Shreveport, LA Animal Ordinances: Pet Limits (2026)

Section 14-16(4)(h) makes it unlawful for any occupant or owner of a dwelling to keep more than four dogs outdoors on the premises, though a litter of pups may stay past that limit for up to five months from birth. The cap doesn't apply to any establishment lawfully operating for breeding, sale, sporting purposes, or boarding. An owner who wants to keep more than four dogs outdoors can apply to the Caddo Parish Animal Services director for a noncommercial kennel permit. The director approves it only if several conditions are met: adequate space to house the dogs, no health risk to the household or other animals, no environmental degradation for surrounding residences, every animal on the property vaccinated and registered with CPAS, an adequate flea, tick, and heartworm program, compliance with the rest of the chapter, and no animal-related conviction for the applicant or the household's owner or caretaker.

Subsection (5) makes clear the four-dog cap applies only outdoors: indoor dogs face no numeric limit at all unless they create a nuisance, in which case the director can apply the same outdoor cap to indoor animals too. An owner who disagrees with a permit denial can appeal to the animal services board, and from there to the Caddo Parish Commission, and ultimately to the First Judicial District Court.