Brush Prairie woman fined, sentenced to work crew in animal cruelty case
A judge Wednesday sentenced a Brush Prairie woman and mobile dog groomer to serve 10 days on a work crew and 30 days of community service after keeping multiple cocker spaniels in deplorable conditions.
Lorinda Goudy, 63, pleaded guilty May 27 in Clark County Superior Court to amended charges of two counts of first-degree animal abuse. She originally faced seven counts of first-degree animal abuse.
Goudy kept at least seven cocker spaniels in conditions the court called deplorable. The conditions resulted in extremely poor quality of health for the cocker spaniels leading to their seizure and the need for one to be euthanized.
Goudy has been involved in cocker spaniel showmanship as an exhibitor and, recently, event chair for the Fort Vancouver Cocker Spaniel Fanciers show. She has also been involved with the Washington State Cocker Spaniel and American Spaniel clubs, online records showed.
Deputy Prosecutor Anne Phinney called Goudy's behavior egregious for someone who is considered a skilled dog groomer and handler. Defense attorney Sarah Morrisson described Goudy as a woman suffering from poor mental health and said the animals suffered as a result, though she described the case as a victimless crime.
Judge Tsering Cornell said photos of the animals and their living conditions were heartbreaking.
"This court can't help but think about those animals and what they went through," Cornell said at sentencing.
Cornell ordered Goudy undergo mental health treatment, in addition to completing work crew and community service of Goudy's choosing that must be completed within two years. Goudy must also pay a $1,000 fine and cannot own, possess or reside with any animals.
Clark County Animal Protection and Control responded to Goudy's property Aug. 8 after receiving a tip that dogs were being kept in a shed with no windows or air conditioning in hot weather, according to court records.
Officers found seven underweight and severely matted cocker spaniels surrounded by feces and urine inside the shed, court records state.
A Clark County sheriff's deputy arrested Goudy on Sept. 10 after responding to her residence with animal control officers. They found a mobile dog grooming van outside her home that belonged to Goudy, along with four more cocker spaniels inside her home, according to court records.
Officers described an overwhelming odor of urine and feces inside the home. One room was covered in feces and other unknown substances. Goudy told law enforcement that she had been a dog groomer for 45 years and intended to breed one of the dogs in the shed, according to court records.
The surviving dogs were surrendered to animal control.
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