Dog Breeder's Licences
Under the Breeding of Dogs Act 1973, as amended by the Breeding and Sale of Dogs (Welfare) Act 1999, you must have a licence from the local authority to keep a breeding establishment for dogs.
A breeding establishment is defined as follows:
- A person keeps a breeding establishment for dogs at any premises if he/she carries on at those premises a business of breeding dogs for sale
- A person whose bitch or bitches give birth to five or more litters in any 12 month period is presumed to be carrying on a dog breeding business
- In general, a breeder whose rate of litter production brings him/her within this category will have to be licensed
- Bitches count towards the qualifying total if they are kept at any time during the 12 month period by the applicant/licence holder at the premises at which he/she is carrying on the business of breeding dogs for sale; or if they are kept at those premises by any of his/her relatives
- "Premises" includes a private dwelling
The breeding licence costs £94 per year and is usually issued on 1 January. Your premises will be inspected by a vet and you may have to pay extra for this. Applications for licences should be returned to the address below.
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Who to contact
- Name
- Environmental Health
- Address
- Turnpike House
631 Eccles New Road
SALFORD
M5 2SH - Telephone
- 0161 737 0551
- environment@salford.gov.uk
This page was last updated on 17 December 2008
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