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What can I do about a dog that is constantly barking day and night and seems to be neglected by the owner?

You can report it to Seprona which is the animal protection agency linked to the Guardia Civil, but you may have to provide some sort of proof like a video or sound recording. If it is officially reported they have to investigate, though I wouldn't like to say how quickly that will happen and even less during this time of year, as they have to decide if the dog is provided with adequate food, water and shelter and that it appears to be in good health or whether it shows signs of physical neglect. If they deem it meets the requirements, they won't take it any further unfortunately. It's not unusual for dogs to bark endlessly here and no one do anything about it (in my own personal experience, normally Spanish owners but other people may have experienced otherwise). Alternatively, if you get nowhere with Seprona, try speaking to the Albergue near to the Policía Local station in Torrevieja as they may be able to suggest another route to take.

Thankyou for you valued advice.......

Valerie 

I got a young adult cat a few months ago I would appreciate any advice on stopping her ripping up my furniture I have always been a dog person and have never had as much damage done to my furniture I absolutely adore her and intend to buy new furniture soon so would appreciate help

You can buy deterrent spays from any vets or some supermarkets also sell them but probably are more effective from the vets. They give off a smell that cats don't like and usually will stop them going near where it is sprayed. Try buying some scratch posts as well as cats need to scratch so if they can't in one place, they will in another. You could try covering the parts of the furniture with something they can't scratch for a while as well, as they will lose interest sooner or later and look for another place, ideally a scratch post!

Agree with Joodolittle about getting the deterrent spray from vets.  She's already an adult so you will need to be persistent with training, it can be done as the same techniques work on young cats as with young dogs, so rewards for good behaviour and firm 'no' voice for bad.   the older the animal the longer it usually takes. They need several scratch permitted items - posts and mats and toys, in different places too.  Plus if she doesn't fight other cats then you can also clip the very narrow sharp tips off the claws (I do my cats as they almost never leave my own garden, my son does his house cat's claws, we were shown how to do it safely by a vet nurse), but if she gets into fights with strays then she will need her sharp spikes for defense so would not be fair to clip them.  Clawing is essential for cats to keep their claws healthy and remove the old ones so they must have something available that is allowed to be used.  Try putting the claw posts close to wear she currently claws, when she approaches literally put her claws on the post and do a clawing motion with praise, then show the not permitted place and say no, back to the post with clawing motion and praise her - it will take time.  Even better if you can cover the usually clawing places and spray them.  Good luck.

I bought a scratch pole and base she occasionally uses this but prefers furniture 

Thanks I will try deterrent spray 

I live in Orihuela Costa and have a similar problem, did the 'Seprona' solution work? Dave Burrows