Lost and found dogs
If you have lost or found a dog, please get in touch with us. You can also contact the SPCA lost dogs line on 0900 56781 ($1.99 per minute) or found dogs line on 0800 368 631 (freecall), and register with the Pets on the Net website.
Dog boarding
We offer a boarding service for $17 per day for short term stays. Your dog needs to be fully vaccinated and we recommend booking well in advance for public holiday periods. A substantial deposit and progress payments are required for long term boarding.
Euthanasia
For more information and advice on euthanasia, please get in touch with us.
Dog training
We run regular dog education courses in conjunction with Canine Solutions. Courses are advertised in the Hutt News, or you can get in touch for more information.
We offer:
- A qualified trained dog behaviourist on our team who can help with behavioural issues
- Assistance and advise about your dog at your own property
You can also contact the Avalon Canine Obedience Club on 04 565 1258 or the Wainuiomata Allbreeds Canine Obedience Club on 04 564 5227.
Exercising your dog
If you are taking your dog out in public, it’s your responsibility to clean up after it. You can pick up dog litter bags from vets, pet shops, and the animal services centre. You can put used litter bags in regular rubbish bins.
If you are in a public place, your dog needs to be on a lead. If you are in a designated dog exercise area, your dog doesn’t need to be on a lead but it does need to be under control, and you are required to carry a leash.
Where can I exercise my dog?
Here is our map of dog exercise areas (PDF 149kb).
These include:
- Ava Park
- Avalon Park (excluding boating pond)
- Bell Park
- Black Creek (west) Banks
- Burden Avenue Riverbank Reserve
- Delaney Park
- Drainage Reserve between Mohaka Street and Momona Street
- Drainage Reserve between Parkway and Wise Park
- Drainage Reserve between Wainuiomata Road and Fraser Street
- Eastbourne (Muritai) Beach
- Frank Cameron Park
- Fraser Park
- Hine Road Reserve
- Hutt Recreation Ground
- Hutt River Bank (Eastern Bank - Stokes Valley to Strand Park)
- Hutt River Bank (Western Bank - Benmore Crescent south to Belmont Domain - excluding the Rhododendron Dell)
- Kamahi Park
- Karaka Park
- Kelson Sports Ground
- Kennedy Good Bridge south to Melling Bridge
- Leonard Wood Park
- McEwan Park
- Melling Bridge south to Ava Park
- Memorial and Sladden Parks
- Naenae Park
- North Park
- Pencarrow Hall Reserve
- Petone Beach west of Petone Wharf
- Petone Recreation Ground
- Richard Prouse Park
- Te Whiti Park
- Trafalgar Park
- Wainuiomata River Bank
- York Park
Where can’t I take my dog?
Unless your dog is a guide dog, hearing ear dog, companion dog or a working dog being used by the Police or a security company, you can’t take your dog to:
- Public libraries
- Playgrounds
- Council swimming pools
- Kindergartens and play centres
- Marked sports fields
- Special events, where advertised
In addition, you cannot take your dog to the following areas:
Eastbourne
- Rimu Street/Oroua Street commercial areas
- Days Bay Pumping Station and adjacent wildlife management reserve
- Beaches where there are signs prohibiting dogs between 9am-8pm from 1 November to 31 March each year. These include picnic and leisure areas of Point Howard, Sorrento Bay, Lowry Bay, York Bay, Mahina Bay, Days Bay, Rona Bay and Robinson Bay
Petone
- Jackson Street commercial area
- Petone Beach east of Petone Wharf, between 9am-8pm, from 1 November to 31 March each year (west of Petone Wharf is a Dog Exercise Area)
- Percy's Reserve
Wainuiomata
- Queen Street, and Wainuiomata Road/Fitzherbert Road commercial areas adjacent to Queen Street
- Commercial areas of The Strand, Norfolk Street, Ruthven Road and 157 Wainuiomata Road
- Turakirae Head Scenic Reserve
Rimutaka Forest Park and Catchpool Valley
- Picnic and camping areas signposted "Dogs Prohibited" and the Landcare Research Station
Lower Hutt
Mitchell Park.
Belmont Regional Park
Belmont Regional Park - except Korokoro Reserve, where dogs must be on a leash.
East Harbour Regional Park
- Pencarrow Coast Road and the lakes (Lake Kohangapiripiri and Lake Kohangatera)
- Burdans Gate – there is a total ban on dogs, including leashed dogs during lambing season, which runs from 1 August to 30 October. At other times dogs must be strictly leashed
Safety around dogs
Adult education
Our education officers talk to groups such as Police, postal services, and community groups on keeping safe when dogs are around.
Dog safety for children
We also visit schools, playcentres, kindergartens and school holiday programmes to teach children about how to keep themselves safe around dogs. We can bring a dog into the classroom so that children can practise safe handling.