Dog keeping
Our Local Laws provide residents with guidelines for animal keeping. We use these guidelines to make sure that animals are kept humanely and do not create a nuisance or health risk to the community or environment.
Local Laws also guide how many dogs you can keep on your property. The table below shows how many dogs can be kept depending on the property size. You can access our MyLogan tool to find out the size of your property.
| Property type / size (in square metres) |
Allowable number without needing approval |
Allowable number needing approval |
|
Units, townhouses, multi-dwelling premises including retirement / mature age villages
|
1
|
2
|
|
0 to 350
|
1
|
2
|
|
351 to 500
|
2
|
|
|
501 to 1,000
|
2
|
3
|
|
1,001 to 2,000
|
2
|
4
|
|
2,000 +
|
4
|
|
|
Foster carers can keep more than the allowable number with a Foster Carer Approval.
|
0
|
Up to 9 subject to approval
|
|
Prescribed dogs (greyhounds, show dogs, agility dogs and herding / trial dogs). Keeping of prescribed dogs is subject to conditions of both Logan City Council and the relevant recognised association.
|
0
|
Up to 9 subject to approval
|
Animal keeping approvals
If you want to keep more than the number of dogs allowed for your property size you need to apply for an animal keeping approval. An application fee, annual renewal fee and an annual inspection fee applies.
If you rent a property, have a body corporate or live in a retirement village you will need to get approval from your landlord, body corporate or the management of the retirement village. This approval needs to be lodged with your animal keeping approval application.
To apply to keep more than the allowable number of dogs for your property, fill in the Application for animal keeping approval - Dogs(PDF, 861KB).
- Application fees are non-refundable.
- Submitting and paying for an application does not guarantee approval.
- The application fee covers the cost of property searches and inspections.
- We also check previous animal registrations to make sure the applicant is a suitable person.
- When these inspections and checks are completed, we determine the outcome of your application.
Multi-dwelling/sub-divided properties
Regardless of how many residential dwellings are located on a single property the allowable number of animals you can keep is based on the size of the property. For example: if a property is 1000 square metres in size, the resident is allowed to keep 2 dogs, this number remains the same even if there is a house and a granny flat on the property. If a resident on a property already has the maximum number of dogs allowed, any additional residents would need to apply for an animal keeping approval for their dog (as this would be considered as an additional animal outside of the limit of the property).
Please remember that if you rent your home you may need your landlord's permission before you can have an animal. The landlord's permission is separate from our laws about the number of animals you can have.
Development approvals
You may need a development approval to keep more than 9 dogs. To find out more, refer to Development in Logan.
Prescribed dogs
A prescribed dog can be a greyhound, show dog, agility, herding or trial dog.
Animal keeping of a Prescribed Dog is subject to conditions of both Logan City Council and the relevant recognised association, e.g. Dogs Queensland.