Im not sure what Jodi Grove saw but one has to wonder why she waited so long to swear out warrants . a lot of times these rescue places are given malnourished animals that cannot be saved .

Rescues do get animals in bad shape - and they fix them.  She gets them in good shape and puts them in bad shape.  She gets them in bad shape and kills them/lets them die.  She has old dogs there that have been there since they were puppies - they are now old, sick (she does not do vetting because she has no money), unsocialized (no human contact) dogs and they are tied to trees or confined to small pens for their entire lives.  She is not a rescuer.  One old woman can’t care for hundreds of animals - period.  She has had almost 300 dogs there and she has no money and no volunteers.  She needs to be jailed,

Real rescuers know all about this woman.  Her animals live in filth.  They spend their lives in misery with no human contact and no love.  They live outside in extreme heat and freezing cold.  While we were warm in our homes during the recent snowstorms, these dogs were living outside.  She is a textbook hoarder.  She needs to be tried, convicted, and punished, and those poor suffering animals must be taken away so they can live out the rest of their lives in a safe environment where they are loved - not as pawns in her world of insanity.

Goochland Animal Control found no violations?  Did they actually examine any of the animals (assuming they are qualified to do so), or did they just walk through the property and pat her on the head (as they’ve been doing for years)?  They examined the property when the white horse was there and didn’t find anything wrong.  It doesn’t take a genius to see that this horse was suffering - yet they didn’t notice.  How did they miss it?  Kinda makes you wonder what their qualifications are, doesn’t it?

That lady might of been scared of Anette.  She has a gun.

i am sorry what other people think MRS THOMSON does a good job with animals she rescues with the resources she have the ones that criticize her want you donate to make things better.

Is that English?

To take aim at someones education whom you know nothing about is childish . susie q you wouldnt even sign your real name . shame on you ! odell is a fine upstanding hardworking loved member of our community . and anything he says you can take to the bank .
    i see a whole lot of people who instead of helping sat back and watched . i say you are just as guilty . ms. thompson may not be qualified but her heart was in the right place unfortunatly her thinking may have been slightly off . jail time i say no she was trying to do the right thing . her intent was good .

You have to wonder if Ms Stinson has any clue what she is talking about. She has no idea how hard Annette Thompson works to help these animals. We adopted a dog several years ago from Annette Thompson, and while we were there a truck dumped 2 dogs on her property and promptly sped off. Ms Thompson consistently has dogs/ puppies, etc dumped on her - and Ms Stinson and others should be thankful that Annette is gracious and caring enough to take these poor animals in and care for them. It is all those who have dumped these dogs that should be prosecuted! Ms Thompson has obviously dedicated her life to helping these poor unwanted animals and giving them a second chance.  While at her facility, I could see that all of the animals had shelters (most of them have buildings), food, water, and they all seemed upbeat and thankful that someone cared enough to give them food and a bed. They did not appear thin and/or starving at all. There were around 100 dogs (not 300) on the property. She does not pull these dogs from shelters - but rather takes these animals in as strays - how in the world can she possibly control the number of strays that show up??? - got an answer for that one Ms. Stinson?? - while you are so quick to judge without lifting a finger to help!!

Let me clue you in on a few facts

I have more than a clue.  I have facts, witnesses, and proof, which will all be revealed when the time is right.

Thompson does not “work to help animals”.  They live outdoors, in their own poop.  They are not vetted and they get almost zero human contact.  Why don’t you ask her to provide some vet records?  All reputable rescues can do that - going back years.  She takes in tiny puppies and puts then in OUTSIDE kennels or chains them to trees - that’s where they spend their entire lives.

Gracious?  Thompson?  That’s funny. 

The animals don’t have buildings.  Perhaps you are confused and were at the wrong place.  They live in chain link kennels OUTDOORS.

Thompson lives in a trailer - not a mobile home - a trailer - the kind you tow behind your car on family vacations.

She runs out of food constantly, and water bowls are usually filled with green slime.  In the winter, the buckets she uses are frozen solid.  Ask the State Vet for inspection reports - it’s all documented by his staff.  You can FOIA them.

She has had up to 300 dogs on her property and is usually at 150 - 175 per EYEWITNESSES who have been watching her for years.

If you think she doesn’t take animals from shelters, you’re a fool.  Email me privately and I’ll give you the name of several.  You can check with them yourself. 

Let me know what you think of the reports once you receive them from the State Vet.  My email address is .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

By the way “anonymous” (apparently you don’t believe what you’re writing since you won’t post your name), the dogs don’t have beds.  They sleep on concrete.

I challenge you go visit her right this second.  First, she likely won’t let you on the property, and if she does, tell me how much dog poop you see and how many beds are there.

I dare you.  Go see her right now.

A little education for all of you.

http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/animal-hoarding.html

You people that say she is doing a good thing must be blind, it is pretty sad when no other rescue will help her, because of the dogs being sick and not vetted, And for all of you that think you know so much she does take animals out of the shelters, that is why she has so many. I know of people that have tired to help her and the dogs are in awful shape.
I guess the old saying goes a DOG is A DOG. Oh well if they live outside and might get fed today and might not. You people say that is OK well it is not they deserve to have a life and they never get the chance when they get to Annette’s they are caged for life and given a death sentence at her house with misery.
And also when the dogs are sick or hurt she doesn’t take them to the vet. She self medicates and sews them up herself.
Why don’t some of you people go out there and see if she will let you walk through her property and see how bad ity is. Why don’t you go out there and live on the end of a chain or in a kennel that you can’t stand up in or turn around.
Listen to the RESCUERS that are doing a good thing saving these poor fur babies from a life of HELL>
You ought to be ashamed of yourself thinking that she is so wonderful.
I have been in rescue for 10 years and I have never heard anything good about her.
This is my 2 cents.
A devoted Rescue person that wants to save the animals not kill them.

PLEASE STAND UP AND HELP THESE POOR FUR BABIES
WE ARE ALL THEY HAVE WE ARE THEIR VOICE

so why Ms Stinson didnt you go in and help ms.Thompson get a hold of things , show her your techniques . help her raise money . she obviously has a passion without the finances .  like i said before if you didnt try to help her and you “Ms.Stinson” knew of problems you are just as quilty .
    personally i dont see whats wrong with living in a camper . beats owing the bank . how does that affect this case . just more info put out to distort the facts . a common technique nowadays .

Well Ricky - rescuers have been trying for years to help her.  We take 25 dogs and she gets 35 more.  Most of the dogs removed from her property have serious medical issues (yes - we can prove it when the time is right).

Responsible rescuers do not taken in 150 - 200+ dogs, especially ones as old as her (although she is NOT a rescuer).  We know that we have to have the financial and physical ability to care for the animals.  One old lady cannot take care of 25 dogs, let alone the up to 300 she has had on the property - and yes, once again, we have eyewitnesses to that FACT.

She has alienated almost every rescue group that has tried to help her - and yes, I can prove that too.

Read my link above about hoarders.

Rescue has been trying to help her for many, many years.  She lies and manipulates real rescuers until they realize what horrible things she does and then they give up in frustration.  She says she won’t take in more dogs and then gets 20 more.

So how about you Ricky? What have you done to help someone you are defending?

If good intentions were gold, MAYBE Annette would be able to feed and give basic vaccinations and basic vet care to the animals she has.  But they aren’t.  And cold is cold, and hungry is hungry…hot is hot…sick is sick.  Heartworms happen to non-treated dogs. I, for one, can’t imagine taking on more animals than I can care for properly, and Annette should feel the same way.  Instead, the animals there live without vet care when they need it, sometimes go without food, and most will never even go on a walk with a human, or be outside of their pen EVER AGAIN!  If I was a “pet” I would rather be dead!  She is truly a “hoarder”.  Jail time, I’m not sure.  Stopping more animals from living in/with these conditions YES!!!!!!

Oh my gosh Patti- some of your pups are in cages with food spilled all around and wet newspaper, obviously pee’d on. The horror for Shasta, Mother Lode, and Boomtown.

And worse is poor Muck- chained to a door handle, I thought you were all about “breaking the chains”?

Lance and Larry forced to stay in that non-sheltered wire cage at some pet expo bringing in money to your cause.

Evidence is here:
http://www.aforeverhome.org/default.asp?ID=AvailDB&Status=Available&PageNum=2

You are kidding, Wendell of Chantilly, aren’t you?  You are comparing a rescue at an event trying to get animals adopted to animals in dirty, extremely cold, wet, or extremely dry, hot conditions with nothing but that to look forward to except the fence around them and someone throwing food and water once a day as fast as they can…...That is really deep, caring thinking on your part.  If you want to attack someone for doing the right thing, at least have come credible excuse for doing it.

This so called rescuer emailed me and asked us to pull a dog out of the spotsylvania shelter.  We pulled the dog but held onto him because, when I mentioned her name to one of our volunteers, she warned me not to give her the dog because she had been there a dozen times trying to help the animals and she told me about the horrors she saw first hand.  No food, no water, no money to treat any animals.  Feces and filth everwhere.  That is animal cruelty and they should lock her up for killing that horse, starving those dogs and cage her for as long as the oldest dog has been caged there in that SH*T hole.  Rescuer my A**.

Wendell,

A Forever Home should not be compared to this horder.  Adoption events can be crazy, especially when there are a lot of people crowding around puppy pens.  This organization has an impeccable reputation and they go above and beyond to ensure their animals receive top notch veterinary care and good foster homes.  Not the same as starving a horse to death or letting dogs freeze to death and to die long, horrid, deaths from heartworms.  You do see that, I hope??

Ricky,

You have no right to attack Patti like that.  She is NOT the perpetrator of these crimes.  I know Patti and she has dedicated many years of her life to helping homeless animals.  It isn’t fair that you attack her for Ms. Thompson’s misdeeds.

No animal welfare organization should take in more animals than they can handle.  That is animal neglect and, in this case, animal cruelty.  We are not talking about someone who keeps the animals warm and fed but, cannot afford an unexpected veterinary bill.  This is someone who leaves animals out to FREEZE to death with no food, water, etc., and to sleep in their own urine and feces.  That is animal cruelty by anyone’s standards.

It isn’t Patti’s job to educate Ms. Thompson.  It is Ms. Thompson’s job to educate herself.  There are TONS of on line resources to learn how to properly manage a non-profit organization.

Ms. Thompson was intelligent enough to become a policewoman.  She is certainly smart enough to get on line and take advantage of these FREE, easily accessible resources.  So, don’t lay this at Patti’s feet.  Wrong feet.

Like Patti said, we’ve all tried to help but, she has a sickness.  A need to hoard animals.  Read Patti’s link to the ASPCA article about hoarding.

Jeanette Allard
St. Seton’s Orphaned Animals

Poor Bella, brought in as skinny as that and adopted out and still skinny! How poor she must have been treated at that home.

http://www.aforeverhome.org/default.asp?ID=AvailDB

You are missing the point, a single picture does not tell the whole story, the horse in mention may have come like that and died because of neglect that occurred prior to anything this Goochland woman might have done. Nowhere is there any mention of specifics that could lead you to judge solely on the picture.

Patti, while I am sure you could afford to live in 5 star resorts during house renovation, others may not. Stick to the main point about the care of animals and less about how one lives or the performance of government employees. Otherwise you just come off as a lunatic lefty.

“Ricky,

You have no right to attack Patti like that.”

Then what business is this of yours, the reports have been made, the appropriate agencies are investigating. This is not the Salem Witch trials, though it sounds like some of you qualify.

What a hot topic made a lot of peope angry.

Wendell…please attempt to make yourself look intelligent before making accusations.  The horse in the picture was there for an extended period of time and each time a volunteer saw it, it was worse.  Obvious ailments that could have been treated WERE NOT TREATED!  And Annette made the statement to more than one that she knew nothing about horses.  There are NO vet records to show that she even attempted to care for or find out what was wrong with it.  Yes, I saw the horse and yes I know horses.  What is your beef with the good rescue you are posting about??? You are def coming off as having a problem with the good guy.