Cockapoo breeder faces $250,000 bond

Matted brown cocker
Neglected cocker found at CT home. Photo NBC Connecticut

Gloria Marriott (A.K.A. Linda Snow, Mary Howard) was offered a plea bargain of nine months in jail in return for having her bond reduced from $250,000 to $49,000 dollars.  Charges stem from an animal cruelty case when she was arrested February 18, 2011.  Police became suspicious when overpowered by the smell of feces and urine then discovered five dogs in neglectful states some with matted fur, all without food or water.  Marriott faces five counts of animal cruelty and running a puppy mill from her Mystic, Connecticut home. Regardless of her plea bargain she will remain jailed for violating probation in Massachusetts where she was convicted of animal cruelty–over 100 sick dogs were found on her property.  Marriott runs the Web site conneticutcockapoos.com with the tagline “Breeding For Quality – Raised With Love.”

All five dogs have been adopted and placed in good homes including the brown cocker spaniel pictured above.  Drew and Londa Wesche adopted two of the dogs including the cocker renaming her Katie. “They are great. We couldn’t have asked for better. I think they are kind of like POWs. They formed this bond in the awful situation they were in, and they can’t not be together.”

More cocker spaniels found in Salem Township

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Abandoned cockapoos: Photo Huron Valley Humane Society
Two more cocker spaniels were found in Salem Township, Michigan since last reported for a total of eleven dogs. Among the eleven are two buff cockapoos. Concerned citizens have located and brought the remaining abandoned cockers to the Huron Valley Humane Society. Three cockers have been adopted including one with special needs–a senior dog with blindness. “A women drove an hour and a half to adopt that dog, to give it a chance for a happy home” said Tanya Hilgendorf, executive director of the humane society. Hilgendorf also says adoption applications are pending on others. Hilgendorf is urging those who can no longer care for their pets to call for assistance before taking matters into their own hands: “if you are a loving pet owner and run into hard times, come talk to us.”

Adoptable in LA: Cockapoo with companion

Willie is a cocker-poodle mix partially blind and needs heart and eye medication.  He was found as a stray along with his Welsh Corgi companion Philly.  Both are inseparable.  Philly will cry if he’s separated from Willie.  He follows Willie everywhere and also guides Willie too.  Both are seniors with sweet personalities.  Both must be adopted together.  Call the Agoura shelter at (818) 706-5898.  Give them their ID numbers: A4218669 and A4218667.