The law says you must:

• return the dog to its owner
• contact us and advise where you found it.

To report a stray, contact us on the following telephone number: 

0116 269 6177 - from 8am to 8pm, seven days a week. 

We employ a local kennelling company to pick up and kennel all stray dogs on our behalf. We aim to get to all reported strays within four hours of the report.

We collect and rehome approximately 200 stray dogs a year, at a cost to the taxpayer.

On average, we rehome 98% of these dogs. Regrettably we do sometimes have to have dogs put down, usually on a vet’s advice or where the dog is too aggressive to safely rehome. 

You must inform the warden or contact our kennels and tell them that you would like to adopt the dog and provide them with your contact details and details of the dog.

We must give the owner seven days to come forward to claim the dog. If the owner does not claim the dog, then we can offer it for rehoming. Regulations require that we make appropriate enquiries to make sure that you are a suitable person to keep the dog.