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What are the Dog Gone Rules?
Are you uncertain what the rules are for
walking dogs in the City of Edmonton? The City of Edmonton has very specific
rules for dogs set out in the Animal Licensing Bylaw and the Parkland Bylaw.
Rules for dogs are in place for the safety of your community and the safety of
your pet.
It’s pretty simple…
In the City of Edmonton, you must license
your dog and you must clean up your pet’s defecation.
You can walk dogs on parkland so long as your
dog is:
◊ leashed and on a trail
◊ leashed and on a boulevard
◊ leashed and in an area governed by
signage permitting dogs
Unless at designated off-leash areas, dogs
must be on a leash at all times.
How do you know you are walking on parkland?
Parkland means any property whether developed
or not, owned, controlled or maintained by the City of Edmonton. Any
properties in your neighborhood that are intended for use by members of the
public for recreation or general enjoyment – any green areas, groomed parks,
naturalized roadway buffers, boulevards, river and ravine lands and community
leagues– are parkland. When walking in these areas, you must keep your dog
on a leash and pick up after it.
For everyone’s safety and at all times, dogs
must be kept at least ten meters from any playground, sports field or picnic
site. Your dog must be on a leash no longer than two meters in length.
Visit
www.edmonton.ca/parks for
more information about dogs. For By-law information, call 780-496-2950.
