Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 4:42pm
Your licence is not the problem as you have 6 months from date of arrival to take a Spanish test.
More of an issue is that as Spanish residents you are not permitted to drive a foreign registered vehicle plus your UK insurance is in question as normally UK residence it a prime requirement.
You have a legal and contractual obligation to inform your insurer of any material change in your circumstances and changing country of residency is about as significant as it can get so don't make the mistake of thinking that saying stum means everything will be fine.
TBH it's difficult to envisage how you can do what you propose legally. One option, once you actually have your residency (TIE) which of course means being in Spain, would be to buy a Spanish car and drive it back to UK to collect your dogs.
Alternatively you could get shot off your car in UK and fly to Spain using a pet courier to transport the dogs for you.
Another option would be to drive down with them BEFORE you actually switch residency then leave them in kennels or whatever while you return to UK for your visas.
A tricky one.