Marvin is a five-year-old Hound Mix in Huntington, WV, who needs $2000 for emergency care.

Marvin had been shot and was so sick he laid behind a restaurant for days until someone contacted One By One Animal Advocates and begged the nonprofit group to help the dog.

"He was a local stray," Heather A., with the organization, tells Waggle. "He was sore to the touch. He was not moving, eating, or drinking. He was unable to lift his head."

The group arranged for someone to pick up Marvin and rush him to the Proctorville Animal Clinic for critical care. That's where the medical team found his abdomen was rigid because Marvin had been shot with buckshot that was now lodged in his body. "To think someone intentionally shot him is so incredibly sad," Heather says. "I can't understand it. It's hard for me to process. I can't imagine looking at a living, happy animal and shooting them. It hurts for me to think about."

Marvin tested positive for Lyme and Ehrlichia, which are both tickborne diseases, and was deathly ill. He also has advanced heartworm disease.

Marvin is now hospitalized and is being treated with pain medication, antibiotics for the tickborne diseases, and skin infection he developed from being shot. The goal is to allow his gunshot wounds to heal --- if the buckshot doesn't seem to cause him pain, the veterinarian believes it's best to leave it and not surgically remove it. Once Marvin recovers, he will be treated for heartworm.

Heather says there was just no way she could say "no" to taking Marvin when she saw his pictures. "You could just see how much pain he was in," she says. "He had a pleading look in his eyes, hoping someone would help him."

Marvin already knows he's in a place where people love and care about him. "We are showering him with attention," Heather says. "He physically feels better. We never want him to remember the sadness and pain."

Once Marvin is all fixed up, he will be ready for adoption. Can you help Marvin get a new leash on life?