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Respectable members of the City Council, Mayor, Thank you for allowing me the space to voice my request. I received a puppy for Christmas, and we were all very happy with him, his name is Louis and he is about 40 Ibs now. My older dogs, now 6, Coco and Loki, wanted nothing to do with Louis and he was very sad and getting depressed, our trainer recommended a mate. At the time, we started the process for the permit and then COVID happened and our efforts to get the puppy came to a halt, so we did not continue the process. A few months later we were told by the breeder a female puppy was available, but we had to decide quick; given that she met the characteristics we were looking for and seen her playful temperament in videos provided, we decided to bring her home. We did not restart the process right away due to COVID-19 and as we were under the assumption that a newborn puppy was not accounted as a unit for the first 6 months of age. We then got this letter about the permit immediately due to a call from a concerned neighbor. We had no problem to go through this process as it is the right thing to do and we feel confident we can meet all necessary conditions to make this work. Although I understand the concern from our neighbor, I would like to mention that the rottweilers presence is not been affected by the decision made today. The city rules allow us to have 3 dogs regardless of breed without requiring a fence. We have done everything within our financial power to provide a safe environment for our family, dogs and neighbors. The incident from two summers ago was a very isolated case, nobody was hurt, the dog did not even come close to kids or payed any attention to them. As a concerned mom, our neighbor called Police who then made an evaluation of our dogs and confirmed that our Rotties are neither dangerous nor vicious. Since that incident, we have been threaten by our neighbor several times to the point that she threatens with also calling immigration on us. Since then also my neighbor constantly takes videos of our children and me in our yard, in the front or back. ER police should have records of us reporting this behavior. I understand this is not the place or time to vent these issues; but I would like you to have a better perspective of the character of all parties if this were to be a factor in your decision. None of our dogs meet the Dangerous nor Vicious definition; they have never attacked anybody other than by jumping in excitement and with super wet kisses. If this was ever the case, I would be the first one making sure the dogs are removed. I have children too. MN Law defines dangerous dogs based on behavior not by breed. ACCORDING TO THE 2019 Minnesota Statutes 347.50 DEFINITIONS. Subd. 2.Dangerous dog. "Dangerous dog" means any dog that has: (1) without provocation, inflicted substantial bodily harm on a human being on public or private property; (2) killed a domestic animal without provocation while off the owner's property, or