SHARON ANNE MOODY, owner of Tallyho Kennels, arrested after several deceased dogs were found on the property

- South Carolina, USA -

The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of 62-year-old SHARON ANNE MOODY (pictured).

MOODY is the owner of Tallyho Kennels, a pet boarding business on 4915 Old Spartanburg Road in Taylors.

According to the press release by the sheriff’s office, it all started with an investigation into the conditions of the business back on March 20, 2025, when the owner of the property went to Tallyho Kennels and made a gruesome discovery.

The owner of the property was notified by the power company that the power was going to be turned off at Tallyho Kennels, so the owner went to the business to check on MOODY, the tenant, who had a “Lease to Own” agreement.

Once inside Tallyho Kennels, the property owner found many deceased dogs and after taking pictures of the horrid scene, they alerted Greenville County Animal Control.

Animal Control in conjunction with the sheriff’s office began investigating and based on the gathered evidence, investigators obtained a search warrant for the property.

Investigators soon discovered that the deceased dogs they saw in the pictures, along with numerous other animals, had been removed from Tallyho Kennels before the search.

However, they did find two additional deceased dogs “in various stages of decomposition,” stated the release.

According to the sheriff’s office, conditions inside both the residence and kennels were found to be unsanitary, with significant amounts of feces and a heavy flea infestation.

Following the investigation, on March 28, 2025, warrants were obtained for MOODY’s arrest. She was located and taken into custody on September 9, 2025.

As per the press release, when MOODY was interviewed, she “admitted to previously housing at least 20 canines on the property. Many of these animals were reportedly left behind by individuals who never returned after boarding them.”

MOODY claimed she attempted to reach out to shelters and rescues but was told there was no space available. She further admitted to euthanizing eight smaller dogs with Benadryl, while the remaining animals died as a result of starvation.

MOODY was booked into the Greenville County Detention Center on four counts of ill-treatment of animals and one count of failure to bury a dead animal.

The Greenville County Magistrates' Office set a $8,500 bond which MOODY was able to post.

I reached out to the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office to inquire about the dogs and the following is what I was told in an email:

“-The two canines that were collected by Animal Control and the Sheriff’s office had no microchips in them. The corpses were “mummified” meaning they had been deceased for some time.

-Sharon admitted to removing and disposing 20 canines from the property, before Law Enforcement arrived. We removed 2 additional canines that she was unaware of so we suspect that there was 22 canines in total that died on the property.

-Due to the condition that we found the canines; the age, breed, name and sex are unknown.

-No animals were rescued from Tallyho Kennels. They were all dead by the time we got involved.”

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MOODY’s mugshot shared from the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office.

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