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<br />David & Lynette Randall <br />7960 171st Lane NW <br />FtaD1sey,~ 55303 <br /> <br />July 8, 2008 <br /> <br />City 6fRamsey Planning Commission: <br /> <br />Re:Application for Conditional Use Permit <br /> <br />Please consider this additional information regarding our application for a <br />Conditional Use Permit to own more than three dogs. <br /> <br />We would like to tell you about our family and our pets. <br /> <br />Our family consists of five people. David and Lynette andtbree children: Taylor <br />- age 15, Lucas ~ age 8, and Julia-'age 7. We live on a 2.25 acre loton a cul-de:-sac. <br />We have lived at this location for 10 years. . <br /> <br />For the. previous 10 years, we had 1 dog - Lucky. We got Lucky fr,om a neighbor <br />(Tom) who had been working at a shelter and sa.w him. Lucky was a stray. When told <br />that Lucky had only a few hours'to be either claimed/adopted before he w~s to be <br />euthanized, Tom took Lucky home. We met Lucky and he became Taylor's 5th birthday <br />. present. Lucky is an extremely docile dog and loves everyone. . He is a runner and' is <br />never outside without being on atie-out. <br /> <br />I <br />Last summer, we decided to get another dog since Lucky was aging and the kids <br />. wanted a little dog they could play with. I do not believe in getting animals from pet <br />stores - there are too many homeless animals. I spent countless hours on petfinder.qom <br />looking for a dog. I finally located a ~ttle 6 year old. Shih Tzu at Homeless Hounds in <br />Princeton. Wernet Teddy and instantly loved him. Once we got him home, we realized <br />how bad of shape he. was in. Teddy was a stray and was extremely sensitive. He had not <br />eaten in the month he had been at the shelter. He was emaciated. We took him to our vet <br />for a check-up - the vet told us he was about 12 years old, not 6 years old as stated at the <br />shelter. We didn't know if he was. going to survive. Fortunately, David nursed Teddy <br />back to health by hand feeding him. Teddy is still very shy and will only eat by being fed <br />by hand. Teddy is an adorable, lovable boy. He is a great joy to all of us . <br /> <br />. Since Teddy's survival was questionable, I went looking for another dog. I found <br />a little black terrier at the St. Cloud Humane Society.. Trotter is a character. He is very <br />. . <br />smart and a huge bundle' of energy. Trotter is a runner and is never outside u~e.ss he is <br />on his tie-out or a leash. Trotter is very friendly and loves to go for walks. <br /> <br />-1 80- . <br />