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| Registration | | All dogs over the age of three months must be registered with Council. Registration must be renewed annually by 10 April. Owners will receive a new registration tag for their dog each year. The tag must be worn whenever the dog is outside the owner's property. Council also recommends that dogs be permanently identified by a microchip.
Registration incentive scheme
Glen Eira City Council offers a discount scheme to encourage residents to register their pets. The scheme is also designed to motivate sterilisation of pets in particular cats. These measures are intended to reduce the population of un-owned cats and to reduce the high euthanasia rates of un-owned cats that are impounded by Council. However if you do not intend to breed from your dog then you could consider having your dog sterilised.
Sterilised dogs and cats upon first registration will receive free registration for the next full year; ie, when you receive your next renewal you will receive a new tag but the renewal fee will be waived.
Please note that it is now mandatory that all dogs and cats that are to be registered must first ne implanted with an approved identification device (microchip).
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| Caring for dogs | | All dogs require adequate shelter from the elements, protection from natural or man-made enemies such as cars, an adequate and balanced daily diet, cool clean water, plenty of daily exercise, obedience training, adequate socialisation, vaccination and regular worming. Council also recommends all dogs be desexed. This prevents unwanted litters and also reduces the urge for male dogs to fight and wander.
Before going away on holidays owners should ensure their dog is adequately cared for by friends, family or at a registered boarding kennel.
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| Owner responsibilities and the law | | Owners are responsible for ensuring their dog does not bite, attack or rush at any person or animal. Owners should also ensure their dog does not cause a nuisance by killing wildlife, damaging property, causing a traffic accident, barking excessively, trespassing on other people's property, wandering away from the owner’s property or defecating in public areas.
Rushing at someone means approaching a person in a menacing manner and displaying aggressive tendencies such as snarling, growling and raising hackles.
By law, dogs must be securely confined to the property. Owners must provide safe visitor access to the front door of their home. Dogs must be kept on a lead at all times in public places, except in designated off-leash areas, where they must be under effective voice control.
If a dog is being looked after or walked by someone other than the registered owner, and it is involved in a breach of the Domestic Animals Act or Council's Local Law, the person in charge of the dog at the time is considered to be the owner. An owner must be over 17 years of age.
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| Keeping more than two dogs | | Residents must obtain a Multiple Animal permit from Council to keep more than two dogs on their property.
Download an application form and information below.
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| Problem dogs | | Residents wishing to report either a problem with a dog causing a nuisance or an attack on either themselves or their pet, should contact Council's Service Centre on 03 9524 3333.
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