Dog Adoption Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan is a New South Wales city right on the ACT border, and for most adopters here the search for a rescue dog crosses that border without much thought. Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council runs the local pound, its Animal Management Facility in Queanbeyan East, which holds lost and surrendered dogs and offers unclaimed dogs for adoption. Canberra's rescues are a short drive away, so this page shows the Queanbeyan and Canberra dogs together.

The listings here come from ACT Rescue and Foster, a volunteer rescue whose listings include dogs held at the Queanbeyan pound and at ACT Domestic Animal Services. Each listing shows the dog's breed, sex and size and links back to the rescue that cares for it. RSPCA ACT, whose shelter is at Weston on Canberra's south-west side, lists its dogs on its own website. Dogs listed in Queanbeyan itself show first.

Because Queanbeyan is in NSW, a dog that lives here is registered under NSW law even if you adopted it in Canberra. Under the Companion Animals Act 1998, a dog must be microchipped by 12 weeks and registered on the NSW Pet Registry by six months, and a desexed dog adopted from an eligible pound or rehoming organisation registers for free. Ask the rescue for the microchip details so you can transfer the dog into your name.