Meet Caley, starved Boxer

Orlando, FL - The benign email from a shelter about a "skinny dog" did little to prepare a volunteer for one emaciated Boxer's condition.

Florida Boxer Rescue pulled Caley from the shelter where she had been housed after being picked up as a stray.

When Caley first arrived, she was crawling in fleas - so many fleas, in fact, that it took two treatments to kill them all.

The ailing Boxer was also found to be anemic (thanks in part to the blood-sucking fleas) and dehydrated.

In a word, Caley was a mess.

Technically, since Caley was just saved from the shelter, she is still a mess - though her many issues are currently being addressed at a veterinary clinic.

By tomorrow, tests which are being run on this suffering dog should reveal if Caley has an underlying problem, or if she was purposefully starved.

The Florida Boxer Rescue has set up a donation page for Caley - something to help off-set the many expenses which will be associated with saving her life.

If you are not yet immune to the horror of seeing a dog's body painfully wasted, please consider making a donation towards Caley's care.

If you have donated to other dogs in the past and do not have the means to help again, please take a moment to share Caley's story with someone else - the next person might be able to help.

No donation is too small.

At the very least, please send a healing, positive thought to this suffering soul who has endured too much pain and neglect.

Thank you.

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