Gibson, a male Chesapeake Bay Retriever, joined the Eldred Colman family in June 2018. Less than a week after arriving back in the United States from a trip to Tanzania, Jaime and Matthew drove nearly 1,000 miles from the District to get Gibson from long-time family friends, in Iowa.

Gibson is an energetic, bright, determined dog, who loves water more than anything in the world. He is most in his element when swimming at the family lake house in Pennsylvania or near Washington in the Chesapeake Bay.

In December 2018, Gibson swallowed an entire tennis ball, which had to be surgically removed. Since, Gibson is not allowed to play with or be near tennis balls — another item he loves.