We have a lot to be howling about! Just one week from today is Thanksgiving, and while I was caught up in my nightly Husky Huddle of hugs, wet noses, and chatty woos, I started reflecting upon all the things to be thankful for. There are so many, but these top my list: Being alive. Being part of a wonderful family. Having a beautiful daughter who is my best friend. Having beautiful, loving Huskies. Having an adorable abandoned cat accept and adopt us . Having good friends. Having good health for family, friends, and furbabies. I've now added to this list some new friends we are thankful for--both furpals and human. Thanks to the wonderful thing called technology that includes Tweeting, blogging, chatting, texting, and communicating via other social networking systems, the FiveSibes and I have "met" some truly nice, inspirational, and supportive folks and their furbabies. It's great to have the capability of talking about our pets and their love, devotion, ...

Harley's pearly whites! For this, my "maiden-voyage" blog, if you will, I'm kicking off with a tip  of the hat to February being Pet Dental Health Month. How many of us tend to our dog's teeth and gums on a regular basis? Just as we enjoy playing, snuggling, and taking our dogs to the vet for check-ups, we also need to brush those canine teeth! Our five "kids" (as we refer to them as) all now enjoy getting their teeth brushed. I do have to use the mint flavored pet toothpaste, though. No chicken flavor or anything funky like that. They love the smell of mint. Our one girl, the alpha queen, just loves to sniff anyone who has just brushed their own teeth! So getting her used to the process herself was easy! As you can see from her photo here, she is quite proud of her smile! Some of our kids prefer the finger brush to the standard toothbrush. But that's okay. They both work well. The finger brush actually allows some gum massaging, which is a gre...