Dog Control Officer
Mary Madsen
This department ensures that dogs are contained on their owner’s property or on a leash. (Refer to the Town’s Leash Law via the Town Clerk’s office).
Responds to calls for lost (i.e. roaming unattended), barking dogs or abandoned dogs.
Ensures all dogs are licensed/vaccinated against rabies and are wearing the mandatory tags.
24 HOUR ANIMAL ABUSE HOTLINE
TO REPORT ANIMAL CRUELTY CALL 845.520.6915
PUTNAM COUNTY SPCA HUMANE LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
We respond to calls 24/7 from residents to enforce New York State animal cruelty statutes. Our officers conduct investigations, make arrests, and work with all law enforcement agencies. Call if you suspect any animal cruelty. All calls confidential.
CAN LOCAL TV HELP FIND YOUR DOG OR CAT?
If you are a resident of the Town of PUTNAM VALLEY, contact Kelvin Guevara at (845) 528-7420 or channel20@putnamvalley.gov and send him A PICTURE OF YOUR PET to be put on the Channel 20 TV Scroll. Maybe your neighbors can help find your lost pet.
Visit www.spcaputnam.org for additional info and resources.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A LOST DOG?
If so, call and check with Dog Control at (845) 531-7915 because there are sometimes other dogs not on the website yet.
Lost and abandoned dogs that have been picked up will be temporarily held for 3 days in the Putnam Valley Dog Control impound across from Town Hall. After 3 days animals will be transferred to a no-kill shelter in Putnam County where they will remain until claimed by their owners or adopted out. If your animal is no longer in the local Putnam Valley impound, simply call Dog Control Officer Mary Madsen at 845-531-7915 to be reunited with your pet.
Pets lost in Putnam Valley will be continued to be listed on the Putnam Valley town website and on the TV Scroll of the Putnam Valley Channels – Cablevision 18 & 20, until they are claimed or adopted.
Dog Fees
| Download the Dog Licens Form* | |
| Town Fee Seniors (65+) | $1.50 |
| Town Fee (altered) | $10.00 |
| Town Fee (unaltered) | $15.00 |
| Animal Population Control Fund Fee (altered dogs) | $1.00 |
| Animal Population Control Fund Fee (unaltered dogs) | $3.00 |
| Purebred Licenses (1-10 Dogs) | |
| Town Fee | $25.00 |
| Animal Population Control Fund Fee (altered dogs) | $1.00 per dog |
| Animal Population Control Fund Fee (unaltered dogs) | $3.00 per dog |
| Service Dogs
Replacement Tag(s) |
No Fee
$3.00 (each) |
| Adoption Fee (Per Dog) | $25.00 |
| Penalties | |
| Impoundment Fees | |
| First 24 hours | $20.00 |
| Per day until dog is claimed | $10.00 |
| Municipal Fee- Feeding and Maintenance | $3.00 per day |
| Seizure Fee | |
| First Time | Written Warning |
| Second Time | $25.00 |
| Third time | $50.00 |
| Fourth Time | $100.00 |
*The law requires that a dog license may not be issued for a time period extending beyond the expiration date of a dog’s rabies certificate.
Dog licenses issued on and after January 15, 2006, must NOT expire after the expiration date of the dog’s rabies certificate. In order to receive a full year license, a dog that is due for a rabies vaccination booster within the next license year would need to be immunized prior to license renewal.
This change affected all dogs licensed in New York State, except those licensed in New York City, which has a separate dog licensing law.
Pursuant to the New York Public Health Law, county public health authorities must offer free clinics every four months for the rabies vaccination of dogs, as well as for cats and domesticated ferrets.
For more information regarding the changes to the dog licensing program in Putnam Valley, please call the Putnam Valley Town Clerk’s office at (845) 526-3280.
Adoptable Dogs
DOG SEARCHERS:
CALL (845) 531-7915
to speak to Mary Madsen
Dog Control Officer
DOGS UP FOR ADOPTION:
Contact Us
PUTNAM COUNTY SPCA DOG CONTROL DIVISION
24/7 Direct Line (Loose dogs, barking dogs, lost dogs)
Phone: 845.531.7915
Dog Control Officer on call
