The rescue effort required assistance from a local contractor, who helped remove floorboards of a shed so responders could safely access the animal.
In one case, the judges asked whether a 16-year-old Eagle Scout "from a good family" should face serious consequences over a video-recorded assault on an intoxicated teenager. The second judge asked whether a 12-year-old girl's loss of virginity constituted serious harm.
Prosecutors say Paul Caneiro killed his brother, brother's wife and their two children because he was about to be cut off from the family business.
He admitted to defecating under the high school's bleachers on one occasion only, despite being accused of doing it multiple times.
The female poodle was found in the hot sun without water or food.