Date and time of CAPS investigation: 5/4/26, 1552

Approximate number of puppies observed at time of investigation: 45

The puppies lived in aquarium-like enclosures, set into two walls inside the store. The enclosures had solid walls with cage-like doors on the back, slatted floorings for urine and feces to fall through, water bottles attached to their back doors, small blankets, and toys. Most of the enclosures had one or two puppies inside. TVs over the enclosures showed videos of dogs and puppies running in grassy fields, with Petland employees playing with the dogs while speaking to breeders. Nearby playrooms in the store, for customers to interact with puppies, contained handbooks of puppy and breeder information. The handbooks mostly showed pictures of dogs and puppies running in the grass.

No puppy mills claim

I asked a female employee about the store’s breeders, and I said, “We want to make sure they’re not puppy mills.” She said, “Yes, I understand. No, they aren’t. We have our own breeders that only breed to us.” She pointed at a TV as she spoke, and she said that the store buys from “professional breeders,” but also “hobby breeders, which is just a family raising one or two litters.” The employee said that some, but not all, of the puppies come from Canine Care Certified breeders.

Dogs running around open spaces

She claimed that larger breeding facilities have kennels, which dogs are kept in. And I asked what the difference was between that and a puppy mill. The employee told me, “A puppy mill is more like not regulated. Just breed, procreating, procreating, procreating just to sell more and more and more. It’s like not restricted at all. It’s just about making money. And the ones that we use are restricted, and they’re regulated by the AKC and the American Kennel Club and the USDA. And the videos that you’re seeing are also the managers and owners and some employees that have been to the breeding trips to make sure that they’re up to our standards.” She added, “So the big reason we’ve been open for so long is because of how regulated we are when it comes to our breeders.” She pointed to the TV screen as she spoke, which showed dogs running in open fields, so I asked, “Is it basically dogs in open spaces?” She answered, “Yes.” She then told me that the dogs have “rooms” like in animal shelters, and “they let them out, they feed, and it’s just a huge lawn.”

Employee reluctant to give breeder info

The employee showed me paperwork for a Corgi pup and said that the USDA registration for the breeder was pending. She added that the breeder was a “hobby breeder,” and that the paperwork listed the name “Diana Thomas” as the breeder, with no address given. The paperwork also said that the puppy’s color was “blue fawn,” even though the Corgi was clearly gold and white. When I asked for information on a Pomeranian puppy, the employee gave me only a price and offered no other information.

Breeder name obtained during store investigation 

Diana Thomas (no address given; no USDA license found)

Breeder names obtained from 2025 Certificates of Veterinary Inspection 

Perry Petersheim, Moberly, MO 65270, 43-A-6646. 51 dogs and 52 puppies at 5/22/25 USDA inspection.

Clinton Michel, Long Lane, MO, 43-A-3817, 52 dogs and 40 puppies at 6/9/25 USDA inspection.

Vickie Duryea, Goff, KS, 48-A-2118, 35 dogs and 23 puppies at 3/18/26 USDA inspection.

Kevin Street, Bowling Green, MO, 43-A-548, 120 dogs, 80 puppies, 15 cats, and 34 kittens (249 total animals) at 4/30/26 USDA inspection, 144 dogs, 44 puppies, 21 cats, and 35 kittens (294 total animals) at 3/16/26 re-licensing inspection, 140 dogs, 100 puppies, 20 cats, and 55 kittens (315 total animals) at 1/22/26 USDA inspection. During the 1/22/26 inspection, the USDA inspector cited Street for having puppies without individual identifications and for having a 6-month-old female puppy with a blank medical record.

Street had149 dogs, 49 puppies, 27 cats, and 43 kittens (268 total animals) at 9/30/25 USDA inspection. During this inspection, the inspector found four violations: 1) a dog housed inside a building without a primary enclosure, where she could come into contact with electrical devices such as a heater on the floor, exposed electrical cords, items on shelves that could fall, and a trash container;  2) a mother of newborn puppies housed with another female dog, who could potentially attack the puppies; 3) fifty-seven adult dogs past due on parvovirus/distemper vaccinations; and 4) an uncovered trash container in a dog building. While the improperly housed dog and outdated vaccinations had correct-by dates of 10/14/25, the inspector did not return to Street’s facility until 12/17/25, at which time the inspector was unable to do an inspection because Mr. Street was not home and did not authorize an employee to accompany the inspector. The inspector cited Street for this violation under 2.126 (b) (access and inspection of records and property).

Sharon Monk, BJ’s & Guys, Menlo, KS, 48-A-2267, 181 dogs and 71 puppies (total 252 animals) at 1/12/26 USDA inspection, 304 dogs and 156 puppies (total 460 animals) at 10/8/24 USDA inspection, 243 dogs and 129 puppies at 2/20/24 pre-licensing inspection for A license. Before obtaining an “A” license, Monk had a broker’s license, 48-B-0081 and often had more than 1200 dogs and puppies. Between 2014 (this is how far back the USDA goes for inspection reports) and 2017, Monk had numerous and ongoing violations, including ones for lack of veterinary care and substandard housing.

Elmer and Edna Troyer, Clark, MO, 43-A-0597. 59 dogs and 58 puppies at 1/13/26 USDA inspection. The USDA inspector cited the Troyers for excessive flies on 5/13/22 when they had a total of 143 dogs and puppies. At their 2/15/22 inspection, when they had 193 dogs and puppies, the Troyers had six violations: 1) excessive feces, which included smeared feces on floors and resting surfaces and brown matter on doorways and walls; 2) unsealed flooring for a mother Golden Doodle and her puppies; 3) inadequate space in outdoor housing; 4) chewed self-feeding bowls; 5) empty water bottles—dogs were very thirsty and drank lots of water when offered it; and 6) insufficient documents for The Program of Veterinary Care.

A Missouri inspector cited the Troyers for accumulation of feces at their 2025 and 2026 inspections. They received an Official Letter of Warning on their 6/4/26 state inspection.

Broker names obtained from 2025 Certificates of Veterinary Inspection

Pinnacle Pet, Neosho, MO, 43-B-3781. 179 puppies at 5/27/26 USDA inspection. 301 puppies and 60 ferrets at 2/19/26 USDA inspection. The owner of Pinnacle Pet claims he has the largest pet brokerage facility in the country. Pinnacle Pet also owns a transport company and a “rescue” called A Dog’s Dream, which tries to find homes for retired breeding stock, charging high “adoption” fees for the dogs. Neither the website nor the Petfinder page for A Dog’s Dream indicates that the “rescue” is run by Pinnacle Pet.

In addition, animal shelters have adopted out retired breeding dogs obtained from Pinnacle Pet. One such shelter, Tampa Bay SPCA, was going to also offer puppies from Pinnacle Pet, until media coverage and a public outroar forced the shelter to cancel its plans.

CAPS has investigated numerous pet shops that source from Pinnacle Pet, including Sunshine Puppies, a pet shop for which Tampa Bay SPCA was providing veterinary care.

Evidence contradicting the store’s claims

The Petland McKinney employee’s claim that the store’s breeders are exclusive to Petland is a lie. CAPS has CVIs from 2024 and 2025 that connect a breeder named Perry Petersheim to both this store and to Fish Bowl Aquarium & Pet Mart in Fall River, MA. Most commercial breeders sell through brokers, who resell their puppies to stores across the country, depending on what breeds are popular at that moment in different areas. Puppy breeder Vicky Duryea, whose puppies have been purchased by Petland McKinney, sells her animals through a website. CVIs from 2024 show that Vicky Duryea also sold puppies to All About Puppies in Largo and Lakeland, FL. Another pet shop, The Animal Kingdom, has listed Vicky Duryea as a breeder on its website. That store has locations throughout Arizona.

The Petland McKinney employee’s claim that USDA-licensed and AKC-inspected kennels are not puppy mills is false. Commercial facilities with USDA licenses and AKC registrations breed dogs for profit, which is why they are commercial. Dogs are bred as often as possible, with breeding mothers replaced by female pups whenever the mother dogs are no longer birthing enough puppies to be profitable. This sort of mass-produced animal breeding is exactly what the public envisions when using the term “puppy mill.” The breeders who sell to Petland fit this description.

Kevin Street is a good example. His breeding facility in Missouri has typically had at least 260 dogs, puppies, cats, and kittens when inspected, with the number sometimes over 300. These numbers are consistent with a puppy mill. Even back in 2013 when CAPS investigated his facility, which only held 50 to 60 dogs at the time, he was clearly running a mill with horrible conditions. The Boxer that our investigators rescued from Street’s facility had worn-down teeth from kennel chewing, an underbite, a reddish-brown discharge from her rear end, a growth on her rear leg, and scars that appeared to be from cattle prod burns.

Sharon Munk’s breeding kennel in Kansas, with more than 400 dogs and puppies under her breeding license and more than 1200 dogs and puppies under her brokering license, has had numerous, serious violations. Her facility is a huge mill and has supplied Petland McKinney with puppies.

The Petland McKinney employee’s claim that the dogs at its breeding facilities have “open spaces” and lawns to run around on is a lie. Most breeders do not have play yards at all, and those that do have them don’t give their dogs free access to the yards. I documented Perry Petersheim’s facility on 3/19/26. The dogs were kept in elevated runs with slatted floorings, allowing feces to be hosed out and collected underneath on plastic sheeting, from which pipes carried the feces to an area where it pooled. No play yards existed at the facility. And the lawn was enclosed with barbed wire, with gaps so large that the small dogs living at the mill would have been able to run right through the fence had they been released onto the lawn. There was no contained area for dogs to run or play, despite what was depicted in the misleading videos shown at Petland McKinney. Kennels such as Perry Petersheim’s, typical of USDA-licensed facilities, are designed for efficiency of cleaning, breeding, and churning out puppies. They are puppy mills.

Furthermore, I documented Clinton Michel’s facility on 8/14/18. I saw dogs and puppies in small, elevated wire cages, with mildew and brown stains covering the siding of the building to which the cages were attached. There was no play yard at the facility. Such a facility would be seen as the definition of a puppy mill by the public.

On 3/8/25, I documented Vicky Duryea’s breeding kennel, which resembled a dog factory farm. It was a series of outdoor runs with doghouses lined up next to each other. I didn’t see any enrichment for the dogs or a play area. In addition, one row of dog pens had a fence put in front of it, prohibiting the dogs from seeing almost anything outside of their enclosures.

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Update: Travis found his forever home with a couple and their Schnauzer in Burbank, CA!

Travis, a handsome 1-year-old neutered male Doberman Pinscher/Labrador Retriever mix, was at Kern County Animal Services in Bakersfield, CA, for nearly three months! He only stayed alive that long because he was a staff and volunteer favorite. All his vaccines are up-to-date.

The shelter planned to euthanize Travis on May 28, 2026. At the last minute, a Companion Animal Protection Society volunteer in Burbank, CA, agreed to take him but only for a very short time because of her husband’s medical condition. We desperately need a forever home or rescue for this calm, friendly dog who loves people and other dogs. He is a great addition for a family!

TRAVIS’ CHARACTERISTICS

CAPS’ video content creator, shelter staff and volunteers, and the temporary foster describe Travis as:

Playful
Affectionate
Calm and patient
Loves people and other dogs
Enjoys car rides
Leash trained
Friendly and polite
Well-behaved in public

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ADOPTION OR RESCUE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US THROUGH OUR WEBSITE’S CONTACT FORM:

ADOPTION AND TRANSPORT FEES

The adoption fee is $250 if you do not require transport. If you need us to arrange transportation to another part of California or to Oregon or Washington, you can pay the transport fee instead of the adoption fee. These fees vary depending on location and who is transporting. They generally are in the $200 – $300 range. If you are Northern California, we can arrange for a transporter to meet you halfway.

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Companion Animal Protection Services (CAPS), a national nonprofit based in Thousand Oaks, CA., is partnering with Kern County Animal Services in Bakersfield to find homes for at-risk dogs. The shelter has more than 300 dogs and puppies in two metal warehouses with no outdoor runs. Dogs and puppies are at high risk for euthanasia because of lack of space and too many abandoned dogs in the community.

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Date and time of CAPS Investigation: 3/13/26, 1612

Weather at time of investigation: 65°F and sunny

Number of dogs and puppies noted in a 12/29/25 USDA inspection:  35 dogs and 29 puppies

Number of dogs and puppies noted in a 3/6/25 USDA inspection:  238 dogs and 140 puppies

Number of dogs observed at the time of investigation: about 200 dogs

Wilson’s kennel resembles a factory farm, with numerous structures containing rows of dog runs and cages branching off of them. There were nine structures in total. Three were connected in a way that they formed a “U” shape, and two sides of the “U” had dog runs on them while the one in between resembled a single-wide trailer.

Two structures were essentially areas for sheltered outdoor dog runs. One had 10 runs, and the other had 10. Both were on concrete floorings and had wire walls. I could see that each run had a plastic igloo-style doghouse. A metal roof covered about five feet of the runs, with the rest being uncovered. Runs were about 20’ long and four to five feet wide. They contained large-breed dogs, many of whom had just enough space to turn around without contacting both side walls of the runs if their tails were extended. I saw one to two dogs per run.

Six structures had double-sided rows of elevated dogs runs resembling cages. These runs had indoor/outdoor portions connected by doggie-doors. Runs were between about five and 10’ long, and about 2.5 to three feet wide. Breeds of various sizes were in them, though the runs were thin enough that even smaller dogs had enough space to take a couple steps before they had to turn around in their runs. I saw one to two dogs in most runs, and most paced back and forth as I observed them. The runs appeared to have solid, slatted floorings for urine and manure to fall through when sprayed down. The facility had no exercise yards.

Junk was scattered about the property. Behind one of the structures with outdoor runs were pieces of plastic trash thrown amongst weeds, and a washing machine set against a metal fence within about 20’ of the kennel runs. Nearby, amongst trees within a few feet of outdoor runs of another structure, were two plastic buckets, what appeared to be several sections of PVC piping, and separated parts of a plastic dog crate. Elsewhere, an upside-down plastic crate sat in front of a series of elevated, outdoor dog runs (3.1 Housing facilities, general (b) Condition and site).

Breeder is connected to the following stores:

1. Texas Puppy Store, 6904 Bandera Rd, Suite 8, Leon Valley, TX 78238 (CVI 2023)
2. Pet Fair, 1201 Lake Woodlands Dr #2008, Spring, TX 77380 (CVI 2023)
3. Pet Express, 250 Granite St, Braintree, MA 02184 (CVI 2024)

Evidence contradicting store’s claims

I visited Texas Puppy Store in Leon Valley, Texas, on 7/26/24, and asked about the store’s breeders. The employee stated that the store does not use puppy mills, and that dogs are “open free.” The employee explained, “Like mom and dad are open in a free home.” To clarify, I asked, “Oh, they’re just in the house?” She answered, “Yes.” The factory-farm like conditions of dogs in runs lined up on one after another, like hog farms or calf ranches, is exactly what a puppy mill is. In addition, the dogs do not live in Elaine Wilson’s home but rather are kept in confinement so small they can walk for a several seconds before having to turn around to pace in their pens.

I visited Pet Fair in Spring, Texas, on 7/27/24, where an employee described how the store’s breeders keep breeding dogs. He told me, “It’s going to be dogs in big, fenced grass areas. If that makes any sense. Yeah. So, it’s a big, fenced grass area, and then they have a house with AC, cooling floors. It’s top of the line. Oh, yeah. It’s the best of the best.” Wilson’s puppy mill has no grassy areas for dogs living in elevated or entirely outdoor runs.

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Date and time of CAPS Investigation: 3/14/26, 1225

Weather at time of investigation: 68°F and sunny

Number of dogs and puppies noted in a 12/2/25 USDA inspection: 68 dogs and 80 puppies

The facility resembled a dog factory farm. I saw seven kennel structures on the property. Each building was a metal barn that had a row of dog runs on one or two sides; there were about eight to 12 runs per row. The runs seemed to have indoor/outdoor portions, with the outdoor portions having what appeared to be concrete and rock floorings. Metal roofs, extending from the barns, partially covered the runs, which were about 15 feet long and four feet wide. Where dogs were visible to me, there were one to two dogs per run.

No enrichment was apparent in the dogs’ barren runs. They only had enough space to walk a few steps before having to turn around. Only two barns had play yards attached to them, but the grass inside was so tall and full that it seemed like the yards were given little to no use. In fact, grass on the property was more worn down by vehicles being driven around the barns than it was by activity in either play yard.

One row of four runs only had two water dishes set on the walls; thus the other runs may have had no dogs in them. One row of about eight runs, which seemed to have mostly supplies stored in it and the outer walls removed, indicated no dogs being present. A couple outdoor dog runs, covered by metal sheets on top, were set amongst the buildings. While they contained doghouses, there did not appear to be animals in these runs.

Supplies were strewn about the property. Wooden boards were set against one dog run’s wire wall, and within a few feet of this area was a plastic doghouse in two pieces on the grass. Next to another run was what appeared to be a plastic water bin filled with leaves, also in the grass. Within 20 to 30 feet of other kennel buildings were various pieces of debris and supplies, such as a section of wire wall leaning against a tree, wooden pallets, plastic barrels, and an upside-down truck camper that seemed to be filled with leaves. Another kennel building had a ladder set against a wooden fence that was along the side of a run. The ladder seemed to serve no purpose in this location (3.1 Housing facilities, general (b) Condition and site).

Breeder is connected to the following stores:

1. Petland Frisco, 2930 Preston Rd Unit 810, Frisco, TX 75034 (CVI 2022)
2. Exotic Tropical Petworld, 1716 W Hackberry Ave, McAllen, TX 78501 (CVI 2022)

Evidence contradicting store’s claims

I visited Petland Frisco on 7/27/23, where an employee said that the store’s breeders have “huge backyards,” and said, “They let them run around. We got like all sorts of pictures and stuff. Most of the time it’s like a huge backyard. We like to actually go out there, make sure puppies and parents are getting like lots of exercise and love, that kind of deal. They got these huge yards and stuff, and that’s usually where they’re spending a lot of their time.” I then asked him, “Oh, really? Okay, okay. So they’re not like kept in pens and cages and stuff like that?” He answered, “No, no, no.”

Clearly, dogs in pens, most of whom have no access to play yards at all, is the opposite of what the employee claimed.

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Date and time of CAPS Investigation: 3/13/26, 1248

Weather at time of investigation: 61°F and sunny

Number of dogs and puppies noted in a 7/31/25 USDA inspection: 133 dogs and 76 puppies

The facility consisted of rows of outdoor sheltered runs and a kennel building with indoor/outdoor runs on one side. The enclosures created a large rectangular-shaped area in the yard, with the sheltered runs arranged in several rows. All the enclosures had wire walls, though some walls also had metal sheets over them. The runs appeared to have dirt floorings. No enrichment of any kind was evident in the runs.

There were about 65 sheltered runs in total. Each was about 20 feet long and five feet wide. I saw one to four dogs per run. Metal sheets covered a small portion of the runs’ tops for shade. Some runs had square-shaped plastic containers in them for shelter and others had calf hutches.

The building with indoor/outdoor runs had about six runs per side, each about 15 feet long and three feet wide, with floorings that appeared to be dirty. I saw one to two dogs in several runs, but in others I didn’t see any dogs. The kennel building had two barren pens attached to it that were about 20 feet by seven feet in size, with doggie doors on them. It was unclear if these were play areas or additional dog pens.

Breeder is connected to the following store:

Diamonds and Doggies, 111 Commercial Blvd, Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, FL 33308 (CVI 2024)

Evidence contradicting store’s claims

When I visited Diamonds and Doggies on 5/12/22, an employee said that their puppies were bought from “private breeders that are licensed.” I pressed the employee on what those breeders were like, and the employee claimed that the store sometimes buys from hobby breeders. When I pressed further, the employee claimed to know nothing about commercial facilities that breed for the store.

Swartzentruber’s facility has over a hundred dogs in barren enclosures with no enrichment of any kind. Clearly, he is a commercial breeder, not a private hobby breeder that is exclusive to one store. The store’s claims are commonly used in the pet industry to conceal the nature of USDA-licensed puppy mills, like Swartzentruber’s, which sell to them.

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Date and time of CAPS Investigation: 3/19/26, 1756

Weather at time of investigation: 84°F and sunny

Number of dogs and puppies noted in a 1/12/26 USDA inspection: 68 dogs and 12 puppies

The kennel was a metal building that appeared to have indoor/outdoor runs on its north and south sides, but I only saw the northern runs. I saw sixteen outer runs, with doggie-doors to allow access to their indoor portions. Seven had stairs leading to the doggie-doors. Runs were about eight feet long and about four feet wide, with metal bars for walls. The runs appeared to have gravel floorings covered in saw dust. The metal roof of the kennel building extended out over the runs.

I saw 10 large blond dogs, and one small black and brown dog. The small dog was in a run by herself, and the other dogs were in four runs—four dogs in one run, three in another, two in a third, and a single dog in a fourth run. The dogs were lying down most of the time I observed them, and several dogs were lying width-wise in their runs. There appeared to be just inches of space for them to do so without touching both sides of the walls at once.

There was what appeared to be an exercise yard for the dogs just outside their runs. It had a chain-link wall and gravel flooring and was about 60 feet long and 10 feet wide. There were some dark spots in the yard that seemed to be feces, and there were other darker spots that were clearly grass. The dogs runs, on the other hand, were dotted with piles of feces.

A wheelbarrow and shovel were stored in a small hall between the dog runs and exercise area. Two metal dishes were on the ground next to it (3.1 Housing facilities, general (b) Condition and site).

Breeder is connected to the following stores:

Petland Overland Park, 7911 W 151^st St, Overland Park, KS 66223 (CVI 2025)

Evidence contradicting store’s claims

Petland Overland Park’s website states that the breeding dogs supplying its store with puppies are given “safe and comfortable housing with ample room” and “frequent socialization and exercise.” The store also shows videos of dogs and puppies running in grassy fields and playing on playground equipment. However, the dog runs at Schwartz kennel give his dogs little room to do more than pace in one direction, turn around, and go back. And the play area at the facility was not in use when I observed it, contained no toys or enrichment of any kind, and looked nothing like the grassy fields in the misleading Petland videos.

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Date and time of CAPS Investigation: 3/13/26, 1248

Weather at time of investigation: 61°F and sunny

Number of dogs and puppies noted in a 1/2/25 USDA inspection: 29 dogs and 34 puppies

The facility seemed to be in a state of expansion, with building materials and junk strewn about the property. The kennel itself consisted of a series of dog runs attached to buildings, with doggie-doors allowing access to smaller indoor enclosures. Many runs had what appeared to be multiple days of urine stains and feces piled in them (3.1 Housing facilities, general (c) Surfaces (3) Cleaning).

There were three kennel buildings with 20 dog runs total, set into rows of five. One building had rows on opposite sides of it, with one row on concrete and the other raised up above a concrete flooring. The other two buildings only had a row of runs on one side: one row on concrete and the other raised up. The elevated pens appeared to have slatted floorings.

All pens had wire walls, and the buildings they were attached to were made of metal. Runs were between 10 and 15 feet long and about 2.5 feet wide. It appeared that most of the dogs, if they were to stand widthwise and extended their noses and tails out at the same time, would touch both walls of their runs. One set of elevated runs had plastic walls tall enough to keep the dogs inside of them from seeing out unless they stood on their hind paws,

I saw one to two dogs in most runs, though there appeared to be four dogs in one run with plastic walls on its side, but I couldn’t see the dogs’ entire bodies in those runs. In three concrete runs I didn’t see any dogs, and those runs had no feces or urine stains on their floorings like others.

The amount of junk stored around the property was enormous. A building with raised dog runs on one side had another side with runs either in disassembly or assembly. It was difficult to determine. Amongst the PVC pipping that appeared to be for runs’ frames there were assorted plastic strips, pieces of plastic walls (both stacked up and strewn about), and dog crates lying on their sides. Outside of the occupied runs on the other side of the building there was a dog cate on the ground next to several hand tools and what appeared to be a plastic sheet, as well as numerous pieces of piping (3.1 Housing facilities, general (b) Condition and site).

A wire fence ran along the back of the kennel property. On both sides of the fence, as well as just outside other dog runs, there was much junk, including pieces of PVC and metal piping, metal sheeting, a broken plastic bucket, cinderblocks, metal trash cans that appeared to be used for burning garbage, sections of wire fencing, a dolly, numerous plastic buckets strewn about, pieces of plastic walls, a loose tree stump, and a pile of old wood overgrown with weeds (3.1 Housing facilities, general (b) Condition and site).

Breeder is connected to the following store:

Pet Fair, 1201 Lake Woodlands Dr #2008, Spring, TX 77380

Evidence contradicting store’s claims: I visited Pet Fair on 7/27/24 and asked an employee about the breeders they use. An employee said that breeding dogs are kept in “a big, fenced grass area.” He said the store is “totally against” puppy mills. Wilson’s facility is clearly a puppy mill, with dogs in runs who pace back and forth in confinement. The dogs are not kept in an open grassy area. The feces and urine stains in dogs’ enclosures, and the junk filling the fenced-in back yard, indicates that the dogs are not released into the yard to play.

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