Responsible Owners

Council's Dog Management Policy, works together with the Dog Control Act 2000 to ensure dog owners are responsible for their animals.

Responsible dog ownership requires a dog owner to accept full responsibility for meeting all the care and attention needs of their dog and for ensuring their dog does not become a threat or nuisance to the safety or welfare of any other person or animal.  

For more information refer to our Dog Management Policy(PDF, 475KB) 

• The care and management of your dog
• Registering your dog
• When a kennel licence is required
• When your dog needs to wear his collar
• When your dog needs to be micro-chipped
• Restricted breeds
• Burnie's Dog friendly areas vs prohibited areas
• Cleaning up after your dog
• Nuisance and dangerous dogs
• Information about keeping your dog under effective control

Please refer to the State Government's Dog Control Act 2000 for your obligations as a dog owner under state legislation.