More than 50 dogs removed from Stoney Creek home

Residents have been complaining about dogs in distress at 280 McNeilly Road in Stoney Creek, all of which have now been removed.

“If you walk by in the middle of the night, you hear puppies crying and screaming,” says Marina, a concerned resident of the area.

On July 3, a man living next door showed CHCH News the backyard of the property.

There was a dog outside in the back, the grass didn’t appear to be cut, the pool looked dirty and just like others mentioned there was a strong stench.

The neighbour told us a woman lives there and that this problem’s been going on for the past three years since the day she moved in.

“She had at one time, 12 to 16 dogs. That was last year,” says Brian Chadwick who lives next door.

“They were left outside to run around up until this winter, when animal services and a few other agencies got involved, she took all the dogs in the house.”

In a statement, a spokesperson for the Ministry of the Solicitor General confirmed that Animal Welfare Services removed 36 adult dogs and 22 puppies from an address in Stoney Creek on July 4.

They say no deceased dogs were found. But they couldn’t provide any other details because it’s an active investigation.

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“Since September 2023, Hamilton animal services has issued 20 administrative penalty notices to the property owner at 280 McNeilly Rd,” the City of Hamilton said in a statement.

“These relate to bylaw violations including keeping more than four animals and excessive noise.”

The statement goes on to say in May 2025, Hamilton animal services also issued 6 provincial offence notices for failure to license dogs, and 5 for exceeding the allowable number of animals on the property. At the time, 9 adult dogs were confirmed onsite, resulting in one charge per excess animal.

On Friday, protesters gathered outside the house.

“When I got here today, there was a gas can outside the house on the side of the house. She was screaming at the dogs. The dogs were barking, and then it got all silent. So I called 911. and I called AWS,” Carol Andrews, an animal advocate said during the July 4 protest.

The same day Animal Welfare Services were seen at the house and a woman was seen leaving with police officers.

When CHCH News reached out to Hamilton police they said they “were asked to assist the provincial Animal Welfare Services with an investigation at that address.”

“Our role was to keep the peace and check on the welfare of the individual residing at that address.”

The city says the property at 280 McNeilly Rd is not zoned for use as a boarding kennel within Hamilton.

A resident said that the house is now silent and all the dogs seem to be gone.

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