A 71-year-old Canberra man will fight a charge of dog baiting alleged to have taken place earlier this year.

The dogs' owner says Otis and Yogi (pictured) are fine. ( Supplied )

John Barry Wood of Higgins in Canberra's north did not appear in the ACT Magistrates Court today, after being summonsed on a single charge of laying a poison.

His lawyer entered a plea of not guilty.

Police will allege that in April, Wood threw a bait over the fence of a property where two dogs were kept.

The pets were not harmed, but police said meat covered in a green substance was found in the yard.

The investigation was sparked by a call to police after someone was captured on CCTV throwing an item into the garden.

A hearing has been set down for January.