Last January, Ashley was rescued from a life of neglect. Her owners didn’t feed her and then they just abandoned her. Erica Mahnken, the co-founder of No More Pain Rescue, saved her.
Erica and her fiancé Michael Favor got a phone call about some people living in an abandoned house with a dog.
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Image Credit: Erica Mahnken
The couple had moved away, but the dog was still in the house. It was a freezing cold day when Erica and Michael went to find Ashley.
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Image Credit: Erica Mahnken
As you can see, Ashley was very thin, and there were even old cigarette burns on her head.
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Image Credit: Erica Mahnken