Reply #105: How fascinating!

[Sheltiemama]

I watch both hoarding shows, "Hoarders" and "Hoarding," and watching the therapists work with the subjects is fascinating. More than once, the shows have featured subjects who had dead cats in their houses! It just made me want to cry. They thought they were saving them, but the poor things apparently got trapped in the mess and died. We had a case in my city just last week of a woman who was hoarding around 70 dogs in her house. The house had dog feces up to a foot deep! As soon as she was charged, the house was condemned. Sadly, several dozen had to be put to sleep. The head of the animal shelter said that the rest, though, were different dogs by the next morning. They were clean and had food and attention, and they're up for adoption.