'Absolutely breaks my heart'- Mother dog and puppy in 'awful condition' amid plea for help

A dog, which was a victim of long-term dog breeding, has been discovered with her very sick puppy by an Irish animal rescue recently.

"We have just had an emergency from the dark world," was the message Animal Haven Ireland said on social media recently.

The animal haven rescued the ex breeding dog and her puppy in a seriously awful condition, as they plea for donations to help their recovery.

"An ex breeding Mum who is thin and covered in mange but her puppy is in a bad way," the post on Facebook read.

"Extremely malnourished, infected eyes, full of worms and I'm pretty sure he also has extreme rickets. The poor baby can't even walk or stand up……," the rescue said.

"Both are now with our vet but as you can imagine they need your support. We want both to have the best of veterinary care over the days ahead and the little puppy to get all the x-rays he needs," Animal Haven Ireland said.

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To donate, the Paypal is here: Paypal.me/animalhavenire

The Facebook post has received thousands of likes on Facebook and hundreds of comments, including: "I hope mum & puppy will be ok. Awful to see the poor puppy like that. I hope they will find there forever home together when the time is right. I will pray for the puppy that he will be ok. Please give us an update on him & mum to see how they are doing?".

Another person said, "Honestly I cannot fathom this cruelty to wee dogs. Absolutely breaks my heart. Again, thank you so so much for what you do. Donation sent for these wee souls xx".

"My heart breaks for these poor defenceless fur babies overbred by some scummy horrible vile people hope they get all the love and care they need thank you for saving them xx You're all truly earth angels," another person said.