Dog Licence

1. You will avoid a fine of $75 if your dog doesn't have a Dog Tag.
2. If someone finds your lost dog, we can contact you before your dog has to go to the Shelter, where you would have to pay a release fee.
3. You are required to have a Dog Tag if you are visiting the Cobourg Dog Park.

• Spayed/Neutered: $20 
• Natural: $35 

View the fees and charges by-law (088-2017) to adopt dog tag licensing fees.

DocuPet is a company with head offices in Kingston that provides pet licensing services to a number of municipalities. Kingston, Guelph, and several other municipalities currently use their services for their pet licensing programs. The complete list can be found in the Staff Report linked above, along with information regarding the DocuPet company and their services. 

When does this program begin?
We hope to launch the Program mid-January 2020. 

When can residents purchase their dog tags?
Our Animal Control Bylaw #021-2014 requires that residents must acquire their dog tags by March 1 of every year, so with this new Program, residents are able to license their animal at any time of the year.

Where can residents license their dogs?
Licensing can be done electronically – from any computer terminal, phone etc. that has web access. Residents license online and then receive their Dog Licences in the mail from DocuPet.

What if residents want to license at Town Hall?
We anticipate the majority of Licensing to be done electronically (see above); however, residents will still be able to licence their pet here at Town Hall. Just send them to Legislative Services and we can walk them through it. Residents who licence here will still receive their tags in the mail from DocuPet like all other Licencees.

Any other changes?
Residents will receive a 365 Day Registration instead of a Calendar Year Registration. This means, someone who purchases a Dog Tag in August of the year, does not have to renew in January of the following year. That Licence is still valid until August of the following year, giving residents better value for the Licence. 

• Residents will have the opportunity to customize their dog tags. 
• Residents are offered a LOST PET SERVICE with their Licence. They can register on line and post notices if they are missing their animal. 

Why the change?
Residents now have greater access to Licensing Services and are able to Licence anywhere, at any time and not just at Victoria Hall during office hours, all while reducing our administrative costs in both the Finance and Legislative Services Department.

• Read the Animal Control Bylaws for more information.
• Read the Service Dog Bylaw.
  Please note that initially, applicants will have to come to the Legislative Services Department with proof of service dog. Thereafter, applicants will be able to renew online.