Two Riverside dog breeders have been listed in the Humane Society of the United States annual list of the nation’s 100 worst dog breeders.

Lloyd Yoder, Valleyview Premium Puppies, and Loren Yoder were two Riverside residents listed among the 17 dog breeders that were ranked worst in the nation.

USDA inspectors who visited Lloyd Yoder in both February 2022 and March 2022 found more than a dozen violations that had been committed by Lloyd Yoder. The violations included unclean and unsafe conditions, two dogs that appeared emaciated, and one injured dog.

An inspector wrote “Female Old English sheepdog is severely emaciated… The dog’s spine, ribs, shoulder blades and hip bones were protruding and easily felt beneath the hair coat with little to no fat or muscle covering the dog’s frame.”

This was just one of many appalling violations which also included unsanitary living conditions for the dogs, spoiled food being fed to the dogs, and enclosures containing “poison pellets”.

USDA inspectors also cited six violations regarding Loren Yoder. The violations included housing issues and veterinary care and cleanliness.

“The facility is not removing the dog feces from the enclosures on a daily basis,” An inspector wrote.

In addition, the inspector also wrote “preventative care and treatment plans to maintain healthy and unmatted hair coats, properly trimmed toenails, and clean and healthy skin.”

This is not the first time that the Riverside dog breeders had been put under the spotlight. In November 2018, an inspection was started from an anonymous complaint about the living conditions at the breeding facilities. An itchy dog needing immediate medical attention was found along with potentially dangerous pens in the 2018 inspection.

Inspectors later visited the facilities in January 2019 and found that all of the problems that they had seen in November of 2018 had been fixed or improved.