Dog Complaints and Investigations

Investigation requests

Please call 503-655-8628 or fill out our Investigation Request Form. For neighbor disputes, such as barking dog complaints, you may contact Clackamas County Dispute Resolution Center for assistance with talking to your neighbors.

Rabies

Bites by rabies-susceptible animals should be reported within 24 hours to the county in which the victim resides.

Barking dogs

Complaints about barking dogs are the most frequent complaints received by Clackamas County Dog Services. As dog owners, we are responsible for the care and well-being of our pets, but sometimes we forget that our dogs can affect other people. We may not be aware of how much disturbance our own dogs are causing, or that we may have neighbors that are very sensitive to our dogs' sounds.