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News for Wellington dog owners

News items Wellington dog owners should know about.

Register your dog by 1 July

Dog with 2011 registration tags.

Wellingtonians register your dogs by 1 July or face paying an extra 50%.

Tagged as: council, microchip, registration, tag

Read more ✎

Wellington Responsible Dog Owners

Responsible Dog Owner.

Responsible Dog Owners pay lower registration fees.

Tagged as: council, fees, registration

Read more ✎

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  • On-Leash walks

    • Round the Zoo fence
    • Te Kopahou Reserve - wind turbine to radar station
    • Balaena Bay Beach
    • Mt Kaukau on-leash walk
    • Living Streets Aotearoa have maps of Wellington on-leash walks
    • Wellington Botanic Gardens

  • Notices

    • A slim dog is a healthy, happy dog
    • What your dog's body language is telling you
    • Speed up your trip to a dog walk with Google Maps traffic information
    • Paws with a Cause Dog Walk on 14 April 2012
    • All about Wellington dogs in 2011
    • Vaccinate your dog so it doesn't die of parvovirus
    • List of toilets in Wellington - accessible and otherwise
    • Don't let your dog get poisoned
    • Responsible owners restrain their dogs
    • Is your dog belted in?

  • Oddities

    • Avalanche Dogs
    • A dog's eye view of the dog park
    • John Plimmer's dog Fritz
    • Paddy the Wanderer

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    • Weather and tides New Zealand Met Service weather and tides.
    • Wellington off-leash areas Wellington off-leash areas – official list

  • Stay safe

    • Brodifacoum poison A poison used to kill pests. Dangerous to dogs.
    • Diphacinone rat poison Diphacinone is a rat poison and very dangerous to dogs.
    • New Zealand Dog Safety Information for the public, including children and dog owners, about behaving safely around dogs.
    • Pindone poison Pindone is an anti-coagulant poison used for pest control.

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