Information about barking dog complaints
If you wish to make a complaint about a dog barking in your neighbourhood, you must provide your name, address and contact details, however the council ranger will investigate the matter confidentially.
Please keep in mind that, to be fair to all concerned, complaints about barking dogs may take some time to resolve. Once the council makes contact with the dog’s owner, they must be given time to make changes to solve the problem.
Once you have made a complaint, it is also an important part of the process that you may have to let the council know again if the problem has not been solved, by lodging further complaints after reasonable periods of time.
So that you can understand this process in more detail, you can download this Barking Dogs In Your Neighbourhood which contains more information about what to expect when making a complaint, and how long it might take to resolve.
If your request is urgent, or you've noticed a potential danger or health risk, don’t use this online form. Instead, telephone the Council’s 24 hour hotline on: 1300 650 511.
Street Address *
Name of Dogs Owner (if known)
Description of Dog
Times when the dog usually barks
—Please choose an option— early morning afternoon at night anytime no pattern
How long does the dog usually bark?
—Please choose an option— 2 - 5 mins 30 - 60 mins a number of hours at a time
Describe the type of barking
—Please choose an option— short yapping howling continuous barking for more than 5 mins deep wolf-like barking
Is the owner home or away when the dog barks?
—Please choose an option— when the owner is away when the owner is home both don't know
Have you noticed any other triggers?
—Please choose an option— yes when another dog barks yes when children and pedestrians passing the property no don't know
Have you reported about this dog previously?
—Please choose an option— yes no
Are there other dogs at this location?
—Please choose an option— yes no
Street Address *
Reason for new bin
—Please choose an option— old bin damaged old bin stolen or missing
Type of new bin
—Please choose an option— re-lidded bin (general waste) yellow-lidded bin (recyclable waste) green-lidded bin (green waste)