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Chronicling the compulsions of people who possess numerous animals as pets, with insights into the psychology behind their behavior.
2013
Revisiting three extreme hoarders to see their possible progress or back-slides.
Property investors purchase a house that is occupied by a hoarder; rat infestation compromises the building's foundation.
After being the target of a school shooting a former principal's life has changed; paralyzed by PTSD and hoarding Wayne has abandoned his family.
A wife has transformed one couple's home into a heap of trash; on the verge of foreclosure.
Frank didn't expect Susan to fill his house with clutter when she moved in; though her home of forty-eight years sits condemned just two blocks away.
Jessica is a little person with dangerous toppling piles of clutter; along with her mother she has filled her entire home.
2011
A retired Army linguist has filled his house with 158 roosters and hens. A popular waitress is fired because she reeks of cat urine.
A 27 year olds future in nursing is jeopardized by a growing hoard of dogs and cats. When a man's emotionally traumatized family moves in with him, he retreats into a hoard of Chihuahuas.
A single dad believes he's on a mission from God to save pit bulls and a woman tries to stop her stubborn mother's cat hoarding before she ends up homeless. Follow Shane and Sharon as they come to grips with the perils of hoarding animals.
A woman with more than 70 dogs refuses to see how they’re hurting her husband while a mom’s exotic bird collection gets between her and her daughter. Explore the worlds of Carolyn and Cynthia and their menagerie of pets.
An eccentric loner faces jail time for refusing to give up dozens of mangy dogs. A mother uses a hoard of cats to keep her 26-year-old daughter from leaving home. Peer into the lives of Matthew and Vera.
A heartbroken man replaces his lost wife with a herd of Mastiffs. A woman's need to keep a houseful of stray animals pushes her marriage to the breaking point. Follow Ray and Donna's stories of loss and loss of control.
A couple's desire to have a baby is threatened by their 80 cats and an elderly woman's struggle with alcohol turns into an obsession with stray cats. Can Carol and Mary overcome their animal hoarding? Tune in to find out.
A mom's 37 cats drive her 13-year-old daughter to move in with the neighbors. A father must choose between his 13-year-old daughter and his cat-obsessed girlfriend. Find out if Flower and Christi can keep their families together while overcoming their addictions.
An animal addict mom is on the verge of losing her teenage daughter while fishermen joins forces to save an animal hoarding deckhand. See how Dawn and Lloyd face the reality of their animal hoarding.
An ex-addict becomes overly obsessed with rodents and reptiles and a woman's herd of goats and pit bulls pushes a family to the brink of foreclosure. Find out if Shane and Jean can gain control of their animal obsessions.
2013
Louise and her lavish hoarding could end up on the street.
A woman has been sent to jail four times for her hoarding; people purchase a house only to discover it comes with a hoard.
Kelly Jay's massive hoarding issues.
Phyllis and Patty aren't just identical twins, they are identical hoarders as well.
Lalie and her children suffer from mold, mice and flea infestations due to their upstairs neighbor and landlord, Denise, who is a massive hoarder.
2011
A man fills his bedroom with venomous snakes. A retired lawyer must choose between her husband - and her 250 lovebirds.
A hoard of over 130 rabbits have chewed a home to shreds. A man has begun living in his pickup truck to keep his 13 dogs from being seized
A 27-year-old who cleans obsessively - and keeps dead cats in her freezer. A family is shattered when mom picks pets over kids.
A street minister keeps a flock of over 150 pets in the basement of his home. A 22-year-old girl drops out of nursing school so she can dedicate her life to rescuing dogs.
A mother faces the most painful choice of her life: her daughter's health or her beloved kittens. A chef's 60+ cats have destroyed his house - and are about to ruin his marriage
A ghost hunting hoarder must choose between the spirit world and a houseful of pets. A head trauma results in a woman filling her house with cats - and raccoons.
A woman wants her family - and her 99 pets. A retired rock musician picks his dogs over his daughters.
A young woman identifies with rats. An 82-year-old clings to the dream of a destitute dog rescue.
A would-be breeder of Boodles, a cross between a bulldog and a poodle, is overwhelmed; a home remolder winds up living in a kennel.
A woman is adamant about keeping more than one hundred cats; a former minister's flock now consists of dogs.
A single dad has pythons; a medical worker secretly keeps a hoard of dogs.
A woman with multiple cats has a colorful past; a recidivist hoarder secretly keeps dogs in a junkyard.
2010
Bonnie refuses to let her many dogs go outside, creating disgusting, unsanitary conditions in her home. Don's living conditions and life has worsened from acquiring thirty cats, so his wife now lives in their daughter's home.
Janice has acquired so many dogs and cats that her current husband stops supporting her, her health suffers, and her family has to intervene. After a difficult childhood, J.D. has developed an addiction to saving animals, which is ruining her relationship with Patty.
Robin has been taking in lots of pets and hoarding objects so much that her relationship with her husband suffers. She is depressed that her daughters are moving away from her. Lolette runs a cat shelter that has over 300 cats. Unfortunately, disease is spreading, so many of the cats are sick.
A newlywed turns her house into an animal rescue when her Marine husband is deployed to Afghanistan, while a man is trapped in his house by a growing pack of feral dogs. 20-year-old Lauren's new home is overrun by stray animals. Her Marine husband is coming home next month and he doesn't know that the dogs have destroyed the house. Jack has become a slave to the care of his 45 feral dogs. Wracked by depression, he slips deeper into despair, as his family grows concerned.
Two women feel compelled to rescue unwanted animals, while leading dramatically different lives. A mother spends tens of thousands of dollars in veterinary bills to care for her growing menagerie. A convenience store clerk is being driven to destitution by her house full of dogs, cats, pigs and a raccoon. In both cases, family members are deeply concerned that the situation has grown dangerously out of control.
A couple turns over their new house to 80 pet cats; a woman has a houseful of exotic birds.
A woman helps her father reclaim his home from his hoard of pet chickens; a waitress loses her job due to her collection of cats.
A deckhand's colleagues band together to help with his hoarding problem; a mother faces losing her teen daughter because of her animal addiction.
