Flashback Photo of Gibson 2010 November marks Epilepsy Awareness Month and along with my posting FiveSibes #LiveGibStrong Epi-tips, resources, books, and some fabulous Epi-Stars throughout this month, November also sees the end to Daylight Saving Time, a time for clocks to "fall back" in many areas on November 4th at 2 AM EST. So, my first important Epi-tip of the month is if your Epi-dog (dog with Epilepsy) is on specifically timed medications, you will want to adjust his schedule a few days ahead of time, or at least for the first day of the new time change, stagger the dosage times. For example, if your pet typically gets his medications at  7 AM and 7 PM, for the first day of DST, give the AM dosage at the new fall-back time of 6:30 (true time would be 7:30, a half hour later than usual), and give the 7 PM dosage at 6:30 (true time would be 7:30). That way, while their internal clock says it's a bit late, their system can adjust to the "new" t...

With November being Epilepsy Awareness Month, today's Flashback Friday photo is of my beautiful, sweet Epi-dog angel, Gibson, the face and inspiration behind our #FiveSibes #LiveGibStrong K-9 Epilepsy Awareness Campaign. Gibson embraced life, no mater what challenges came his way. His is a story of inspiration and hope for others who love dogs that are living with Canine Epilepsy. May they all #LiveGibStrongForever. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ~Winston Churchill   This month I will be sharing and highlighting information on Canine Epilepsy to help others who are on this journey or who have dogs who are having seizures know where to turn and what to do to help their canine companion. Always remember, while it is scary to watch your beloved dog have a seizure,  you are not alone. There is much support and information out there. Not sure? Just drop me a line and I'll be happy to steer you in the right di...

It's that time again to spring ahead into spring! Sunday morning at 2 AM we welcome Daylight Saving Time (DST) here and in many areas of the world...which means...we will have "longer" lighter days to have more fun doing things outdoors with our pets! Daylight Saving Time is also the time of year I like to reshare with everyone some very important seasonal health and safety tips: PET MEDICATIONS TIME : If your pet is on specifically timed medications (like our furangel Epi-Husky Gibson who was on meds for Ca nine Epilepsy that he had to take 12 hours apart), you can help reset your pet's internal clock for these medications by staggering them by a half-hour starting on Sunday. Example : If your pet had been receiving their dosages at 7:30 AM before DST, then under the first day of the new time, give it to them at 8:00 AM*; then do the same for the PM dosage. On the second day, you can return back to the norm...

Tomorrow morning at 2 AM we welcome Daylight Saving Time (DST) here and in many areas of the world...and after the deep arctic freeze and copious amounts of snow that has occurred in our area this year, we humans are certainly looking forward to being able to "spring" our clocks ahead an hour, which means...Spring is on its way with daylight giving us longer days to have more fun running, playing, swimming, and eating! (Can you say BBQ?! Nom-nommmms!) Daylight Saving Time is also the time of year we like to remind everyone about some very important seasonal health and safety tips: PET MEDICATIONS TIME : If your pet is on specifically timed medications (like our Epi-Husky Gibson who is on meds he must take 12 hours apart), you can help reset your pet's internal clock for these medications by staggering them by a half-hour starting on Sunday. Example: If your pet had been receiving their dosages at 7:30 AM before DST, then under the f...