Randy Stoen's USDA Licensed Puppy Mill in Dows, IA | Iowa Dog Breeder

I spoke with Randy Stoen (Caucasian male, about 65 years old, 6’2”, 200 lbs., with short grey hair and glasses), and met a woman who was at his residence (Caucasian female, about 60 years old, 5’6”, with long brown hair with gray roots). Randy was the one who showed me his kennel and spoke to me about his breeding business.

Randy’s whelping area was located in a basement under his house, while the primary kennel area consisted of various kennel structures west and north of the house. I focused on observing the western structures, which contained smaller-breed dogs. The northern enclosures contained larger-breed dogs, primarily Labradors.

Whelping pens in the basement
The underground whelping area was a basement with about seven whelping pens in two rooms. These pens contained various breeds, with each pen housing a nursing mother and her puppies; one pen only contained two young Maltese puppies. The pens had concrete floorings, with either wooden walls or the cinder-block wall of the basement serving as the pen wall. Some of the pens had thick-gauge metal wire across the front of the pen. The cinder blocks were chipped and worn with dents and rough surfaces that were filled with dirt and dust, and the bottoms of the walls had stains across them that appeared dark brown and yellow, presumably from urine and feces. The wooden walls were scratched and had peeling paint near their bottom surfaces (Sec 3.1 Housing Facilities, General (c) Surfaces (1) General requirements).

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