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Lovetodream88 · 03-01-2015, 09:40 PM

The topic of licensing your dog came up on another thread so I was curious about mine and googled the laws for my county and was curious about other peoples so here's a little survey.

Do you license your dog?
How much does it cost?
What is the fine for not doing it?
Does your county seem to enforce them?
How often do you have to license them?

My answers
Do you license your dog? No, did it once and they got all her info wrong
How much does it cost? $5.00 for fixed dogs $25.00 for unfixed
What is the fine for not doing it? $50.00
Does your county seem to enforce them? No
How often do you have to license them? It's yearly

anneclaire · 03-01-2015, 10:53 PM

My experience on this is.... I have always liscensed my dogs, have for 15 yrs or more, whenever they started it , I dont remember. but many years. I pay my 5.00 and go home to a yard full of poo from other dogs that have never had shots let alone be licensed !!! I decided yes it is only 5.00 but the principle really irritates me.
The fact they dont enforce the law on all the poor unwanted ones. 20 miles away we have a no kill shelter, that town is the same size as where I live. Why cant they do that here and give people a chance to adopt like they do in the next county!!
Every day I see on their FB page (the next county) a cute little furbaby up for adoption and 9 of 10 get adopted right away!! The ones that dont after 90 days go to our states capitol to a very large no kill shelter and have another chance to be adopted.
If they did that here I would gladly donate more than 5 to them.I have gone before the city council and they always have a lame reason. So I just dont bother paying the 5 every year! LOL

Wylie's Mom · 03-02-2015, 04:50 AM

I don't like the whole licensing thing bc I just don't understand the point of it, really.

Rachael1983 · 03-02-2015, 06:00 AM

Well we just moved, so we are still getting acclimated to MD. But Emma is licensed in GA. And it was enforced as we lived in an apartment complex. This was required in each place we lived in. I think for liability purposes. It also helps for your homeowners/rental insurance policy. I learned that too as it gave me a cheaper rate.

I found it good practice and plan to keep up with it for Emma in MD.

Lovetodream88 · 03-02-2015, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Rachael1983

Well we just moved, so we are still getting acclimated to MD. But Emma is licensed in GA. And it was enforced as we lived in an apartment complex. This was required in each place we lived in. I think for liability purposes. It also helps for your homeowners/rental insurance policy. I learned that too as it gave me a cheaper rate.

I found it good practice and plan to keep up with it for Emma in MD.

You moved to MD? Welcome lol

Harrysmum · 03-02-2015, 06:52 AM

Well, I know it doesn't really apply as we're 'over here' but here goes...!!!

Dog licensing was abolished in England (not sure about the rest of the UK

) yeeeears ago. Apparently it cost loads more to enforce than was financially viable.

However it IS an offence to not have a collar with tag on (displaying address, phone number) or a tag stating that your dog is microchipped. There you go!!!

Rachael1983 · 03-02-2015, 06:53 AM

Yup. We've been here about 2 months now. LOL @lovetodream88

Harrysmum · 03-02-2015, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Rachael1983

Yup. We've been here about 2 months now. LOL @lovetodream88

I knew that....I'm sooooo international....

DBlain · 03-02-2015, 08:22 AM

A never licensed my dogs before because they were not outside on their own, and I guess since they were small I never thought it was a big deal. I did not even know how much it was or where you got them from and my vet never said anything to me about it. Then about 6 summers ago when I had my last yorkie Kirby a girl around 18 or so knocked on my door, of course Kirby ran to the dog barking his head off, and the gal asked me if I had a dog, well what could I say with Kirby nipping at my heals. My township had hired some college kids for the summer to go door to door checking for dogs. I had to pay the fine, probably only about $25.00. Shortly after that Kirby died. When I got Lola I changed Vets and my current vet sells the lic right in her office so that made it easy and I just buy it each year when I am there. However she does not wear the tags, she only wears her ID tag. is only $5.00 or $10.00. My town has a ban against pit bulls so I wonder if that is the real reason they hired the students to go door to door checking. Plus the fines probably covered their salary

SophieKatesMom · 03-02-2015, 08:35 AM

Do you license your dog? Yes in Fulton County, GA it is required by Law. Your Vet will register you with the county upon your dog or cat receiving its first Rabies vaccination. After that the county will notify you yearly (or every three years depending on your license and Rabies vaccination schedule). Failure to license will get you a summons to Superior Court and you will be fined steeply for failure to comply. The reason they're so strict is because they use licensing to control the rabies outbreaks (we get them a lot in some counties). Also use it as a method to locate lost or misplaced dogs.

How much does it cost? Spayed Female 3 year license is $10.00

What is the fine for not doing it? There is a HUGE fine for not complying to the licensing laws. You are summons to appear before a Judge in Superior Court (the same court as Traffic violations).

Does your county seem to enforce them? Yes strictly, the only way around it is to go to a Vet outside of Fulton County for the first set of shots

How often do you have to license them? Either yearly or every 3 years.

Also should be noted that licensing in Fulton County is for both Dogs and Cats.

JadeD · 03-03-2015, 05:59 AM

I read this thread and then started looking online and I can't even find anything about licensing a dog in my county. My vet has never said a word to me about getting a license for my dog. So, no, my dogs have never been licensed because I was not aware of it, or if I even am supposed to license them. I even sent a facebook message to a lady I know that is huge into dog rescue in this area to ask her about it and she won't even respond to my facebook message about it.

I would gladly pay $5 or whatever to license my dogs here, but I don't even know where to go to do it. Never had a vet ask me about it or mention it to me. I would say not enforced here because I have had at least 1 dog almost the entire 12 years I have lived here and never been asked about a license for them.

yorkiemom76 · 03-03-2015, 07:32 AM

Ours is $12 a year per dog or $65 for a kennel license. I have 6 dogs so I get the kennel license to save a few dollars. I don't think they go around looking for unlicensed dogs but if your dog gets out and you don't have a license, they will fine you. One of my coworker's dogs busted through her window and got out one day while she was at work. She was fined but I don't remember how much she had to pay. It irritates me every year that I pay it because my dogs never leave my yard without me and everyone in this town just turns their dogs loose and lets them run. I'm guessing if these people aren't responsible enough to know where their dogs are half the time, they're probably not spending money on licensing them either.

yorkiemom76 · 03-03-2015, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by JadeD

I read this thread and then started looking online and I can't even find anything about licensing a dog in my county. My vet has never said a word to me about getting a license for my dog. So, no, my dogs have never been licensed because I was not aware of it, or if I even am supposed to license them. I even sent a facebook message to a lady I know that is huge into dog rescue in this area to ask her about it and she won't even respond to my facebook message about it.

I would gladly pay $5 or whatever to license my dogs here, but I don't even know where to go to do it. Never had a vet ask me about it or mention it to me. I would say not enforced here because I have had at least 1 dog almost the entire 12 years I have lived here and never been asked about a license for them.

Vets don't care if your dog is licensed or not. We do sell them in the vet clinic I work at every year through the end of January but our vets couldn't care less if the dogs are licensed or not. I'm not sure if it's the same everywhere, but here we have to contact our Auditor's office for the initial license and then you can renew it every year by mailing it in to the auditor's office or wherever some of the local stores or vets are selling them. If you have a dog pound in your county, you could call and ask them where to get it. I will tell you though if you're getting it now, you may end up paying more. We have until January 31 every year to renew them and after that date, we have to pay more.

JadeD · 03-03-2015, 07:51 AM

My dogs live in my house. I have a Yorkie and an English Setter. They are only taken outside on leashes (I don't have a fence). It irritates me to death the neighbors that just open their door and let their dogs run loose and they come and run all over our yard and pee on everything. I tell my dogs where they are allowed to pee and my dogs are usually taken to the middle of the grass and told to go potty and there is nothing to lift their leg to so they don't lift their leg as much. Meanwhile my neighbors dogs are killing all our plants.

I have a neighbor who has a "service" dog. yeah right! The dog has attacked me 3 times when I was in my yard without my big dog. My dog has fought him off a couple other times. I came home one day to find the neighbor's dog on my porch and when I tried to go in my house he charged at me growling. I went back to my car and was going to call the Police but he decided he was in trouble and went home instead. The guy doesn't believe me that his dog has attacked me. It is about a 120 lb black lab and if it bites me there is going to be some serious trouble with the guy. Sad part is... he has an invisible fence but won't put the collar on the dog because it hurts the dog when he gets shocked by it. He finally fenced in the back of his yard when the dog tried to charge me in my back yard and my husband told him he would call the police if something wasn't done about the dog trying to attack me. My husband put up the fence, the guy bought it. However, the dog just goes out the front yard and around the fence into my yard still. He tries to time the dog going out so it goes out after my dogs go out at 7am so there isn't conflicts, but it still keep peeing on my plants. It is a terrible situation.

I follow the law though and keep my dogs on leashes. All my neighbors know that if they were to see my dog(s) running loose they should alert me right away because somehow the dogs got loose, but it hasn't happened yet.

Maximo · 03-03-2015, 10:35 AM

Do you license your dog? Yes.

How much does it cost? $10 for neutered dogs

What is the fine for not doing it? Not sure

Does your county seem to enforce them? Not on a regular basis. Maybe somewhere down the road. When my grandmother sold her house in Iowa, the county put a lien on her house for all the years she did not license her dog.

How often do you have to license them? 1 - 3 years with rabies vaccination.

03-01-2015, 09:40 PM	#1
Lovetodream88 Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md Posts: 23,248	Licensing The topic of licensing your dog came up on another thread so I was curious about mine and googled the laws for my county and was curious about other peoples so here's a little survey. Do you license your dog? How much does it cost? What is the fine for not doing it? Does your county seem to enforce them? How often do you have to license them? My answers Do you license your dog? No, did it once and they got all her info wrong How much does it cost? $5.00 for fixed dogs $25.00 for unfixed What is the fine for not doing it? $50.00 Does your county seem to enforce them? No How often do you have to license them? It's yearly __________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart!

03-02-2015, 04:50 AM	#3
Wylie's Mom Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 35,889 Blog Entries: 2	I don't like the whole licensing thing bc I just don't understand the point of it, really. __________________ ~ A friend told me I was delusional. I nearly fell off my unicorn. ~ °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° Ann \| Pfeiffer \| Marcel Verdel Purcell \| Wylie \| Artie °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨°

03-02-2015, 06:00 AM	#4
Rachael1983 Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Burbs of DC Posts: 2,198	Well we just moved, so we are still getting acclimated to MD. But Emma is licensed in GA. And it was enforced as we lived in an apartment complex. This was required in each place we lived in. I think for liability purposes. It also helps for your homeowners/rental insurance policy. I learned that too as it gave me a cheaper rate. I found it good practice and plan to keep up with it for Emma in MD. __________________ Owned by Troy(RIP) & Emma

03-02-2015, 06:52 AM	#6
Harrysmum Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Chessington, Surrey, UK Posts: 5,062	Well, I know it doesn't really apply as we're 'over here' but here goes...!!! Dog licensing was abolished in England (not sure about the rest of the UK ) yeeeears ago. Apparently it cost loads more to enforce than was financially viable. However it IS an offence to not have a collar with tag on (displaying address, phone number) or a tag stating that your dog is microchipped. There you go!!! __________________ Sally x

03-02-2015, 06:53 AM	#7
Rachael1983 Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Burbs of DC Posts: 2,198	Yup. We've been here about 2 months now. LOL @lovetodream88 __________________ Owned by Troy(RIP) & Emma

03-01-2015, 10:53 PM	#2
anneclaire YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Leon, Iowa USA Posts: 474	My experience on this is.... I have always liscensed my dogs, have for 15 yrs or more, whenever they started it , I dont remember. but many years. I pay my 5.00 and go home to a yard full of poo from other dogs that have never had shots let alone be licensed !!! I decided yes it is only 5.00 but the principle really irritates me. The fact they dont enforce the law on all the poor unwanted ones. 20 miles away we have a no kill shelter, that town is the same size as where I live. Why cant they do that here and give people a chance to adopt like they do in the next county!! Every day I see on their FB page (the next county) a cute little furbaby up for adoption and 9 of 10 get adopted right away!! The ones that dont after 90 days go to our states capitol to a very large no kill shelter and have another chance to be adopted. If they did that here I would gladly donate more than 5 to them.I have gone before the city council and they always have a lame reason. So I just dont bother paying the 5 every year! LOL

03-02-2015, 08:22 AM	#9
DBlain Donating YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Oakland County MI Posts: 6,190	A never licensed my dogs before because they were not outside on their own, and I guess since they were small I never thought it was a big deal. I did not even know how much it was or where you got them from and my vet never said anything to me about it. Then about 6 summers ago when I had my last yorkie Kirby a girl around 18 or so knocked on my door, of course Kirby ran to the dog barking his head off, and the gal asked me if I had a dog, well what could I say with Kirby nipping at my heals. My township had hired some college kids for the summer to go door to door checking for dogs. I had to pay the fine, probably only about $25.00. Shortly after that Kirby died. When I got Lola I changed Vets and my current vet sells the lic right in her office so that made it easy and I just buy it each year when I am there. However she does not wear the tags, she only wears her ID tag. is only $5.00 or $10.00. My town has a ban against pit bulls so I wonder if that is the real reason they hired the students to go door to door checking. Plus the fines probably covered their salary __________________ Lola my amazing little yorkie-pom Donna

03-02-2015, 08:35 AM	#10
SophieKatesMom Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Canton, GA Posts: 3,242	Do you license your dog? Yes in Fulton County, GA it is required by Law. Your Vet will register you with the county upon your dog or cat receiving its first Rabies vaccination. After that the county will notify you yearly (or every three years depending on your license and Rabies vaccination schedule). Failure to license will get you a summons to Superior Court and you will be fined steeply for failure to comply. The reason they're so strict is because they use licensing to control the rabies outbreaks (we get them a lot in some counties). Also use it as a method to locate lost or misplaced dogs. How much does it cost? Spayed Female 3 year license is $10.00 What is the fine for not doing it? There is a HUGE fine for not complying to the licensing laws. You are summons to appear before a Judge in Superior Court (the same court as Traffic violations). Does your county seem to enforce them? Yes strictly, the only way around it is to go to a Vet outside of Fulton County for the first set of shots How often do you have to license them? Either yearly or every 3 years. Also should be noted that licensing in Fulton County is for both Dogs and Cats. __________________ Cheryl,Mom to SophieKate

03-03-2015, 05:59 AM	#11
JadeD YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC Posts: 1,201 Blog Entries: 1	I read this thread and then started looking online and I can't even find anything about licensing a dog in my county. My vet has never said a word to me about getting a license for my dog. So, no, my dogs have never been licensed because I was not aware of it, or if I even am supposed to license them. I even sent a facebook message to a lady I know that is huge into dog rescue in this area to ask her about it and she won't even respond to my facebook message about it. I would gladly pay $5 or whatever to license my dogs here, but I don't even know where to go to do it. Never had a vet ask me about it or mention it to me. I would say not enforced here because I have had at least 1 dog almost the entire 12 years I have lived here and never been asked about a license for them. __________________ It's raining Yorkies here! LOL Teek ,Rowan , Raksha (Grand Puppy) , Raelyn

03-03-2015, 07:32 AM	#12
yorkiemom76 YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Ohio Posts: 364	Ours is $12 a year per dog or $65 for a kennel license. I have 6 dogs so I get the kennel license to save a few dollars. I don't think they go around looking for unlicensed dogs but if your dog gets out and you don't have a license, they will fine you. One of my coworker's dogs busted through her window and got out one day while she was at work. She was fined but I don't remember how much she had to pay. It irritates me every year that I pay it because my dogs never leave my yard without me and everyone in this town just turns their dogs loose and lets them run. I'm guessing if these people aren't responsible enough to know where their dogs are half the time, they're probably not spending money on licensing them either. __________________ Yorkie Mom to Haley, Toby and Lily. RIP Teddy Bear

03-03-2015, 07:51 AM	#14
JadeD YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC Posts: 1,201 Blog Entries: 1	My dogs live in my house. I have a Yorkie and an English Setter. They are only taken outside on leashes (I don't have a fence). It irritates me to death the neighbors that just open their door and let their dogs run loose and they come and run all over our yard and pee on everything. I tell my dogs where they are allowed to pee and my dogs are usually taken to the middle of the grass and told to go potty and there is nothing to lift their leg to so they don't lift their leg as much. Meanwhile my neighbors dogs are killing all our plants. I have a neighbor who has a "service" dog. yeah right! The dog has attacked me 3 times when I was in my yard without my big dog. My dog has fought him off a couple other times. I came home one day to find the neighbor's dog on my porch and when I tried to go in my house he charged at me growling. I went back to my car and was going to call the Police but he decided he was in trouble and went home instead. The guy doesn't believe me that his dog has attacked me. It is about a 120 lb black lab and if it bites me there is going to be some serious trouble with the guy. Sad part is... he has an invisible fence but won't put the collar on the dog because it hurts the dog when he gets shocked by it. He finally fenced in the back of his yard when the dog tried to charge me in my back yard and my husband told him he would call the police if something wasn't done about the dog trying to attack me. My husband put up the fence, the guy bought it. However, the dog just goes out the front yard and around the fence into my yard still. He tries to time the dog going out so it goes out after my dogs go out at 7am so there isn't conflicts, but it still keep peeing on my plants. It is a terrible situation. I follow the law though and keep my dogs on leashes. All my neighbors know that if they were to see my dog(s) running loose they should alert me right away because somehow the dogs got loose, but it hasn't happened yet. __________________ It's raining Yorkies here! LOL Teek ,Rowan , Raksha (Grand Puppy) , Raelyn

03-03-2015, 10:35 AM	#15
Maximo ♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 25,044	Do you license your dog? Yes. How much does it cost? $10 for neutered dogs What is the fine for not doing it? Not sure Does your county seem to enforce them? Not on a regular basis. Maybe somewhere down the road. When my grandmother sold her house in Iowa, the county put a lien on her house for all the years she did not license her dog. How often do you have to license them? 1 - 3 years with rabies vaccination. __________________ Kristin, Max and Teddy