Hi, I was wondering if anybody could help me, I currently live in a detached house with no close neighbours, but due to change in circumstances I have to move. The new house is semi-detached with neighbours both sides. I was wanting to know how many dogs are allowed in a private owned properties, or if the neighbours were to complain how many can you have to be safe and not have to part with your dogs, thankyou for all your help in advance.

If all the properties are privately owned, you would have to check your deeds to discover if there was a limit. Other than that, I don't think there is a limit. If a person has so many they start causing a nuisance (noise, small, flies etc) there might be action taken, but not if the dogs are well behaved and all the poo is cleaned up.
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Hi our council has a limit of 6 dogs to a private house but with exception will let you keep more. all the best from gwen at the mad house

A council can tell you how many you can have in your OWN PRIVATE HOUSE????? :( Good heavens...thats not right surely

Most councils cap the limit at 6 . Up to ten and planning permission would have to be applied for as you would be considered as running a kennels.

Friends of ours currently have 29 at the moment (including temporarily, two bitches and two litters of puppies) !! Normally only 9 tho' - they don't have any problems.

Daisy

and even worse if theyre BIG flies :D :D jeanie :p

Oh fiddlesticks, Dizzy! I hadn't noticed my speeling mistale. :p

:p :p :p :p oh!!!!!! sorry !!!!!! :D

Some councils only allow three before you need a breeders licence. Check with your local council. They all vary.

What if they're not for breeding, Admin? Just pets? Or all dogs (as opposed to bitches)?
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It should depend on the owner though surely ,as well as input from the council ?
While one person may home 7 with no problems you can have an idiot with 1 who causes no end of problems for his neighbours with noise and dirt issues :(

Interesting :rolleyes: as I have 7 dogs & so would need a "breeders"licence for my 6 male dogs & one spayed bitch :(? How could the council justify charging me £100 for a breeders licence allowing me to breed from my spayed girl ?:(

I think they would fnd it very hard to make me pay. All my dogs live indoors :) I do not have any kennels so how could I be treated as running a kennels;)

My male dogs have never been used at stud either;)

6 Dog Rule?

Have checked with our own council and several others in Wales and England some time ago and it is usually no more than 6