Here's another more indepth article. Seems like they had a dog that they treated better ....
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5231694.html
Bare told police that he believed the kennel was a suitable temporary living arrangement for the girl.
He said he put two car seats, a throw rug and a blanket in the kennel and placed it over a floor drain so the girl could urinate while locked up overnight. The girl told authorities that the kennel was cold but not freezing because she had a blanket.
Bare said he strip-searched the girl twice because he worried that she was concealing a stolen key to unlock the kennel. He said he forced the girl to spend one night naked in the kennel.
Cameron said that the confinement was Bare's idea but that she agreed to it.
She said she observed one strip search of the girl and approved of it. She also said she sat outside the kennel and talked to her daughter in hopes of altering her behavior problems.
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Neighbors said the couple had a golden or orange labrador retriever that they kept in their upstairs apartment or next door in the warehouse space. Neighbors reported seeing the dog often but not the girl. No one reported seeing obvious signs of injury on the girl.
"We'd hear yelping at night when we'd step outside but that's about it," said Mose Yang, who lives two houses away