Dog Control

Question: What happens to Stray Dogs?

Stray dogs collected by the Dog Warden are delivered to the Waterford Dog Shelter in Bilberry, Gracedieu which is within Waterford city limits and is operated by Waterford City Council to serve both the city and county areas. The Poundkeeper is Ms.Kate Wall.                                                         

If you have lost your dog, wish to re-home a dog or wish to surrender a dog, please contact Waterford Dog Shelter on :

051 – 872247  or e-mail : dogshelter@waterfordcity.ie

Opening Hours :
11am -  1pm, 2-4pm   Monday to Friday
11am  - 1pm   Saturday
Closed Sundays and Bank Holidays

During 2008 a total of 222 dogs were collected from the county area. 183 were strays while 39 were surrendered by their owners.  108 dogs out of the total i.e. 49% were either re-claimed or re-homed while 118 dogs i.e. 53% were humanely euthanised. These figures compare well nationally being better than average for re-homing/re-claiming and lower than average for euthanasia.