (traditional, holistic, environmental, and/or dietary), along with lots of love,  Epi-dogs like Gibson can—and DO —live happy lives, enjoying...