Captured dogs are separated into concrete walled pens with chain-link metal doors. Animals in quarantine may be healthy but aggressive, or ill but adoptable. Cages along one side of both the adult and puppy units have trap doors that allow those dogs to go outside. These spots are generally left for large dogs that might be uncomfortable in the closely confined pens. Adult dogs are fed once a day.
Attendants leave the food down on the floor until they believe the animals are finished eating.
The food cannot be left out because it could cause bug or rodent problems, Roy said. Puppies are fed twice a day. The three walls of the dogs' pens are brownish concrete. A gutter lines the front of each row of cages. Most of the dogs perch on thick plastic mats to avoid the water.