| Andy Lavalley~Sun-Times Media
Porter county animal shelter worker Ashley Dec carries a dog from a Valparaiso home Monday Oct. 15, 2012. Animal control officers removed seven dogs and at least on cat from the residentce. | Andy Lavalley~Sun-Times Media
One of the dogs removed from a Valparaiso home peers through the metal cage of a Porter County Animal Control truck Monday Oct. 15, 2012. Animal control officers removed seven dogs and a cat from the home. | Andy Lavalley~Sun-Times Media
Porter County animal shelter employee Stacey Price comforts a boston terrier shortly after it was removed squalid conditions in a Valparaiso home Monday Oct. 15, 2012. Animal control officers removed seven dogs and at least on cat from the residence in the Salt Creek Commons neighborhood. | Andy Lavalley~Sun-Times Media
Deborah Brewer helps Porter County animal control officer Greg Nemeth remove a dog from her home in Valparaiso Monday Oct. 15, 2012. Animal control officers removed seven dogs and a cat from the home. | Andy Lavalley~Sun-Times Media
Porter County animal control officer Patrick Cassin, left, and Dan Boyd take a breather from the squalid conditions inside a Valparaiso home Monday Oct. 15, 2012. Boyd is an environmental health specialist with the Porter County health department. | Andy Lavalley~Sun-Times Media
VALPARAISO — As officials from Porter County Animal Control and the county’s animal shelter rounded up her pets, Deborah Brewer blamed “a severe depression” for the condition of her house, which reportedly was, in some places, inches deep with animal feces. “It’s my worst nightmare, …
