Akiya

Right now Akiya is a special needs girl.  She was taken away from her owners by Animal Control due to extreme neglect.  She had been tied out in a field of cheat grass in Eastern Washington.  The heads of this grass burrow through fur and underneath skin causing abscesses if left untreated.  Akiya had abscesses all over her body  One foot was so swollen she could not walk.  Animal Control pulled out over 50 seeds from between 2 toes on that foot

And the long fur on the backs of Akiya's rear legs and on the back of her tail had grown so tangled with weeds that they were matted together, pulling her tail down against her leg so that appeared crippled and was full of caught, dried filth

To save her, Animal Control had to shave her down to her skin.  You can see from her face that she will be an exquisite dog in a few months.  But in the meantime, she's in danger of sunburn, exposure and we are a tad worried that the snows will come here in the mountains before her fur does!  (I do have a coat made for a fur-challenged malamute that will become Akiya's new fashion do's as the weather changes.)

Akiya is now playing, on her very first day here  with her male foster dog friend, Woolly.  She seems quite healthy and happy when it's play, pet or dinner time.  But she'd like a forever home where she can come inside if it is too cold.    Can you help?