Skip’s outgoing personality helps Willie to build a friendship with Rivers Applewhite (CAITLIN WACHS), the prettiest girl in school. Skip then further serves as matchmaker for Willie and Rivers at the movie theater, and lends a paw after Willie is challenged by Big Boy Wilkinson (BRADLEY CORYELL), Henjie Henick (DAYLAN HONEYCUTT) and Spit McGee (CODY LINLEY) to prove his worth in a football game. With Skip’s canine help, Willie starts becoming "one of the boys."

Then unexpectedly, Dink returns to Yazoo. But the dark truth soon emerges: Dink, when confronted by the realities of war, went AWOL. In trying to reconcile his hero worship of the Dink he once knew with his disappointment in the disgraced soldier, Willie begins to contend with the complexities of war and human conduct. He reaches a new perspective on these matters through his father’s eyes and his own.

Dink fails to show up at Willie’s first baseball game, and the disappointed Willie takes it out on Skip, who runs away. The dog’s disappearance and subsequent recovery teach Willie the strength of forgiveness, and give Dink a chance to embrace the power of redemption. Ultimately, it is a dog’s love that teaches Willie Morris lifelong lessons of the human spirit.

Directed by Jay Russell from screenwriter GAIL GILCHRIEST’s adaptation of the novel by Willie Morris, "My Dog Skip" is produced by Alcon Entertainment. The producers are MARK JOHNSON, JOHN LEE HANCOCK, ANDREW KOSOVE and BRODERICK JOHNSON. The executive producers are MARTY EWING and Jay Russell. The director of photography is JAMES CARTER. The production designer is DAVID BOMBA. The costume designer is EDI GIGUERE. The editors are HARVEY ROSENSTOCK, A.C.E., and GARY WINTER, and the musical score is composed by WILLIAM ROSS. Warner Bros. is distributing "My Dog Skip" worldwide.