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All dogs over the age of three months must be registered from the 1st November each year. Registration periods are for either one or three years.
Download Dog Registration form (560KB)
Please print this form, complete and forward to the Shire.
Complaints about noise from barking dogs are common, and whilst it is impossible to always keep your dog quiet, it is your responsibility to ensure that it does not become a nuisance to your neighbours.
Rangers are required to investigate dog attacks on people, pets and livestock and issue Infringement Notices or instigate prosecutions if appropriate. The Dog Act includes substantial penalties for all offences. It also requires that the means to effectively confine your dog exist within your premises.
Impounded dogs are kept at the pound facility in Mundijong or Armadale. To reclaim your dog you must first pay all fees involved at Council's Administration Centre. Your dog will be released once these fees are paid. If your dog is not registered you will also be required to pay the applicable registration fee. Pound opening times are by appointment.
In recent years the instance of complaints to Council relating to the control of cats has increased. Currently there is no state legislation relating to the control of domestic cats which makes the issue difficult to deal with, however Council has introduced a Local Law relating to the numbers of cats that can be kept on a property, whereby a landholder is required to apply to Council for a Cattery Establishment Licence where more than 3 cats are kept on a property or premises.
Council has a number of Policies which encourage cat owners to contain their cats so as not to make a nuisance and sterilisation to control the cat population.