12 dogs, including 6 puppies, seized from home after cyclist bitten near Dorchester, Ont.

Police were already investigating complaints 'over the last couple of months' when a cyclist was bitten while riding past the Thames Centre home, prompting the warrant.

The owner of a kennel that took in a dozen dogs from a Thames Centre, Ont., home over the weekend said they’ve been fielding complaints about the home for roughly a year.

Tracey Gibson, owner of Hillside Kennels Animal Control, said the municipality recently contacted her to say police were ready to execute a warrant at the home.

“We’ve had multiple calls — in the middle of the night, during the day, all kinds of things — by the time we get there, the dogs are usually long gone and we can’t find them.”

After seizing the dogs, however, Gibson claimed that only one is aggressive.

“One is not nice at all. We can’t touch him … we cannot rehome him,” she said.

“The other dogs are all very friendly. Very, very big, big dogs, but they are all friendly.”

The dogs are all fairly young as well, she said.

OPP Const. Jeff Hare said police were already investigating complaints “over the last couple of months” when a cyclist was bitten while riding past the address, prompting the warrant.