My: Dog Skip

: Willie Morris is an outcast bullied by classmates and struggling to connect with his stern father, Jack, a war veteran who lost a leg in the Spanish Civil War. His only friend is his older neighbor, Dink Jenkins, who soon leaves to fight in World War II. A Gift for Growth

My Dog Skip is not a story about a dog. It is a story about the person you become because of a dog. My Dog Skip

Even writing that sentence is enough to mist the eyes of any viewer. My Dog Skip doesn’t just show death; it shows the end of childhood. That final line is universally relatable because, for most of us, our first pet was our first encounter with mortality. : Willie Morris is an outcast bullied by

As Willie grows into a teenager, Skip ages and eventually passes away. The film ends with an older Willie (voiced as the narrator) reflecting on how Skip shaped the man he became. It is a story about the person you become because of a dog