DEBDEN, Sask. – Saskatchewan SPCA are investigating allegations of dog abuse at a breeding operation. The allegations against Horses Deluxe near Debden, Sask. were raised in a Facebook post by Jason Baert.
According to the post by Baert on Dec. 13, he had heard about “horrible living conditions for the dogs,” and since he was heading to Prince Albert, he decided to pay a visit.
“I was making a u turn at the next grid when i noticed a dead dog rotting in the ditch off to the side,” states Baert in his post.
“I met Betty and she took me out to one of the four or 5 pens that the dogs were kept in … the first thing I noticed was the overwhelming stench of p*ss so strong it made my eyes water and me gag.”
Baert said he took pictures and became physically ill as he was leaving. He then went to the Prince Albert SPCA who told him the location had been under investigation for some time and they would pass the information on to the Saskatchewan SPCA.
The website of Horses Deluxe, which was modified Monday afternoon, claims Baert only took pictures of the one dog pen that wasn’t cleaned.
“Pens are cleaned everyday … I had moved some dogs from another pen and put them in there while I was cleaning their pen so there was extra dogs in that pen,” states the website.
“We do get inspected by the SPCA and the thing that hurt me most was the vet they brought with last time, told us that if we couldn’t get rid of a dog or wanted to retire some breeders that we should take them out and shoot them. I was devastated.”
According to the Saskatchewan SPCA, they have received a number of complaints since Baert posted the allegations.
“Please be assured that we are aware of the situation. This matter is the subject of an ongoing investigation and one of our Animal Protection Officers will be following up,” said Sandra Anderson, the program director of the Saskatchewan SPCA, in a post to their website.
“We are unable to offer any further comments at this time.”
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