information sheet | application for preferred owner status
Information Sheet
Application for preferred owner status
Dog registration – due annually in July
All dogs must be registered by three months of age.
It is a legal requirement to update your local council in writing
of any deaths, sales or transfers to or from your ownership
(including pups born to your dog/s), or if your dog has
been lost.
Dog exercise areas
Guidelines on where you can exercise your dog can be found
in Tararua District Council’s ‘Dog Owners Handbook’. These
are available from all of Council’s service centres, or on our
website: www.tararuadc.govt.nz.
Recommended kenneling and run sizes
Animal housing areas, whether for single or group housing,
must provide at least enough space for each animal held to
feed, sleep, sit, stand, lie with limbs extended, stretch and
move about.
The kennel box is to be of sufcient size to allow the dog
adequate shelter from the elements and space to turn around.
The run area allows the dog to defecate and urinate in a
separate area and allows the dog suitable space to exercise.
See guidance table below.
Dog size Kennel Run/exercise area
Minimum
fence height
Small dogs (less than 7kg,
e.g. toy breeds)
500mm x 500mm, plus
run: 600mm x 1m
3m x 2m for one dog (add 1m each way for
each additional dog allowed to exercise in
that area).
1m
Medium dogs (7-20kg, e.g.
Cocker spaniels, Shetland
sheepdogs)
600mm x 700mm, plus
run: 800mm x 1m
3m x 3m for one dog (add 1m each way for
each additional dog allowed to exercise in
that area).
1.6m
Large dogs (20-40kg, e.g.
Labradors, Dobermans)
800mm x 800mm, plus run:
1m x 800mm
4m x 4m for one dog (add 1m each way for
each additional dog allowed to exercise in
that area).
1.6m
Extra large dogs (>40kg, e.g.
Great Danes, St Bernards)
1.2m x 1.2m, plus run: 1.2m
x 2.4m
5m x 5m for one dog (add 1m each way for
each additional dog allowed to exercise in
that area).
1.6m
You may be eligible for reduced dog registration costs.