Sounds like a hoarder, or collector, to me. This is a phychological illness. It can get really bad. There is a woman near us that has over 70 Siberian huskies staked out on her property on six foot chains. ALL these dogs were bred from one original pair, so you can imagine the lovely genetics by this point. Our local shelter has been trying to get custody of these animals for years, to no avail. The law here says they have to have "food, water and shelter" ... and they have VERY loose definitions of those terms. So, the dogs are still there, and she is still breeding more. Very sad, and frustrating.