Report lost and found dogs

Is your dog missing?

For public and staff safety, the dog pound is open to one person per visit. Please call or email about your lost dog before visiting in person. We are still providing pre-arranged pickup and drop off for dogs.

890 Weddell Place, Kelowna

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Call the dog pound at 250-469-6284.

Email the dog pound 

Open Monday to Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed statutory holidays).

If you are calling after hours, please leave your name, phone number, a description of your dog, and the location it went missing from on the pound voicemail. As a follow up, you should also contact the pound again during regular business hours to ensure your message was received. In addition, you should call the Kelowna SPCA at 250-861-7722 in case your dog was taken to their shelter.

Have you found a stray dog?

If you have found a stray dog, please call the dog pound at 250-469-6284.

We are open Monday to Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed statutory holidays).

If reporting after hours, please leave your name, phone number, a description of the dog and where the dog was found on the pound voicemail. You may also wish to use our after-hours kennel drop off (closed in extreme cold weather) located at 890 Weddell Place, Kelowna. Please place the dog inside the kennel and close the outside lock.

Fees for impoundment

Schedule E in the Responsible Dog Ownership Bylaw No. 1343

1. For dogs other than dangerous dogs or aggressive dogs, impounding fees are:

• Unlicensed dog - $25.00 for the first impoundment
• Licensed dog - 'No Charge' for first impoundment
• $100.00 for the second impoundment
• $250.00 for the third impoundment
• $500.00 for each subsequent impoundment
• plus applicable licence fees and an additional fee outlined in sections 4 and 5 of this Schedule if the dog is not licensed.

1. For dangerous dogs, impoundment fees are:

• $500.00 for the first impoundment
• $2,000.00 for the second impoundment
• $3,000.00 for the third
• increasing $1,000.00 more for each subsequent impoundments
• plus applicable licence fees and an additional fee outlined in sections 4 and 5 of this Schedule if the dog is not licensed.

1. For aggressive dogs impoundment fees are:

• $250.00 for the first impoundment
• $500.00 for the second impoundment
• $750.00 for the third impoundment
• increasing $250.00 more for each subsequent impoundment
• plus applicable licence fees and an additional fee outlined in sections 4 and 5 of this Schedule 4.

1. The additional fee for a dog that is currently licensed shall be the same amount as the ticket offence for No Dog License as described in Ticket Utilization Bylaw No. 435 or Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 1326.

5. A maintenance fee of $20.00 per overnight detention. Dangerous dogs daily maintenance fee is $40.00 for each overnight detention.

6. Where a dog, other than a Dangerous dog or an Aggressive dog, is not impounded or the subject of a conviction under the Responsible Dog Ownership Bylaw No. 1343 for a period of 24 months, the impoundment fees will be charged on the basis that the dog has no impoundment record.

7. Where a dog is adopted to a new owner, the new owner will not be responsible to pay the impound fees generated by the dogs impound record prior to adopting the dog.