article_snippet: The shocking discovery was made by Cole Eshleman, the property's owner, who heard barking while working in a machine shed at 1358 Heitter Road.
article_snippet: More than 30 dogs ran out when Sheriff's Lt. Richard Roodhouse opened the door.
article_snippet: Dogs were found in closets, crates, the stove and inside duct work .
article_snippet: Animal control warden Kristin Laue said Dogs had been given free rein in the house. '
article_snippet: There were feces all over the house, urine, of course, dogs everywhere: dogs in closets, dogs in the stove, in the duct work,' Kristin Laue told The Journal Standard.
article_snippet: Some dogs had been confined to crates.
article_snippet: Stephenson County Animal Control received a call  that a pack of dogs was running down Heitter Road. '
article_snippet: Just a whole lot of dogs ... like 40 dogs running along Heitter Road,' Lentz said.
article_snippet: Lentz added that the dogs kept running back to the home, which is how animal control knew the dogs had the correct location.
article_snippet: When the dogs were discovered as many as 40 ran out of the front door of the home .
article_snippet: the dogs got a search warrant to enter the home and discovered all the animals inside. '
article_snippet: And, some puppies were in an oven, just for protection, apparently,' said Lentz.
highlights_snippet: Animal feces and urine covered the inside of the house and dogs were found in closets, crates, the stove and in duct work .
  