It is 8/5/2007, I am signing this petition because Ms. Hedlund has been a resident of our apartment building in Bemidji, Minnesota for the last couple months, up until 8/1/2007. She lived in the basement area of our home with her dogs. During the time she lived in this apartment I personally never saw her take all of her dogs outside to use the bathroom. There were reports from neighbors that 9 dogs were living in the basement however I can only confirm seeing 5. Irregardless, she and her family locked these dogs inside the house for extended periods of time. When she left the premises the landlord and I had to rip up all the carpet downstairs, including the carpet all the way up the stairs to the entry way. The smell of ammonia and fesces was so horrible in our house we were worried that it was affecting our 1 year old son and the only thing that finally helped the smell was when the landlord poured bleech on the floors to sanitize them. I don't think anyone realized when he did ...