Issuing of 2024 Dog Licenses is complete.  Issuing of 2025 licenses will begin in December of 2024.  Please watch your email for your renewal notice, or your mailbox if you asked that it be mailed.

All dogs kept in the Town of Cottage Grove are required to be licensed by the time they are 5 months of age.  Dog licenses run on a calendar year basis.   Dog licenses issued after April 1, 2025 will be subject to a $5.00 late charge.

Dane County increased their license fees for 2025 (the Town portion of the fees will remain the same.)

2025 Fees are as follows:

• Spayed or neutered adult dogs: $23.25
• Un-spayed or un-neutered adult dogs: $32.25
• Puppies (under 5 months of age on July 1, 2025) are $21.75 if neutered or spayed, otherwise $28.25.
• Multi-Dog Licenses (up to 12 dogs): $64.75.  Additional dogs are $32.25 each.

Limit on number of dogs:

PLEASE NOTE: TCG  §20.06 Number of Animals Regulated states "No person or household shall own, harbor, or keep more than five (5) dogs in any residential area, with the exception that a litter of pups, or a portion of a litter, may be kept for a period of time not exceeding 18 weeks from birth." Residential Area is defined as "...only those parcels of land zoned principally for residential use and designated under Dane County Zoning Code as any Single Family Residence District (SFR-08, SFR-1), Two Family Residential (TFR-08), Multi-Family Residential (MFR-08) and/or the RR-1 Rural Residential, 1 to 2 acres District."

Generally this means than any parcel of 2 acres or less is limited to 5 dogs, unless otherwise regulated by subdivision covenants.