PIERCE COUNTY - A dog breeder has been jailed after authorities raided her operation near Graham on Thursday.

44-year-old Bernadette Vohs, who went by the name "Jackie Greatsinger", was arrested and charged with theft following an incident with a California woman. That woman told investigators she came to Vohs' kennel to pick up the great dane she had bought on line. After seeing the dog, she realized the puppy was deformed, but Voh's refused to give her a refund, the woman told deputies.

Deputies and Animal Control officers raided the kennel in part because of a separate pending investigation involving Vohs. Deputies also added that Vohs was operating without a license.

"If you have more than six animals, you have to apply to the auditors office to get a commercial license or an operating license. And there is not one currently at this location," said Tim Johnson with Animal Control.

But neighbors, past friends and breeders said they've been fighting Vohs for years over noise, animal waste, falsifying pedigree and the mistreatment of her animals. Tammy Johnson bred dogs with Vohs, but said she stopped working with her after she saw dead puppies in boxes and sickly dogs at Vohs' kennel.

"I watched dogs have multiple litters a year. Every heat she was breeding them," she said. "I'm glad that she has shut down and I hope they find good home. And I hope they don't ever reproduce again."

When deputies showed up Vohs' kennel, they found a dead rat that was left in the kennel. They said several of the dogs for sale had sores on them. The dogs have been confiscated by Animal Control officers and brought to the Pierce County Animal Shelter. It is unclear exactly how many dogs were confiscated.

Deputies said there have been several other past civil cases involving theft, fraud, sick puppies and supposed show dogs with no paper. One of the puppies even dropped dead and Vohs was told to stop breeding dogs last year, deputies said. Vohs is said to breed great danes, bull dogs and daschunds.

Vohs is in jail on two counts of second-degree theft. She is accused of taking money for a pure-bred puppies, then failing to deliver on her promise. Her bail is $10,000. She is scheduled to be formally charged on Friday.

An animal cruelty investigation, meantime, is onging.