This amazing old soul is about 10 years old. He is likely a Great
Dane/Boxer mix and weighs just over 80lbs. He is a fit older gentleman and
loves to go for walks and is even trained to go for walks along side a
bike.
Our hearts hurt for Skeeter because he had a wonderful owner his entire
life. His owner was a homebody and did not have any friends or family…
just Skeeter. They lived in a small town in Missouri and the entire
community knew Skeeter and his owner. They would ride into town, owner on a
bike and Skeeter walking beside. Whenever his person needed to go into a
store Skeeter would be tied outside the door and would wait patiently until
his person came back.
Unfortunately, Skeeter’s best friend died recently. Due to the fact he did
not have any family or friends, no one knew he had passed for days. Finally
people started to notice they hadn’t seen him or Skeeter and when the
police did a welfare check they found them.
Skeeter has lost everything. He ended up being impounded at the local
animal control and unfortunately that area has a large pet overpopulation
problem. The shelters and rescues are so overcrowded and overwhelmed that
they can hardly keep up. Skeeter started having seizures at the impound.
The fact that he was old, a large breed and now had a medical issue meant
that his chances of leaving there alive was next to none.
Someone posted him on Facebook and explained his story and that was shared.
It was shared enough times that we saw it. We do not normally pull out of
state animals because there are so many in need here, however we knew he
fit our mission perfectly. So we offered to take him.
He arrived this week and we were able to get all of his vetting updated.
Thankfully he was started on a seizure medication prior to coming to us. He
has not had any seizures since being on them so we feel he is well managed.
It is a twice a day medication and fairly inexpensive.
Skeeter loves people and would love nothing more than retiring to a home
where people were around most of the time. He is a slow going guy and a
great couch buddy. He gets along great with dogs. We don’t know how he is
with cats but he didn’t seem interested in them at the clinic. He would be
fine with children. He is house trained.
Adoption applications available at rpaw.org
Adoption fee is $250
