Rescued Australian Shepherds

The Humane Society rescued 95 dogs from a lady's house outside of Atlanta last Friday. The vast majority of the dogs were Australian Shepherds - both miniature and regular. I washed over 20 dogs with one other volunteer. The two of us had a hard time lifting the bigger Shepherds as we were two smaller girls. I have attached a picture of one of the shepherd girls. We washed four babies, 4 teens, and the rest were unfixed adult dogs. There are a couple theories on what the woman was doing with that many dogs - a breeder where things got out of control, a puppy mil or a rescue where things go out of control. Unfortunately, she had none of the dogs fixed. The dogs smelled awful and were super dirty. I told the main volunteer not to tell me why they smelled or what had happened to them until after we were done, otherwise I might freak out and refuse to wash and interact with the dogs. I was happy to find out that all of the dogs were super sweet. As soon as you put them in the bath, they cuddled right up to you, and when they got out, they wanted to play. I was surprised at how skinny they were once they were wet. After we were done, they told us that the dogs had lived in and under the house with little to no food and water. The dogs were also all covered in their own waste. The puppies had that semll of rolling in something dead. I felt so bad, but there were so many people coming in to get the dogs. I have been watching the adoptions page and have noticed they have put up about 40 shepherds already and only 4 have not been reserved. Most of them are gone from the site within 24 hours. I really like volunteering there, but being a greeter was super boring. All I did was direct people around, and the people who work in adoptions are a little to intense for me. Downstairs is processing, and it reminds me a lot of your office. When you first walk in, all of their girls have their desks right there and have a really good time together. They are also a lot more gentle and a lot friendlier. Each of the girls were responsible for feeding two of the Shepherd babies that were less than a week every two hours. I tell everyone there some of your stories, and they really like to hear them. I think they think it gives me more credit too! Oh, I almost forgot to mention the day after they rescued the Shepherds, they rescued forty Malteses with mange from a puppy mill. Eventually, they will be really cute, but the people with the spacesuit-like gear have to make sure they get healthy first!