On the premises at the time of investigation: approximately 100
dogs and 20 puppies. This facility included a building that
housed whelping dogs and their puppies and small-breed breeders.
It also had outdoor runs with whelping boxes and outdoor breeder
pens. The kennel building had cages on two sides. Along each of
these walls, one row of cages was set above another, with ten
cages per row. The cages were made of treated wire, and there
was plastic sheeting below each row of cages to catch feces and
debris. These cages had plastic self-feeders and automatic water
spigots. Metal doggie doors allowed access to outdoor cages.
Each cage housed two small-breed dogs, or a whelping mother and
puppies. Two cages each contained two Shih Tzus, all of which
had thick mats in their fur, particularly on their undersides
(2.40-Vet care). There were about ten outdoor breeder pens,
which were large areas of dirt surrounded by wire walls. Each
contained a wooden dog house lacking a windbreak
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