03 Hearing to Review the Potentially Dangerous Dog Declaration from Agust 4, 2020

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the neighbors dog running at "Peanut". She heard "Peanut" squeal as she was attacked. She mentioned that Taya picked "Peanut" up and walked back towards their house. Seils described the dog as a brown lab looking dog. Davis was advised that"Peanut" did not appear to have any injuries. Seils did not see any blood or wounds on "Peanut". Davis then spoke with Taya. Taya advised that she and her friend were walking "Peanut" down the street when a larger brown dog came running out of a yard(about 3 houses down from theirs). She said the dog owner, Todd Lynes, had just let the dog out. It came running after "Peanut". It attacked "Peanut". "Peanut" let out a squeal. She picked "Peanut" up and she and her friend walked back home. Taya mentioned that Lynes did yell for his dog to stop before it go to the street. The dog did not listen. Davis then spoke with Crist. Crist advised that he has seen Lynes' brown dog at their end of the street in the past. He believes that Lyne's does do his best to keep his dogs on his own property but once in awhile they do leave the property. Crist does not want to see any charges against Lynes but does want Lynes to keep his dog on his own property. Crist is concerned for other small dogs in the neighbor hood and any small children that may live in the area. After speaking with Seils, Crist and Taya, Davis then went to the address of 30630 Rae Ave. Upon arrival Davis spoke with Todd Lynes. Lynes advised that his dogs were in the house for the evening when they started barking. He let his lab/german short hair mixed dog, "Zada" out when she took off towards the street where he saw two girls walking a small dog. He yelled for "Zada" to stop but she did not. According to Lynes the girls picked up the small dog. They walked past his drive way then put the small dog back on the street. Lynes mentioned that it was at this time, when the girls put the dog back down, that "Zada" went after the small dog. Lynes went on to mention that he does have an invisible fence for his dogs but "Zada" seems to ignore the shock when she gets close to the invisible fence boundry. Lynes also mentioned that his dogs are protective of his property. At this time Davis advised Lynes of"Zada" being listed as a potentially dangerous dog. When asked, Lynes provided vaccine records for"Zada". The shot records were up to date(see photos of shot records in media). Davis then cleared the scene. Supplemental Report ICR: 20001650 Last Modified: 08-26-2020 1436 Title: 20200826 002 Jorgens Supplemental Created By: Matthew Jorgens On 8-10-2020, Officer Jorgens was asked by Officer Davis to serve a potentially dangerous dog form on the owner, Todd David Lynes at his listed residence on 30660 Rae Avenue in Pequot Lakes. Officer Jorgens went to the residence with the paperwork and knocked on the door. A younger boy answered the door and several dog were barking inside. Officer Jorgens observed the front door open and the boy tried to control two of the dogs as they raced past him. He stated his father was not home. Both dogs immediately surrounded Officer Jorgens and were barking uncontrollably and were biting at him. Officer Jorgens told the boy to call them off. The boy attempted to,but the choc/brown lab mix dog got more aggressive and continued after Jorgens as he backed up. Officer Jorgens started to un-holster his taser in preparation to defend himself as he was backing up towards his syuad. Officer Jorgens got in the squad and told the younger boy that they needed to do something to control the dog better. Officer Jorgens then cleared.