Kennel owner efforts to get dogs back

July 16, 2014 Dogs removed from a wooded Cherokee County property near Cumming, GA are being housed and cared for at the Cherokee County Animal Shelter. Citing deplorable living conditions, officials removed more than 350 dogs from the property. The removal prompted the animal shelter to close for the day so workers could assess the animals, many who are carrying puppies. BRANT SANDERLIN /BSANDERLIN@AJC.COM (Brant Sanderlin)

By Marcy Williams

A Cherokee County kennel owner wants hundreds of impounded dogs back.

Joy Wise, owner of Heavenly Kennel on Cumming Highway, requests a hearing to try to regain custody of more than 350 dogs and puppies seized last week.  Authorities tell WSB, the animals were kept in filthy conditions.

The dogs are now being cared for at the Cherokee County Animal Shelter.  Until this case is resolved, they cannot be adopted.  The shelter seeks donations and has posted a wish list at www.amzn.to/1taDuSs 

By law, the hearing must occur within 30 days and be open to the public.

Wise is also fighting citations, issued in May, for hundreds of infractions including animal cruelty and neglect.  She's requested a jury trial, transferring her case to State Court in Cherokee County.  She faces arraignment next month.