Vyxxin
RAF Chins
I'm at a total loss...really need some suggestions. A very very close friend of mine is an animal hoarder, with dogs. She's been a close friend of my family for a very long time. When I was younger she had a ton of dogs, her house was a mess (frequently) and then she had children. Eventually social services got involved, and got a court order to remove all but 3 of the dogs. The house cleaned up...became quite liveable...social services were no longer involved. A few years ago her last child moved out as an adult. Since then...she's been collecting...and breeding, pomeranians. None are potty trained, none are fixed...they breed at leisure. She's not entirely sure how many she has anymore (somewhere over a dozen) and I can no longer enter her home to count for myself as the house is rancid. She gets more and more, has puppies...sometimes she sells them most times she does not and her numbers keep going up while her house and health continue to deteriorate. I've offered to help get rid of the dogs AND clean the house...she agrees to get rid of some but not enough. And then she gets more in the meantime I need advice. This is a woman that is super sweet and caring, would help you in a pinch and is emotionally attached to these dogs. I think her children leaving spurred the relapse and I'm not sure how to approach. I cannot tell her that she smells badly and may lose her job because of it, I cannot tell her I don't come over anymore because it's unsanitary and I'm afraid of putting my house at risk of god knows what...I cannot tell her that because she will have a melt down and I know it. She takes everything way overboard and for more than what it is. Likewise though, she's killing herself...her house piled high in feces and urine...the dogs matted fur making them uncomfortable...I don't want her to go to jail...I don't want ALL of her dogs to be taken (I feel this may be too much and cause a break of sorts) but I want her and the dogs to get the help they need. I want her to be limited again to one or two FIXED dogs and her house to be made liveable again. In it's current state her home would be condemned if authorities came please, any advice?