An American Kennel Club spokeswoman, Daisy Okas, says the club suspended and fined the kennel's owner in 2006 over the facility's conditions.
So Mrs. Sukul Kemraj has installed a kennel's worth of china puppies near the front door, by the plastic-covered brown brocade sofas and the coffee table topped with a sequined pink and brown tablecloth.
Kennel's life is known by the faithful, and has an important place in the church.
The first negative local press articles appeared in 1988, mentioning miraculous healings, proselytism, Kennel's status, fundamentalist beliefs as controversial issues, and included critical reports by former members.
The pair wrestled harmlessly together each afternoon for ten days in a row for no apparent reason, although the bear may have been trying to demonstrate its friendliness in the hope of sharing the kennel's food.
However, new evidence brought to prosecutors' attention by defense lawyers after the case was presented to a grand jury showed the kennel's air-conditioning unit had stopped working because of a dirty air-filter.
