Lots of Dogs

Well she probably fed some of the dogs to the other ones.

AUAIOMRN: Lots of Dogs

I would think the UN would oppose her lawn on the basis of it being a massive minefield.

How is she handling the peanut butter shortage?

Oh, crap. That reminds me...

i lived in a roming house for a few weeks when i was 20 or so, there was a big fat lesbian with a german shepard who lived there, and she used alot of peanut butter. i could see the look of shame on the dogs face all the time. 'what can i do? i like peanut butter' he said. but he knew it was wrong. he was just helplesss in his addiction to the tastey breakfeast spread. the fat lesbian had no idea anyone knew, but we could all hear the noise at night, and that poor dog could barely make eye contact with other people.

That many dogs would make a hellacious amount of racket.

The real question here is whether the lawn matches the drapes...

some_beer_drinker: i lived in a roming house for a few weeks when i was 20 or so, there was a big fat lesbian with a german shepard who lived there, and she used alot of peanut butter. i could see the look of shame on the dogs face all the time. 'what can i do? i like peanut butter' he said. but he knew it was wrong. he was just helplesss in his addiction to the tastey breakfeast spread. the fat lesbian had no idea anyone knew, but we could all hear the noise at night, and that poor dog could barely make eye contact with other people.

That's not a lesbian. Did any of her girlfriends come over?

/disturbed that when it comes to real life, men use 'lesbian' as short hand for 'fugly'

Haha, ahh my hometown.

It really is a good lakeside town, awesome beaches, good schools, and our share of the hicks that live out in the woods.

This woman is one of those hicks.

/no better place to live in the midwest
//on Lake Michigan that is

What does she do with all the yard sausage?

I'm not one to try and put hard and fast limits on how many dogs people can own, because I know several people (dog sports competitors) who keep lots of dogs but manage to do it while providing them all with excellent vet care, great diets, and plenty of love and play time. That said, there is just no bloody way someone can actually care for 82 dogs in the way dogs deserve to be kept. Yeah, you can keep them ALIVE with food and water, but what about mental stimulation? What about interaction with humans and other dogs, proper socialization, adequate exercise? There is no way. Private individuals just can't manage that number of dogs without the dogs suffering - you would need a staff of 15+ people just to meet the basic requirements.

If she were Vietnamese she would be considered a rancher.

ExperianScaresCthulhu: some_beer_drinker: i lived in a roming house for a few weeks when i was 20 or so, there was a big fat lesbian with a german shepard who lived there, and she used alot of peanut butter. i could see the look of shame on the dogs face all the time. 'what can i do? i like peanut butter' he said. but he knew it was wrong. he was just helplesss in his addiction to the tastey breakfeast spread. the fat lesbian had no idea anyone knew, but we could all hear the noise at night, and that poor dog could barely make eye contact with other people.

That's not a lesbian. Did any of her girlfriends come over?

/disturbed that when it comes to real life, men use 'lesbian' as short hand for 'fugly'

ya, she had a cute girlfriend, and turned to the dog when the g/f started banging some big black dude.

bextraordinary: That said, there is just no bloody way someone can actually care for 82 dogs in the way dogs deserve to be kept. Yeah, you can keep them ALIVE with food and water, but what about mental stimulation? What about interaction with humans and other dogs, proper socialization, adequate exercise? There is no way.

LOL WUT?

Dogs do fine without humans all the time, if they're given enough room to roam. It's just highly unlikely these dogs were given that, and without human interaction they regress to feral. But it's the very thought that animals need humans that leads to these sorts of situations in the first place.

When I see a feral cat or dog that's mangy but otherwise OK, I try not to feel sorry for it. It's living a hard life, but it's the only life it knows. The ones that show up starving and diseased are usually abandoned pets.

bextraordinary: Private individuals just can't manage that number of dogs without the dogs suffering - you would need a staff of 15+ people just to meet the basic requirements.

Not 15. "Just" 4 full time workers can cover it. This from personal experience at a rescue with about that many.

A little under 1 ton of food per month. You can't just let them run free as they will form packs and the packs will try and kill one another. It is an all day long affair as you can't let most packs out with other packs and so feeding, doing their business, and exercise has to be done in shifts.

She either had them all permanently in cages, spent several tens of thousands of dollars in fencing, or just lived with dogs regularly killing one another. But even if the had adequate separate fenced areas they aren't receiving anywhere near enough human interaction to prevent become feral/institutionalized.

But if they go into the pound most/all will be killed. Tough to say which is truly the humane choice.

I missed the part of your post where you are implying providing the necessary human interaction to keep them as suitable for family pet. You probably aren't too far off then with the 15+ people required. 4 people only will keep them healthy and from killing each other.

nobody11155: bextraordinary: Private individuals just can't manage that number of dogs without the dogs suffering - you would need a staff of 15+ people just to meet the basic requirements.

Not 15. "Just" 4 full time workers can cover it. This from personal experience at a rescue with about that many.

A little under 1 ton of food per month. You can't just let them run free as they will form packs and the packs will try and kill one another. It is an all day long affair as you can't let most packs out with other packs and so feeding, doing their business, and exercise has to be done in shifts.

She either had them all permanently in cages, spent several tens of thousands of dollars in fencing, or just lived with dogs regularly killing one another. But even if the had adequate separate fenced areas they aren't receiving anywhere near enough human interaction to prevent become feral/institutionalized.

But if they go into the pound most/all will be killed. Tough to say which is truly the humane choice.

Well, there was that city that had thousands of bunnies they wanted to cull fighting the crazy lady who wanted to rescue the wild bunnies.

Sounds like could solve each others' problem here.

One of the problems with pet hoarders is that they think the animals will just divvy up the food neatly between them. If someone with 82 dogs just opens enough bags of dog food to feed 82 dogs, the more aggressive dogs will happily starve the less aggressive ones. Hell, Mom's only got four cats, and she has to have a system in place because three of the cats were eating all the food and starving the fourth.

I have no doubts that this woman is convinced that all her dogs are hale and healthy and that the town is full of evil meanies who don't want her to have any little cuddlies to play with. I also have no doubt that her home is an apocalyptic ruin strewn with the bones of the dead. It's very hard to argue with that degree of delusion.

When Fido realized it was a raid, he quickly left his beloved owner a final note before being hauled away...