Residents may obtain their dog license by applying in person at the Clifton Health Department, 900 Clifton Ave., 2nd floor, by mailing in this completed application or online at www.cliftonnj.org. In order to expedite the return of your dog׳s license, please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope with your payment.

It is called Miacis, the genus that became the ancestor of the animals known today as canids: dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes. Miacis did not leave direct descendants, but doglike canids evolved from it. By about 30 to 40 million years ago Miacis had evolved into the first true dog—namely, Cynodictis.

Dogs are allowed off their leads in designated areas, please see the map below these areas are shaded in blue. Dogs must be under control at all times. Dogs are not permitted in the Watersplash area and must be on a lead around the children's play areas.

The theory goes that it could have been an epithet for dogs, commonly used by children, meaning "good/useful animal.". Another is that it is related to *docce (“stock, muscle”), from Proto-West Germanic *dokkā (“round mass, ball, muscle, doll”), whence English dock (“stumpy tail”).