wrote in a Facebook post on Friday<\/a>, sharing photos of cheery, freshly groomed pups.\u00a0<\/p>\nPaige O\u2019Donnell, 62, faces charges involving alleged animal cruelty after Martin County Sheriff\u2019s officials investigated an animal hoarding case involving Border Collie dogs on Aug. 10, 2026, in Palm City. Martin County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n
Paige O\u2019Donnell is seen in a photo posted to Facebook on Nov. 29, 2019. O\u2019Donnell, 62, faces charges involving alleged animal cruelty. Facebook\/Paige O’Donnell<\/p>\n
One of the rescued Border Collies seen on Aug. 17, a week after they were saved from their house of horrors. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re so proud of their bravery and resilience and are loving every moment watching them learn how to be dogs again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Local authorities recovered 36 dogs in total from the severely neglected home of Paige O\u2019Donnell, an alleged hoarder and former American Kennel Club breeder, when deputies raided her Palm City home on Aug. 10.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Donnell, 62, was arrested and charged with 36 felony counts of animal cruelty and 36 misdemeanor counts for failing to provide proper exercise or air, according to the Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Detectives had placed O\u2019Donnell under surveillance following a series of neighbor complaints, and authorities fear they may still find dead animals on the property.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe conditions were so deplorable that deputies and Animal Services officers had to wear Tyvek protective clothing while working inside the home,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said in an Aug. 11 statement.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cFeces, urine-soaked materials, boxes and debris throughout the residence made the process of locating and safely removing the animals extremely challenging.\u201d<\/p>\n
By the time deputies executed the search warrant, they found \u201cfeces over every square inch in the house,\u201d Sheriff John Budensiek said.<\/p>\n
One of the rescued Border Collies seen at the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast on Aug. 17, 2026, in Palm City. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
Border collies seized from what Martin County deputies described as a severe animal hoarding case are on the road to recovery at the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast on Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Palm City. On Aug. 10, 36 border collies were removed from the Southwest Alligator Street home of Paige O\u2019Donnell, 62, who was arrested on more than 70 charges. (Crystal Vander Weit\/Tcpalm) USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
\u201cThe conditions were so deplorable that deputies and Animal Services officers had to wear Tyvek protective clothing while working inside the home,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said in an Aug. 11 statement. Martin County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n
\u201cThe dogs were unrecognizable as they pulled them out,\u201d Budensiek told reporters.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s how poorly they are groomed. These are beautiful dogs, naturally, and now with the matted hair and the poor condition they\u2019re in, it\u2019s pretty tough to see.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re seeing signs of joy and healing as the weight is literally lifted off their shoulders,\u201d the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast wrote in a Facebook post, sharing photos of cheery, freshly groomed pups.\u00a0 Humane Society of the Treasure Coast\u00bf<\/p>\n
\u201cThe house is so deteriorated that about a foot and a half of drywall\u2019s gone, the furniture is destroyed, and the animals are in a deplorable condition.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"warning: distressing content Dozens of feces-covered Border Collies rescued from a house of horrors are starting anew at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10238,1866,21473,28,30,29,4278],"class_list":["post-374200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-animal-abuse","tag-animal-rights","tag-animal-shelters","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}