Colorado Springs, CO Animal Ordinances: Breed Restrictions (2026)

No Colorado Springs ordinance bans or restricts any specific dog breed. Colorado state law preempts breed-specific legislation: C.R.S. 18-9-204.5 (Unlawful ownership of dangerous dog) provides that nothing in the section shall be construed to prohibit a municipality from adopting any rule or law for the control of dangerous dogs, except that any such rule or law shall not regulate dangerous dogs in a manner that is specific to breed. The statute likewise bars counties from adopting breed-specific dangerous-dog resolutions. Enacted in 2004 as a 'ban on bans,' the statute directs that dogs be regulated by behavior and owner responsibility rather than by breed identification. As a result, Colorado Springs controls dogs through behavior-based rules - the duty-to-restrain leash law (City Code 6.7.107), nuisance and trespass provisions, and the dangerous-animal provisions of City Code Section 6.7.102 - which apply equally to every breed. Pit bulls, Rottweilers, and other commonly restricted breeds are legal to own in Colorado Springs provided the owner complies with the City's general licensing, vaccination, restraint, and dangerous-dog requirements.