citation_inspection: 37781

The facility has five adult dogs contained in three transport enclosures waiting to be taken to another location. There is no absorbent litter in any of the three transport enclosures and feces and spilled dog food are located on the floor of one of these enclosures. The inspectors first observed these dogs at approximately 9am and the facility representative stated the dogs had been in the transport enclosures since 7am. The inspectors left the facility at approximately 3pm and two dogs still remained in transport enclosures with no absorbent litter and feces and spilled dog food are located on the floor of one of the enclosures. Failure to provide clean, absorbent litter may cause the dogs to become contaminated by waste material. Primary enclosures used to transport dogs must contain enough unused litter to absorb and cover excreta. The litter must be of a suitably absorbent material that is safe and nontoxic to the dogs. The licensee must add absorbent litter to all enclosures used to transport dogs in order to ensure the dogs remain clean and dry. To be corrected by: From this day forward absorbent litter must be used when transporting dogs.