"You don't see dog (poop) everywhere," said Shinaberry.
The 58-year-old stays in his living room with the handful of Australian Shepherds he still has.
"Are you a hoarder?" Shinaberry was asked.
"No, I'm a breeder," Shinaberry replied.
Monday Shinaberry gave up most of his dogs. He's been charged with animal cruelty.
Sadness took over as he surrendered his pets. The Humane Society says some of the dogs were emaciated.
"I take better care of my dogs than anybody takes care of their kids," Shinaberry said. "Especially around here. These are my children. This is my family."
Shinaberry says he was overwhelmed, admitting he had too many dogs. But he insists he was able to give them proper care.
"If they take everything from a man who has nothing else to lose what do you do then?" Shinaberry said, fighting off tears. "It's a very dark path to go."
However, authorities said the dogs were NOT in good physical condition.
His legal troubles started after a vet deemed a puppy he had just sold to someone malnourished.
Shinaberry says he would take in special needs dogs from other breeders he calls careless.
"After what they've done to me and tried to make me look like I'm some kind of monster cause this is what I do," Shinaberry said. "No. I'm done with those people. If they got a bad dog they're going to have to take it somewhere else."
Shinaberry says he's too old to breed any more dogs. He's left in a house full of dog supplies, devastated he only has five of his beloved Aussies.
Neighbors we spoke to say they're glad to see the animals get rescued. One claims he saw Shinaberry abusing the dogs.
Melvin Parker recalls, "Taking a pipe and hitting dogs with pipes, dogs that attack each other and kill them and then he burns them in the backyard. He put a fence around it that's back there now."
It's always worth reading the comments on news sites because you get an idea of how delusional people are. For example, these comments from Lasandra Walter-Clem and Faith Miller. What Faith doesn't realize is that animal neglect does not only occur in hoarding homes. Dogs may have numerous ailments such as giardia, rotten teeth and gums, flea infestation, mites, lice, heartworms and other internal parasites, ringworm, etc. Just because you don't see skeletal dogs doesn't mean animal neglect is not occurRing - especially when someone has MORE THAN 60 DOGS INSIDE A TRAILER:
(WTKR - March 25, 2014)
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