Skyy is a beautiful, 17 lb, 2 year old male miniature American Eskimo dog.

His owner had to give him up because of reasons NOT having to do with Skyy, but because she had to move into a housing situation where she cannot have a dog. Skyy’s owner could have taken him to an animal shelter, but she felt he would likely never had made it to an “adoptable” list. She knows that eskies are very rarely placed directly by shelters. They are typically so loving and attached to their people that to be separated from them and placed with many strangers and strange dogs at once in a shelter generally causes them to get frantically fearful.

After contacting the specialty American Eskimo rescues, his owner asked Rocket Dog Rescue to help rehome Skyy. Skyy has never been in a shelter, and is now in a secure foster home waiting to meet his truly forever people.

Skyy is also a special needs dog. His former owner rescued him from a backyard breeder where his head had been injured. His thinking and behaviors are good, but the little guy is nearly blind in his right eye, because his skull was hit in such a way that the muscles around the eye that cause it to blink do not work, and the eye is not reactive to light. Skyy will become blind in that eye within about the next year. For the best care of the eye, his new owners will have to commit to placing medicine in it twice a day to help keep it moist, or to having a vet permanently close it for him.

Skyy is loving and playful, with a beautiful white coat and a happy smile. He is typical of eskies in his behaviors, and if you are thinking of giving this guy a chance at the good life with you, please either already be familiar with eskies or read about them on the web.

If you’d like to talk more about Skyy and about adopting him, please complete an adoption questionnaire from the website and email it to info@rocketdogrescue.org with a copy to doggiemama@didgeridog.com

Thanks for considering rescue!