Given away at 1 pound and 6 weeks old, Mighty Max needs your support.

Too young to leave his mom, Mighty Max was given away at just six weeks old. A week later, he was surrendered to Ramapo Bergen Animal Rescue in critical condition. Max is fighting for his life. He is extremely frail and weighs only 16 ounces.

Max was hypoglycemic and dehydrated, in need of immediate 24-hour hospitalization and supportive care to stabilize him. He was crashing fast.

With your support, Mighty Max can keep fighting and live up to his name. Please consider a donation to provide Max the intensive support he needs.

At just a few weeks old, tiny pups like Max still need the nutrition, antibodies, security, and care their mother provides. Max is a painful reminder of the consequences of irresponsible breeding and sending puppies to homes before they are ready.

Thankfully, this tiny fighter is holding on. Diagnostics will determine if Max is so frail from not receiving enough nutritional support or if an underlying medical condition contributed to his decline. At his tiny size, parasites or even missing just a few meals could quickly put him into crisis.

They believe Max is a yorkie mix, and this adorable little pup will be seeking a foster home once he is stable enough to leave the hospital.

For now, they are cautiously hopeful and giving Max everything he should have had from the beginning; proper nutrition, veterinary care, safety, and the chance to grow stronger.

Max deserved a safer start. With your help, we can give him the chance at the healthy, happy life he should have had all along.