JUNEAU LAWS FOR DOGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
Click HERE to see the full City and Borough of Juneau Animal Control & Protection Ordinances.
DOGS NEED LICENSED EVERY YEAR
All dogs living within the City and Borough of Juneau are required by law to be licensed annually. This applies to any dog over the age of 6 months, and any dog that resides here for over 30 days. Your rabies tag from your veterinarian is just as important, but it is NOT A DOG LICENSE. Dog licenses can be obtained through Animal Control and Protection Services, housed upstairs in the Juneau Animal Rescue. Reach Animal Control directly by calling 789-6997
MAKE SURE YOUR DOG IS WEARING ITS TAGS AT ALL TIMES.
The City and Borough of Juneau law requires dogs to wear their current CBJ Dog License at all times except when kenneled, even if they are just in your own front yard. Your dog can’t speak to tell someone where it lives, but its tags speak for them. BARK,
BARK, BARK, BARK
Keep Rover quiet. The City and Borough of Juneau law requires that any keeper of an animal has to prevent the animal from disturbing a neighborhood or any number of persons by frequent or prolonged noise, barking, howling or other noises.
If Rover is in the back yard all day while you’re at work and he decides to barks incessantly while you’re gone, not only are your neighbors not going to like you and Rover very much, but you could end up with a ticket for Rover’s ranting. You may not even know Rover is barking while you’re gone, so it’s always a good idea to check with nearby neighbors every so often to make sure he’s behaving in your absence. Frequent or prolonged barking, at ANY time of the day, is a problem.
*If you or someone you know needs help addressing a barking problem, check with one of our staff here at Juneau Animal Rescue for some guidance.
PICK UP YOUR POOCH’S POO
It’s that simple. Besides leaving a disgusting mess for someone else to step in, not picking up after your pooch is problematic for numerous reasons:
First of all, it’s illegal. By law, you are required to pick up after your dog and dispose of it properly in the garbage.
Secondly, tossing Fido’s waste into the bushes does not count as proper disposal. You might say to yourself, “Bears poop in the woods. Surely dumping Fido’s feces in the woods is just as ‘natural’.” Wild animals don’t eliminate en mass in the places we walk and drink from. There are an estimated 9,000 dogs living in Juneau. If disposed of improperly, that’s almost 2.5 million pounds of poo left to contaminate our drinking water, soil, rivers, salmon spawning habitats, and summertime swimming areas.
Last but not least, there are numerous parasites, viruses, and toxins that can exist in Fido’s fecal matter that can be transferred to other animals as well as humans. In fact, dog waste can contain so many contaminants that pollute the soil and water, that the EPA has actually deemed it as ‘Hazardous Waste’.
DON’T LET ROVER ROAM
Anyone who owns or is looking after a dog should know the City and Borough of Juneau law states that your dog should be kept restrained at all times, and not allowed to freely roam unattended. There are trails and some other areas that allow you to let your dog walk ‘off-leash’, but your dog should never be left to roam on its own. Most trails have a sign at both ends denoting the animal control laws that pertain to that particular trail.
Unrestrained animals, even friendly ones, frequently end up in places where they shouldn’t be. A dog roaming at large can wander into another more aggressive animal, approach someone who is afraid of dogs, or even wander into traffic.
Even if Rover is lucky enough to manage avoiding injury to himself but still causes a traffic accident, not only can YOU get ticketed for a dog running at large, but you can be held liable for the cost of any damages sustained during the pile up Rover caused on his afternoon stroll!
LEASH LAW AREAS
Dogs should always be with a person capable of controlling them on a leash in Juneau’s Leash Law Areas.
A partial map of the downtown areas requiring a leash can be found below.
Click HERE to see the full City and Borough of Juneau Animal Control & Protection Ordinances.
All dogs living within the City and Borough of Juneau are required by law to be licensed annually. This applies to any dog over the age of 6 months, and any dog that resides here for over 30 days. Your rabies tag from your veterinarian is just as important, but it is NOT A DOG LICENSE. Dog licenses can be obtained through Animal Control and Protection Services, housed upstairs in the Juneau Animal Rescue. Reach Animal Control directly by calling 789-6997
MAKE SURE YOUR DOG IS WEARING ITS TAGS AT ALL TIMES.
The City and Borough of Juneau law requires dogs to wear their current CBJ Dog License at all times except when kenneled, even if they are just in your own front yard. Your dog can’t speak to tell someone where it lives, but its tags speak for them. BARK,
BARK, BARK, BARK
Keep Rover quiet. The City and Borough of Juneau law requires that any keeper of an animal has to prevent the animal from disturbing a neighborhood or any number of persons by frequent or prolonged noise, barking, howling or other noises.
If Rover is in the back yard all day while you’re at work and he decides to barks incessantly while you’re gone, not only are your neighbors not going to like you and Rover very much, but you could end up with a ticket for Rover’s ranting. You may not even know Rover is barking while you’re gone, so it’s always a good idea to check with nearby neighbors every so often to make sure he’s behaving in your absence. Frequent or prolonged barking, at ANY time of the day, is a problem.
*If you or someone you know needs help addressing a barking problem, check with one of our staff here at Juneau Animal Rescue for some guidance.
PICK UP YOUR POOCH’S POO
It’s that simple. Besides leaving a disgusting mess for someone else to step in, not picking up after your pooch is problematic for numerous reasons:
First of all, it’s illegal. By law, you are required to pick up after your dog and dispose of it properly in the garbage.
Secondly, tossing Fido’s waste into the bushes does not count as proper disposal. You might say to yourself, “Bears poop in the woods. Surely dumping Fido’s feces in the woods is just as ‘natural’.” Wild animals don’t eliminate en mass in the places we walk and drink from. There are an estimated 9,000 dogs living in Juneau. If disposed of improperly, that’s almost 2.5 million pounds of poo left to contaminate our drinking water, soil, rivers, salmon spawning habitats, and summertime swimming areas.
Last but not least, there are numerous parasites, viruses, and toxins that can exist in Fido’s fecal matter that can be transferred to other animals as well as humans. In fact, dog waste can contain so many contaminants that pollute the soil and water, that the EPA has actually deemed it as ‘Hazardous Waste’.
DON’T LET ROVER ROAM
Anyone who owns or is looking after a dog should know the City and Borough of Juneau law states that your dog should be kept restrained at all times, and not allowed to freely roam unattended. There are trails and some other areas that allow you to let your dog walk ‘off-leash’, but your dog should never be left to roam on its own. Most trails have a sign at both ends denoting the animal control laws that pertain to that particular trail.
Unrestrained animals, even friendly ones, frequently end up in places where they shouldn’t be. A dog roaming at large can wander into another more aggressive animal, approach someone who is afraid of dogs, or even wander into traffic.
Even if Rover is lucky enough to manage avoiding injury to himself but still causes a traffic accident, not only can YOU get ticketed for a dog running at large, but you can be held liable for the cost of any damages sustained during the pile up Rover caused on his afternoon stroll!
LEASH LAW AREAS
Dogs should always be with a person capable of controlling them on a leash in Juneau’s Leash Law Areas.
A partial map of the downtown areas requiring a leash can be found below.
Click HERE to see the full City and Borough of Juneau Animal Control & Protection Ordinances.
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Dogs must remain on leash when at:
Docks, Floats, Wharfs, Centennial Hall, State Office Building Grounds, All Public School Grounds, Alaska State Museum Grounds, Governors Mansion Grounds, Juneau International Airport Grounds, Downtown Area (Franklin St. to Main St., Fifth St. to Mill Way), Gold Creek Watershed, Brotherhood Bridge Paved Trail, Twin Lakes Paved Trail, Auke Lake Trail, Rainforest Trail May-Sept., Mt. Roberts Trail, South Twin Lakes Shelter and Grassy Mound, Savikko Park (Savikko Road to St. Ann’s Ave.), Treadwell Trail to First Culvert, Sandy Beach May-Sept. (Parking Lot to the Creek), Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park, Aant’iyeik Park, Capitol Park, Chicken Yard Park, Cope Park, Dimond Park, Douglas Park, Gunakadeit Park, Homestead Park, Lena Loop Park, Riverside Rotary Park, Marine Park, Melvin Park, Sigoowu Ye Park, West Juneau Rotary Park, Developed Recreation Sites on U.S. Forest Lands. Dogs Are Prohibited From These Areas: Municipal Cemeteries, Salmon Creek Watershed, Jensen-Olson Arboretum, Police Station Pond, East Pond Spur Trail at Fish Creek, All Artificial Turf Fields, All Highways. |