Register Your Pet

*Approved Associations and Obedience Training Associations

Council charges no registration fee for guide dogs or State or Commonwealth dogs such as Border Force dogs and Police dogs.

You may be eligible for a reduced registration fee if your pet is:

• desexed
• obedience trained
• over 10 years of age
• member of an approved association*
• is a working dog
• kept for breeding purposes at a registered domestic animal business.

Further discounted fees apply to pension concession card holders, and DVA Gold Card holders specifying either War Widow or TPI. 

To be eligible for the assistance dog registration fee exemption, your assistance dog must be desexed and both obedience trained and trained to alleviate the effects your disability. Obedience training must be provided by a recognised dog trainer.

It is also a requirement that your dog is not:

• a declared dog (menacing or dangerous)
• a restricted breed dog
• younger than 12 months of age.

Please read the attached conditions and complete the application form below:

Assistance dog animal registration form(PDF, 145KB)

To submit your application, please email contactus@hume.vic.gov.au or post it to:

Hume City Council
PO BOX 119,
Dallas Vic 3047

If you and/or your pet move, you will need to notify Council to ensure your pet registration record is up to date.
If your new address is still within Hume City Council, you can submit an animal registration record update online and select 'My pet is currently registered with Hume and I wish to update my pet's address' to update your pet's address in Hume.

Update your pet registration details online

If your new address is not in Hume City Council, you will need to cancel your pet's registration. To do this you can submit an animal registration record update online and select 'My pet has moved out of Hume'. You will then need to contact your new local Council to organize a registration transfer. If your new Council requires proof of pet registration you may contact Council 9205 2200 to request proof of registration.

If your registered pet has changed ownership or if you are now responsible for a registered pet, the new owner will need to submit a transfer of dog & cat ownership to change the details. This is only applicable if the new owner resides within Hume City Council. If the new owner resides in a different Council you will need to cancel your pet's registration, to do this please submit an animal registration record update.

Transfer of ownership form 

If your pet has passed away, please update your pet's record. This is to ensure that you don't receive any letters regarding your pet from us as we understand this may be a difficult time.

If your pet is missing, please contact Council on 9205 2200 and let us know. We will record your details and try to reunite your missing pet with you. If your pet has been missing for an extended period, please update your pet's record. To change your pet's record, please use the link below:

Update your pet registration details online

How do I find which microchip registry my pet is registered with? Simply go to the Pet Address website, all you need is your pets microchip number.

The following registries are licensed to provide domestic animal registry services in Victoria on the Agriculture Victoria website.

If your pet has lost its registration tag or the tag you have been issued is damaged, it can be replaced for free. To organise a new tag you can either complete the online form below, contact Council 9205 2200 or visit one our Customer Service Centres. 

Request a pet registration replacement tag