article_snippet.sent: The court heard how the animals had matted fur, were dehydrated and had not been provided with a suitable diet.
article_snippet.sent: Three of the fully grown dogs were found by inspectors crammed in puppy cages and the majority were kept in a squalid garden shed.
article_snippet.sent: Magistrates heard Margaret (left) and Gary Mazan (right) caused unnecessary suffering to some of the fully grown dogs by failing to seek veterinary care for some of the dogs eyes and injuries to some of the dogs tails.
article_snippet.sent: Crammed: The animals were found with matted fur and inside cramped, filthy cages inside a garden shed .
article_snippet.sent: Seized: RSPCA inspectors discovered The animals in some of the 'worst conditions' The animals had ever seen .
article_snippet.sent: A month after the move RSPCA served a warning notice due to the conditions the dogs were being kept in, which had been adhered to by the time the dogs visited again in April 2013.
article_snippet.sent: But concerns over the welfare of The animals were raised by a dog warden after concerns over the welfare of the animals were refused access to the property and called the RSPCA.
article_snippet.sent: Emma Ellis, an RSPCA inspector for Bradford who attended the scene and helped to seize The animals, said it was the worst conditions she has seen in she 12 years as an inspector.
article_snippet.sent: she said: 'To see 12 dogs living in a small shed, with three fully grown setters living in a puppy cage is horrific. '
article_snippet.sent: 12 dogs could not sit down or turn around and there fur was matted, covered in urine and faeces. '
article_snippet.sent: Matted: The couple were said to have caused unnecessary suffering to the dogs as the dogs failed to seek veterinary care for the dogs eyes and injuries to the dogs tails (pictured) 'To keep animals in these conditions is unacceptable for anyone, let a alone a dog breeder.'
article_snippet.sent: Dingle Clark, prosecuting on behalf of the RSPCA, told the Crown Court that boarding costs for the dogs since the dogs were seized had reached £48,000, with an additional £7,000 in vets fees.
article_snippet.sent: Three of the fully grown dogs were found by the RSPCA inspectors crammed in puppy cages and the majority were kept in a squalid garden shed.
highlights_snippet.sent: Animals were found with matted fur in filthy cages inside a garden shed .
  