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 with grasses that burrowed 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, we are a tad worried that the snows will come here in the mountains before her fur does!

From her first day here, Akiya played happily when loose in the yard with her male foster dog friend, Woolly. She seems quite healthy and happy when it is playtime, petting time or dinner time. She is not afraid or fearful, no signs of having been overtly abused.

But she would sure like a forever home where she can come inside if it is too cold or damp. Can you help?

Akiya is presently being fostered in Cle Elum, WA