Where can I walk my dog?

Correct advice as the PPP rules are strict and apply to foreigners and as a foreigner you will be under scrutiny by the Guardia and locals. In the main most foreigners abide by all the rules, quite rightly as they are visitors to Spain. On the other hand Spaniards just do what they want! I've never seen a PPP breed muzzled by its Spanish owner, they also seem averse to cleaning up after it. When it comes to pet ownership there seems to be one rule in Spain for foreigners and one rule for Spaniards. For example It's law to register and vaccinate your dog in Spain but the animal abuse and actions of the rural hunting community are turned a blind eye to. 

I'm not an argumentative chap Mr Ray D but on this occasion you are totally wrong and deluded. Have a walk around the countryside and listen to to the barking dogs. When you've located what sounds like several manic dogs barking I can guarantee that they will more than likely be hunting dogs, Podencos, Galgos, pointers etc, all kept in grim or at worse disgusting conditions. It will not be a foreigner keeping them but a Spaniard. Have a look at the stats and numbers of Podencos and Galgos abandoned and chucked out at the end of the hunting season. If they're not half dead already they get lucky and end up in one of the better foreign run animal shelters and not one of the appalling Pererras. They have a chance of a proper home and if they're lucky a new home out of Spain. The rural hunting community have one rule for themselves and stick two fingers up to authority by not neutering, vaccinating, registering their dogs, the reason why there's so many dogs in Spain as they breed and increase the stray population. A lot of the Guardia, mayor's etc participate in hunting so turn a blind eye to what's going on.

You're also wrong with your comment, there is hunting, in a lot of the Campo areas, on Saturdays, Sundays and sometimes during the week. Listen out for the gunfire.

Spaniards do like their PPP breeds, they love their macho intact Pitbull breeds, that's why there's so many in the animal shelters. Spaniards either don't know how high energy the breeds are and can't manage them or surrender them when there's a vet bill to pay. 

I've not personally heard of a child being hurt by a dog in Spain but heard of numerous incidents where dangerous dogs of all sizes have turned on their Spanish owners. Often because they are locked up and never socialized, beaten and turn on their owners. Can't blame the dog for that. Recently near teulada a woman was attacked by one of her boyfriend's dogs, he had 5 large PPP breed dogs kept in squalid conditions. The dog attack caused her to lose an eye and suffer a punctured lung. The dog owner and the girlfriend where both Spanish. Read the news, it happens regularly in Spain. 

You obviously have an issue with class and a bit of a chip on your shoulder, maybe searching for an ideal in Spain, re your comment about fox hunting in UK. I judge how civilised a country is by how it treats it animals and general animal welfare and Spain is right down the league I'm afraid.

I thought Iqbals post was most eloquent. Why would you assume his first language isn't English? Is it because his name is likely to be Iqbal?

Perhaps you should look beyond your prejudice on occasion, especially to those presenting a different view to your own.

In reply to your reply, firstly I don't take any offence about English not being my first language. I wasn't born in the UK but have spent most of my adult life there so have a reasonable grasp of the language. It's fairly obvious where my heritage is from by my name, Iqbal's not a common name for a dog, unless maybe it's a pet in Bangladeshi family. That was a silly comment made by you Ray D but I found it amusing though. Anyway I'm getting off point, no offence taken so enough said!

The reason I felt compelled to reply in the first place was the continuous line you give to anyone who posts on this site. Someone poses the question "anyone know of somewhere I can walk my dog" "does anyone know of a dog walking group" "does anyone know of a dog grooming parlour" "anyone know of a good pet shop in my area" etc etc.. Your advice is always is check your dogs not on the PPP list first! People new to Spain if they have a dog on the PPP list would know this and don't need to be reminded if it's not relevant to the question they posed. And yes in reply to your question I do have dogs that are classed as PPP, a Rottweiler mix, a German shepherd and a Rodesian ridgeback. The Rottie and the Shepherd were both from Spain, from rescue sites and rescued from Spanish owners. The Ridgeback is a RSPCA rescue. All my dogs are neutered, vaccinated, chipped and registered with the local authorities. And believe it or not I passed the psychological assessment! 

I may ramble a bit so apologies but I'm very passionate about the mistreatment and cruelty to animals which I see around me in Spain. I do find it difficult and do find it distressing as I can't turn a blind eye to it. In regard to your comment "how can I stand living here in Spain?" For the winter months I'm here I volunteer in a local dog rescue centre and spend a lot of time trying to raise awareness of the situation here in Spain to people in UK, it makes time here enjoyable and worthwhile. When back in the UK I foster dogs from Spain and find them homes through events and the social network I have. I'm contacted regularly about fostering and rehoming dogs from Spain that I'm unable to help as they're on the PPP list here in Spain and completely banned in the UK, Pitbulls being the most common. I'm given info on the dogs history and the vast majority are surrendered or taken from Spanish owners so I disagreed with your point that it was only foreigners here in Spain that owned these breeds.

My point about Galgos, Podencos, Pointers etc may have gone off piste a little I admit, I couldn't help sneak in a comment about the mistreated of these wonderful breeds and the blind eye turned to it. So apologies for that!

There was another point I forget to add, I do agree with the PPP regulations here in Spain, a lot of these breeds need strict regulating so they are not owned by irresponsible owners and I would like to see such tight regulations on the UK also. If anything I would like to see even tighter regulations and these breeds being bred out as they are hard to manage. Often the end result is they wind up in shelters, Pererras and it's the dogs that suffer.