The relatively higher dog to human ratio per dog owning household obtained in this study could be attributed to the major reason why dogs were kept by the owners which is mainly for providing security for household, livestock and farm crops,reasons that are similar to reports from Zimbabwe, Zambia , Ecuador , Chad and Madagascar.Also,as observed during the study, some keep dogs for hunting purposes and most of these hunters keep three or more hunting dogs. The presence of Yankari and Lame-bura game reserves in Bauchi State have increased the level of dog ownership among the populace which are mostly used either for hunting and or guarding of farm crops and livestock from attacks by predators