Tom, Dorothy, and Jennifer Raftery
with Their 5 Huskies

The American Dog reports

Six years ago, when Tom and Dorothy’s daughter, Jennifer, was almost 18, her parents gave her a Husky puppy. But Harley needed a playmate, so Gibson joined the family. “He immediately fell in love with Harley,” says Dorothy, and still is. He cannot be away from her.” When Gibson turned 3, he was diagnosed with epilepsy. Dorothy explains that they have him on a “successful-to-date regimen of medicine, vitamins, diet, and homeopathic therapies.” They set up a baby monitor at night, in case he has seizures. Harley and Gibson sleep in adjacent crates with fluffy beds, alongside their 3 year old siblings Wolf, Chloe, and Bandit. “Bandit loves to fill her crate with toys and goes to sleep curled up staring at them.” Both Dorothy and Jennifer work from home, so Dorothy says that the fur-kids get to “eat, sing, play, run, pose for photos, eat, sleep, kiss and snuggle with us, pose for some more photos, go for car rides (with a stop for vanilla ice cream!), go for walks, more playing, and then sleep.” The dogs are also Dorothy’s muses for www.FiveSibes.blogspot.com and a children’s book entitled What’s Wrong with Gibson (a percentage of profits benefits Canine Epilepsy Resources). Dorothy says, “Not a conversation goes by that we aren’t talking about them like the proud parents we are!”