If you are engaged in training dogs as guard dogs, you are required to license with King County as a Guard Dog Trainer.
Licenses expire one year from the date of application.
Licenses are not transferable and are valid only for the person for which issued. The applicant must also provide a legal description or business address of the premises at which the applicant desires to train the guard dogs and a written statement of acknowledgment from the property owner that the applicant has the owner's permission to carry on the activity of guard dog training at said location for the duration of the license. Any person or firm engaged in supplying guard dogs to members of the public is required to have a Guard Dog Purveyor's License. The applicant must provide a legal description or address from which the applicant desires to supply guard dogs and a statement of whether the applicant owns or rents the premises to be used for the purpose of purveying guard dogs. If the applicant rents the premises, the application shall be accompanied by a written statement of acknowledgment by the property owner that the applicant has the property owner's permission to purvey guard dogs on the premises for the duration of the license.