‘getting it done right’ … Animal Control Returns to Wide Road Property — Photos show dogs living four to a cage next to piles of feces and water buckets that have turned brown. — Wide Road is a Tallahassee address (Feb 9, 2012) …

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‘getting it done right’ … Animal Control Returns to Wide Road Property — Photos show dogs living four to a cage next to piles of feces and water buckets that have turned brown. — Wide Road is a Tallahassee address (Feb 9, 2012) …

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But even with the cleaner conditions neighbor’s aren’t satisfied. They want the dogs gone. They say they’ve had enough of of the constant barking and smells coming from the home, where Animal Control says more than 50 dogs live.
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—by Wide Rd. on Feb 9, 2012 at 01:54 PM
Where is our Southside Commissioner?? Mr. Proctor, care to come do your job? His answer would be NO!! We are not his preferred constituents.

—by MissionStatement Location: county on Feb 8, 2012 at 05:12 PM
Animal Control Division Richard Ziegler, Director Animal Control Protecting Leon County’s Animals & Citizens Mission Statement: Improve animal and human well-being through education, prevention, and enforcement programs and humane animal care and control services for the citizens and animals of Leon County. DOES IT LOOK LIKE HE IS LIVING UP TO THE MISSION STATEMENT….NO.

—by Nice mugshot on Feb 7, 2012 at 09:53 AM
h t t p://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Christine_Winckelmann_3487363/

—by TOLD YA SO Location: WIDE RD on Feb 7, 2012 at 01:42 AM
THANK YOU ANIMAL CONTROL [OFFICERS ONLY] FOR NOT GIVING UP ON US THROUGH THE YEARS NOT YOU RICHARD ZIG YOU ARE A SCUM BAG LIAR AND AN ANIMAL ABUSER TO FOR ALLOWING THIS TO GO ON FOR 12 YRS OF OUR COMPLAINTS .CHRIS !!! CHRIS !!!! TOLD YA SO !!!

—by BURR Location: wide road on Feb 6, 2012 at 11:34 PM
In response to "dont hate the dogs" Yes we have spoken with her and she is very unapproachable and will cuss at you and has flipped us off driving down the road. Shes not a nice lady thats rescuing dogs. Shes a bitter lonely woman with no regards for others or her many dogs as the pictures clearly showed tonite.

—by another viewer Location: tlh on Feb 6, 2012 at 11:23 PM
Yes, she works for the Fire Dept., no she is NOT at all what is normal for them. She is in the process of suing them yet again. Trust me, they would love to be rid of her! As for the dogs, I love dogs, all dogs, but hers have been neglected for years. She has 2 homes, one of hers and one that was left to her by her mother. The dogs have taken over so badly that they are digging under the foundation and it is on the verge of collapse. Her poor child is neglected and yet she still gets away with keeping him by staying just on the right side of the line. Someone PLEASE rescue these animals and the kid! She is in serious need of mental help!!!!

—by enough is enough on Feb 4, 2012 at 07:42 PM
for over a decade Winkelmann has been breeding dogs, she would place ads in the paper selling the husky/hound mix pups. i havent seen her advertise any of the pups for sale in a few years. she did not adopt a dog from the shelter EVER! she doesn’t rescue, she let them breed. this is a case of a few dogs allowed to breed for 10 yrs and producing offspring. and dont blame the evil shelter for her irresponsibility. she’s been offered several vouchers to get her dogs fixed for years. which she refused to do. and now here we are. a decade and nearly a hundred dogs later…

—-by Anonymous on Feb 3, 2012 at 06:35 AM
there is a nuisance law in leon county that can be enforced if the LCSO wants to,i lived in Tallahasee and had a neighbor that had 7 dogs and they would keep us up all night from the barking so we called LCSO and they came out numereous times and the person ended up getting some tickets.
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Posted: 10:35 PM Feb 9, 2012

Animal Control Returns to Wide Road Property
Animal control officers say owner making progress, will return for another inspection next week

Reporter: Mike Springer. Julie Montanaro
Email Address: michael.springer@wctv.tv
[UPDATE] Neighbors Tire of Barking Dogs
Neighbors Tire of Barking Dogs

UPDATE — February 9

Animal control was back at Christine Winckelmann’s property this afternoon. They inspected the grounds for several hours. And while they say she has made progress, there’s still more work to be done.

Pens full of feces. Dirty water. Multiple dogs to a cage.
These were the conditions of Christine Winckelmann’s property last week, as seen here in photos given to WCTV by a confidential source.
Animal Control inspected the Wide Road property last Thursday. and cited Winckelmann for several violations.

"There was a considerable amount of feces around the kennels," says Richard Ziegler, director of Leon County Animal Control.

Winckelmann was given seven days to clean up. Ziegler returned for a follow up inspection. He checked the grounds for more than two hours.

"All the buckets of been cleaned. Scrubbed out. Clean food. But some of the kennels still need to be cleaned up from the matter," says Ziegler.

But even with the cleaner conditions neighbor’s aren’t satisfied. They want the dogs gone. They say they’ve had enough of of the constant barking and smells coming from the home, where Animal Control says more than 50 dogs live.

"She’s cleaning the kennels up finally, but what’s going to happen now is everybody thinks everybody is going to back off of it and it’s and it’s going to happen again. We have got to hear this and smell this all the time," says Ward Waff, a neighbor.

Off camera, Winckelmann told wctv she cares for the dogs the best she can. She says she is not a dog hoarder. Just someone who loves dogs. Winckelmann says she does not want any of the dogs end up at the pound and euthanized.

Winckelmann was issued two citations. One for failure to comply. The second for creating a public nuisance. She will be required to appear before a judge. And could pay up to 0 dollars per fine.

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UPDATE — February 9

Animal control officers returned to a Woodville home today and ordered the owner of dozens of dogs to continue cleaning up their kennels.

Neighbors complained about constant barking and the smell of feces coming from the corner lot. Animal control inspected her property for 2 1/2 hours and have cited her for more cleanup.

Atlhough, she has provided fresh water and cleaned up some feces, animal control says there is still work to do. The citation requires her to appear in court, where she can face a fine of 500 dollars.
Animal Control will re-inspect next week.

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UPDATED 2.9.2012 by Julie Montanaro

We talked to the dogs’ owner today.

Christine Winckelmann says she cares for the dogs to the best of her ability.

She says she is not a dog hoarder, but a dog lover and does not want any of the dogs to wind up at the pound to be euthanized.

"It makes me sad that so many of my neighbors have such animosity toward me," she said. "I am constantly cleaning and trying to keep up with my responsibilities."
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UPDATED Feb. 8 2012 2:39 p.m.

Animal Control will return Thursday to inspect a Wide Road property, according to its director. The property has more than 50 dogs living on it and excess feces and tainted water.

Animal Control Officers went out to the property out Feb. 2 after neighbors called about excessive barking and a loose dog. Animal Control inspected the property. And violations were found. Animal Control said it would return Wednesday for a followup inspection. But that has been rescheduled for Thursday.

Richard Ziegler, director of Leon County Animal Control says the ordinance gives the owner seven days to comply. And he says Wednesday would be six days. One short of the requirement. Ziegler says he will inspect the property himself Thursday afternoon.

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UPDATED Feb. 6 2012 11:37 p.m.

Law enforcement officers have now given a Leon County woman an ultimatum in a case of a possible hoarding situation.

The property, owned by Christine Winckelmann, has more than 50 dogs in what many believe are poor conditions. WCTV recently obtained photos from a confidential source of the property owned by Winckelmann. To view photos, click on the "Photos" tab above

Carol Zorn has lived next to the property for years.

"You can’t hardly even stand to be out there because of the smell," said Zorn.

We showed her the pictures of what’s happening over the fence next to her. Photos show dogs living four to a cage next to piles of feces and water buckets that have turned brown.

"I thought through all the years that it might kind of look like that but I’ve never been over there."

Leon County officials were at the property Friday to inspect the area.

Animal Control Director Richard Ziegler, who witnessed the property first-hand, says something needs to change. We showed him these photos.

"The water, like the water here dark and stuff that’s one of the things that we addressed," Ziegler said. "Removing all the feces and stuff like that so yes that is some of the things that we are going to, she’s supposed to take care of."

Ziegler has given Winckelmann an ultimatum. She has until this Wednesday to clean the property up before Leon County Sheriff’s deputies step in.

"There’s a process that the ordinance allows us to follow and that’s what we’re looking at."

Ziegler didn’t rule out animal being taken away from the property.

Zorn says she’s finally hopeful that a solution will be found for both the animals Winckelmann.

Stay with WCTV for updates

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Leon County, FL — February 3, 2012 –

A Leon County ordinance limits the numbers of pets you can own.

Animal Control arrived at a home on Wide Road Thursday. Neighbors had complained about excessive barking. Animal Control says more than 50 dogs live at the home there. Owners of more than 31 cats and dogs need a permit. But only if they’re guilty of two violations in a two year period.

While the owner does not have a permit, She has not been found guilty of two or more violations either. The ordinance took effect in October for Leon County.

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Leon County, FL — February 2, 2012 –

Neighbors on Wide Road in Leon County say they’ve had enough of the smells and constant barking coming from one of the homes there.

"It’s just pure misery living next across the street from this lady," says David McCranie, a neighbor.

Neighbors on Wide Road say they’ve been dealing with this for years.The constant barking and the smells are coming from this home neighbors say is overrun by dogs.

"The smell, constantly everyday, especially when it rains, the noise the little beeper she’s got over there that tries to keep the dogs quiet," says Brandon McCranie.

Animal Control Officers responded to the repeated complaints and went to the home of Christine Winckelmann.

"They heard some dogs barking or acting aggressive with themselves inside and were concerned about the welfare of the dogs," says Richard Ziegler of Leon County Animal Control.

They inspected the property. But there was no evidence of any abuse of neglect of the more than 50 dogs animal control says are living on the property.

"A lot of the animals look really good. There’s water. Food buckets were empty, but the person just got home," says Ziegler.

Animal Control did issue to two citations to Winckelmann for barking dogs. But neighbors say they want to see more done.

"I’d like to see these dogs out of here. They’re not people friendly," says Brandon McCranie.

Animal Control says Winckelmann has been cited before for loose dogs and inhumane care. Winckelmann declined to comment.

Winckelmann will head to civil court to handle the citations. A court date has not been set at this time.

Latest Comments

Posted by: schwarz on Feb 10, 2012 at 06:54 PM

leon county nor any other county is held to what some non profit defines any act
Posted by: Another Neighbor Location: Wide Road on Feb 10, 2012 at 05:58 PM

Yesterday, Mr. Z was asked the number of dogs on Winkelmans property…(at one point there was close to 100 dogs on her property)…Mr. Z indicated that they had not yet come up w/a total number and told us that he would call us and let us know….so Mr. Z….how many dogs does this hoarder have on her property? We’re awaiting your call!
Posted by: Anonymous on Feb 10, 2012 at 05:47 PM

Don’t believe everything how it is reported. WCTV syas "Animal Control" states OVER 50, but try like double that, almost 100.

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Christine Winckelmann … 5-18-2003
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Nothing to Do With the US Election Coming

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My self-portrait from the road today, the closest to show me, moi, cobalt, ha ha! Actually this image DOES say alot about me, eh? This tops the earlier image in my stream from Childress, TX on Friday. And NO, it is not Photoshop. My noble stead that has taken me on an epic journey, and the packhorse behind. Funny thing is that all the way from Dallas I would occasionally get pissed at the "truck" obviously tailgating me….

BTW, so psychological on the gas price. Really, for a 15 gallon gas tank, saving pennies is not that much in the long run. However, I will take the discount now and say thankee. But I will not be voting Republican next week.

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Obviously traveling to Israel has made me even smarter than I was before. But I still don’t know what to call my wife’s, sister’s, daughter’s daughter.

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In a remote town near Galilee we turned on the television in our hotel room and the first program we came to featured Kim Kardashian. The program was just as pointless with Hebrew subtitles. / AP

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TEL AVIV — Assigning titles to the twigs on my family tree always has been a problem for me, so I have no idea what to call my wife’s, sister’s, daughter’s daughter. Is she my great-niece? Step-niece? Niece-in-law? And I won’t even try to guess how I might be related to my wife’s, sister’s, daughters’, husbands’ various children.

Whatever they are, they were the reasons I just spent nine days schlepping through Israel.

Along with 48 other persons to whom I am somehow related by marriage, we went for three bar mitzvahs (boys) and two bat mitzvahs (girls) during what came to be known as “Mitzvahpalooza.” It was intended as an educational trip for them.

I’m not sure how much education they retained, but I learned a whole lot.

Among the lessons I learned were:

• The amount of time it takes to herd 48 family members onto a tour bus is 48 minutes. Plus 20 minutes for the 49th member, who is either in the gift shop, in the restroom or wandering around somewhere in the desert.

• If you order a pizza in Israel, it probably will be accompanied by a bottle of Tabasco sauce. Think of it as liquid red pepper flakes.

• No matter how far you travel, you can’t escape American “culture.” In a remote town near Galilee we turned on the television in our hotel room and the first program we came to featured Kim Kardashian. The program was just as pointless with Hebrew subtitles.

• Water is precious in Israel, which probably has something to do with the fact that most of Israel is a desert. In Tel Aviv, I saw a bus driver emptying half-empty bottles of water left behind by passengers into a bucket for washing his windshield.

• The lowest spot on Earth is the Dead Sea, which draws tourists from around the world who want to find out first-hand if it really is possible to sink in its heavily-salted water. After bobbing around on top of the water for a while, some of them cover themselves with mud, which is supposed to make their skin softer.

What I learned from that is the only thing less attractive than a flabby old guy in a Speedo is a flabby old guy in a Speedo covered in mud from the top of his balding head to the soles of gnarled feet.

Obviously traveling to Israel has made me even smarter than I was before. But I still don’t know what to call my wife’s, sister’s, daughter’s daughter.

Send comments to dlstewart@coxohio.com.
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