The .dog Domain: Addresses Built for Dog Owners
.dog was recorded in the root zone on 16 April 2015, and the IANA entry names Binky Moon, LLC as the sponsoring organisation. The nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 counts 23,979 registrations, of which 18,041 appear in the zone file — one of the three largest zones in this group.
Trainers, boarding and daycare, veterinary clinics, shops selling food and leads, or a breed community: the address states the subject as it is written. The rule is straightforward — where the service is only for dogs, .dog draws the scope correctly; where cats, birds and other species are included, a wider ending ages better. Try candidates in a domain name search.
The ending carries no permit: selling, breeding and sheltering animals require licences, registration and inspection in many countries. A rehoming site equally needs its paperwork, health records and limits of responsibility set out in writing. Where you provide training, describing the method and who applies it makes comparison easier for visitors and cuts the number of follow-up questions.
.DOG Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Root zone record 16 April 2015
- Eligibility condition No verified restriction
- Registered names 23,979 (nTLDstats, 11 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 18,041 names, about 75%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .dog domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.dog Domain Prices — No Surprise Fees
Registration, transfer and renewal fees are listed separately. The renewal price can differ from the first-year price, so you see both up front.
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New Registration
$8.99 /year -
Transfer
$64.99 /year -
Renewal
$69.99 /year -
Restore
$159.90 -
Late Renewal
$11.12
Included With Every .dog Domain
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Free DNS management
Change A, MX, TXT and CNAME records yourself from the panel — no waiting on anyone when you move a site or mailbox.
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Domain lock
While the lock is on, nobody can move your domain to another registrar without your approval.
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Domain forwarding
Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.
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Free WHOIS privacy
Your name, address and phone stay out of public WHOIS records, which cuts down spam and scam calls.
.dog Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .dog domain is put on Client Hold on its expiry date, so the site and e-mail stop that same day. You can still renew during the first 20 days, but from this point a late renewal fee is added on top of the renewal price. On day 20 the registration is deleted and until day 50 only a paid restore brings it back. Nothing at all can be done in the 5 days that follow, and on day 55 the name is open to anyone. There is exactly one way never to enter this chain: keep auto-renewal on.
Domain Is Available (Available)
A .dog address at this stage has not been taken yet, and it goes to whoever registers first. Check the name you have in mind — if it is free, it can be yours within minutes.
Domain Is Active (Active Period)
Once registration is complete, the domain is registered to you for the term you selected. You can renew at any point before it expires to keep it active, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Renewal Window (Client Hold)
On its expiry date your .dog domain is put on Client Hold: the site and e-mail go down that day, but the registration is still yours. A single renewal within these first 20 days brings everything back exactly as it was — nothing is lost. The only difference is that a $11.12 late renewal fee is now added to the renewal price; renewing before the expiry date avoids that fee entirely.
Redemption Period (Redemption / RGP)
On day 20 the registration is deleted and the 30-day redemption period that ICANN requires of every gTLD registry begins. The name is not released to anyone during this time; only you can take it back, by paying the restore fee, until day 50. That fee is far higher than a renewal — renewing on time is always the cheaper route.
Pending Delete (Pending Delete)
Once the redemption window closes too, the domain enters its final 5 days and there is no way back. Neither renewal nor restore works here; nobody — your registrar included — can return the name to you. The registry uses this window as the last hold before the name goes back into the pool.
Open to Anyone Again (Released)
On day 55 the name .dog returns to the pool and anyone can register it. Sought-after names are often gone within seconds, and there is no guaranteed way to get one back. Yet staying out of this timeline is entirely in your hands: leave auto-renewal on and the expiry date will never catch you off guard.
The timeline above is the schedule Atak Domain applies and publishes. The ICANN chart you will find elsewhere shows a renewal window of up to 45 days after expiry; ICANN's policy on expired registrations (section 2.2.1) lets registrars delete an expired domain at any time, provided they disclose their policy in advance. We apply that window as 20 days and publish it here in plain sight. Full text of the policy: ICANN Expired Registration Recovery Policy
.dog Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.dog Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .dog domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.dog Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .dog Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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Anyone is; no veterinary or training credential is asked for.
Binky Moon, LLC requires no business registration, certificate or shelter licence at the point of registration. A charity and a one-person walking service register on the same terms. Suitable names can be tried in a domain name search.
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Health records, vaccination status, limits of responsibility and contact details.
Most problems after adoption trace back to gaps in an animal's history, and showing neutering, microchip and treatment records reduces them. Contact and application forms collect personal data, so an encrypted connection is needed; see the SSL certificate page.
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There are 23,979 registrations, 18,041 of them in the zone file.
The data comes from the nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026. That size, together with a publication rate near 75%, puts the zone among the liveliest in this group. Labels adding a breed, a city or a service type stay widely available.
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A service type joined to a city is the most practical choice.
The ending already names the subject, so repeating the word dog on the left adds nothing. Service words such as training, boarding, walking or grooming combined with a district match search behaviour directly. With several branches, try the variants in a bulk domain name search.
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Set out the method, the duration and who delivers the sessions.
Visitors usually arrive with a behaviour problem and want to compare options, so programme length, session frequency and the homework expected of the owner all help. Rather than promising a fixed result, saying when you refer a case to a vet builds a far more credible frame.
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Start by asking your current registrar for the authorisation code.
On a site running bookings and contact forms, downtime is a lost customer; prepare the name servers first and pick a quiet weekday slot. The domain must be unlocked and at least sixty days past registration. Read the record with a whois search, then go to domain transfer.
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