NATALIE BAILEY/WILLIAMS – BIRMINGHAM

❌NATALIE BAILEY/WILLIAMS – BIRMINGHAM❌

Natalie Bailey, aka Natalie Williams, 31, from Great Barr, Birmingham B44 – for the starvation and neglect of three dogs boarded at her unlicensed kennels.

Mother-of-four Bailey admitted a series of animal welfare offences against three dogs, with one of them so unwell she needed to be put down.

The RSPCA launched an investigation after they were contacted by a vet over the shocking condition of a dog brought to them. The English bulldog, Rochea, had been boarded at Bailey’s kennels in Cooksey Lane, Kingstanding, Birmingham, between November 2023 and January 2024 and was brought into the practice by her “very panicked” owner who had “blood over her arms”.

The practice employee said the owner “had picked her dog up from the boarding kennels and … thought she was dying.

“I went straight out to the car and there were two bulldogs in the back seat.

“One was stood up, bright and appeared pleased to see me, whereas the other was very lethargic.

“On closer inspection she appeared collapsed, she was passing bloody diarrhoea, her mucous membranes were pale and tacky, she had wounds on her face, she felt cold and was severely underweight. She looked in a very bad way and I was concerned.”

“The owner explained to me the dogs had been at a boarding kennels for several weeks while the owner was moving house.

“She said she had been sent some photos while they had been boarding.

“The owner said she rang the kennels as she was worried they may have run out of food.

“The woman at the kennels said they were fine, the owner felt this was strange and so took a bag of food round anyway.

“When she arrived, she found the dog in this condition so collected her straight away and brought her straight to us.”

The dog had collapsed and had to be put down after the owner gave consent.

It was found that between December 7, 2023, and January 29, 2024, Rochea had not been given enough food, suffered weight loss and had been caused to suffer.

A second dog, Staffy-type Brindy, was also found to be suffering when she was presented at a different vet in an emaciated state.

She was cared for by Bailey between November 16, 2023, and January, 16, 2024, while her owner was in hospital.

Brindy too had not been given adequate food, had lost a significant amount of weight and was in a poor condition.

A third dog, an English bulldog called Beau, was found to have been left in a crate for a long period, causing him to suffer scalding due to standing in urine and faeces, not providing appropriate food, keeping the dog in an unclean environment and ‘failing to enable the animal to exhibit normal behaviour patterns’.

Beau was allowed to suffer between December 7, 2023, and January 29, 2024

In addition, Bailey had been operating a boarding kennels without a licence.

one-year jail term, suspended for 18 months; 25 days of ‘rehabilitation’. Banned from keeping animals for ten years.