PRESTON, Minn. –A rural LeRoy couple accused of mistreating dogs at their kennel will have a trial in February. Fillmore Cunty Judge Jeremy Clinefelter pproved the trial for Donald Anderson and Elham Alayyou after they pleaded not guilty to torturing animals, depriving animals of food and shelter, and animal cruelty. Fifteen German shepherds were seized from the couple’s property in February and relocated to a shelter in the Twin Cities. A Fillmore County sheriff’s investigator had visited the kennel and reported feeling ribs when he stroked the dogs. The kennel floors were bloody and soiled, the investigator said. A veterinarian called the puppies extremely unhealthy. On a healthiness scale of 1 to 9, they were at the low end at either 2 or 2-1/2, the vet said. The couple blamed a neighbor for poisoning the digs
