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GREENSBORO -- A Guilford County animal boarding house sits empty after state inspectors found nearly 40 animals living in what they call unsafe conditions.

Animal control officers took 36 dogs and three cats Friday morning from the Battleground Pet Inn in Greensboro.

"I want them to bring them back to me," said owner Kaye Jones. "Make as big of a spectacle bringing them back as they did taking them."

Jones says the recent inspection is putting her out of business. She says a new inspector from the Department of Agriculture came to her business.

"When I knew that it was going to be a woman, I knew it was going to be trouble," she said. "I told her that and that's what started this whole thing and she was out for blood."

The inspection report claims that the dogs and cats needed medical attention, the animals were being kept in unsanitary conditions and that Jones lacked the necessary record for many of the pets; even though all of the animals in the boarding area belonged to Jones.

"She wanted to see records and a lot of times if people hadn't been here in over a year, I tossed them," said Jones. "What's the point in keeping them around because the shots are overdue and I just say they next time they come in, I tell them that the next time they come in, you need to bring me a new form."

Jones says part of the inspection included her cleaning the dog runs, and she says when animal control returned, they were in pristine condition, so she wants to know why they still took all of her dogs.

"As I was doing what she told me I needed to do, I looked out here and here come a whole army. I don't mean one or two trucks, she had about six animal control trucks, two sheriff cars and her," said Jones.

Guilford County Animal Control officers say this isn't the first time they've been called to the business. Supervisor Leigh Ann Garrard says there have been several complaints about the 30-year-old business and each time, the conditions get worse.

"The general public's animals were coming into contact with these other animals that were not up to date on their shots as well as other diseases with people to animal transmissions," said Garrard.

Animal Control filed misdemeanor animal cruelty charges against Jones and all 39 pets are being held at the animal control shelter.

"One of the cats had ingrown toenails that were really, really bad and infected so we had to give them medicine for that," said Marsha Williams, executive director of the shelter. "That's something that a groomer should be able to do is groom their dogs and cats nails"

Williams says some of the animals are blind, some are underweight, some have seizures and most have grooming issues.

"I don't want to judge Ms. Jones because I don't know her situation fully but I know 39 dogs are a lot of dogs to have and maybe she's had a lot of difficulties keeping up with the grooming of the dogs," said Williams.

The animals are still undergoing tests and leaders say Jones may be able to get them back if she brings her business up to code and pays the necessary fines.