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• Date: Citation No. Reference No. Reporting Deputy Case No. 8-11-96 NORM WILLS 96014271 days. As I sat and listened for approx five minutes, it should be noted that no shots were heard and that although I did hear one apparently muffled bark, there was not a constant barking from any animals that I could discern. After this time period, I then proceeded to the residence next to the Prairie Pet Center driveway and made contact with the compl and his wife,Kurt Larson. Kurt Larson, along with his wife, indicated to me that they had had a series of ongoing problems with the Miller's who were residing and currently the owners of the Prairie Pet Center, including having dogs running at large onto their property and dogs barking during the day time, causing them to be disturbed and that now the Miller's were apparently fired shots off every Tuesday night and every Sunday morning. This appears to be an ongoing problem that they have noted and apparently have complained both to the Town of Sun Prairie and to the Dane Co Zoning Dept. Larson produced for me a copy of correspondence that had been sent to the Sun Prairie Town Board ref this incident from zoning, where they had asked Miller to cease any training because he was not zoned for training for that commercial purpose. I advised them that I would definitely investigate the matter and additionally question them as to the fact whether I had in fact been at this home ref an animal complaint sometime ago. I specifically questioned Larson as to whether or not the problem at that time had been the Miller's promising to erect a large solid wooden fence along their driveway which apparently was in fact done as I was looking at it now from the Larson's front yard. Larson indicated yes, but they had in fact erected this privacy fence in order to make sure the dogs stayed on the Miller property and to help deflect some of the noise problems that had been the source of irritation for the Larson's. I then inquired as to the purpose of Larson advising the dispatch center that he felt the Miller's had scanners and would in fact be listening to see if they would be calling in a complaint so they could take appropriate action in order to defuse the complaint and/or make everything sound normal when the officers arrived. Larson indicated that this apparently had happened several times in the past when he had called in barking dog complaints and that the Miller's had apparently almost reacted immediately in quieting the house dogs. It should also be noted the Miller's do have a kennel unit down below the house which is in fact a commercial operation which they are in fact zoned for. It should also be noted that Mrs Larson indicated she had been bitten very severely by a Rockweiler in the leg and that she was quite concerned. I inquired of Mrs Larson if the Rockweiler who had attacked her had belonged to the Miller's and she indicated no, it was a house pet that belonged to the neighbor two houses down to the east of their residence. It should be noted that throughout the interview and conversation with the Larson's, I could detect an underline tension which indicated that this was much more than a simple barking dog complaint. They reiterated again that shooting was going on down there, which was triggering the dogs into barking and this did in fact disturb them. Again, after inquiring as to the time frames when this would occur, they indicated it would occur Tuesday evenings and then Sunday morning, and was always over with by noon. I indicated to them that I had been in their front yard for approx 25 minutes and noted the time was 11:28AM and I had not heard any shots at all for the last 25 minutes. They indicated that it did not surprise them as the Miller's probably saw me coming and had probably discontinued that activity. After obtaining this information from them and determining the course of action I would be taking, I advised the Larson's that I would go over and make contact at the Prairie Pet Center and attempt to talk with Steve Miller as to the allegations they had been making. I advised them I would return to them and would advise and inform them of what actions and activities I had undertaken. I then proceeded to the Prairie Pet Center, 4255 CTH TT and attempted to make contact with Steve Miller,the owner. -2-