Straydogs in Portugal
Hello, are there many abandon dogs /stray dogs in Portugal? And if so in which part of the country are they most?
(I´ve read that portugal got over 1 million of stray dogs.) |
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I'm not really sure about that. There are quite a few dogs roaming the streets in Tavira but they all have collars on and I have seen most of them with what appears to be their owner from time to time. If you're looking for a pet there are plenty on offer every week in the local freebie papers.
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thanks for your reply, but strange, because we have lots of swedish dogrescue organisations that brings home dogs from Portugal, and according to them there are 1 million straydogs without owners.
In which part of Portugal do live? |
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certainly here in the north there are loads:(
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thanks for your reply. Any specific areas?
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We live in Tavira and, as I said, there are plenty of stray dogs roaming around but most are wearing collars so I don't know if they are strays. The Portuguese seem to let them wandering around willy nilly.
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Originally Posted by TaviraTrog
(Post 7558371)
The Portuguese seem to let them wandering around willy nilly.
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If you go back to the 80's in the UK Portugal is the same now. Most pooches have owners but they allow them to roam the street. We have 2 GSD and were a bit wary of the roaming mutts, but not had a problem so far, they all seem really friendly/timid.
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Stray dogs are not a problem where we are its the ones that are left in the gardens/balconys that bark to their hearts content all hours of the day and the owners do not give a toss and there is nothing you can do about it.
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Originally Posted by CHOPPER
(Post 7558696)
Stray dogs are not a problem where we are its the ones that are left in the gardens/balconys that bark to their hearts content all hours of the day and the owners do not give a toss and there is nothing you can do about it.
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Originally Posted by CHOPPER
(Post 7558696)
Stray dogs are not a problem where we are its the ones that are left in the gardens/balconys that bark to their hearts content all hours of the day and the owners do not give a toss and there is nothing you can do about it.
This thing used to drive me crazy because I don't have air con and had to leave the windows open overnight. More than anything else, I was surprised that no one (including the dog's owners) seemed to be bothered. Then it occurred to me that they must have got used to the barking to the point of ignoring it as a background noise. After a while a got used to it too and it doesn't bother me any longer. It's like getting used to the natives pulling out at junctions forcing you to brake. At first it bothered me, but now I often don't even notice. |
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Hello and thanks for replying me! Dogs and especially straydogs are a huge interest of mine, have been working for several dogshelters in Spain but also in Venezuela and other undeveloped contries.
(SNIP) I´m going to Portugal this summer to see for myself and evalute the situation with a spanish org. |
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"Mitzyboy" I didn´t register here to promote my website!!!!
The site you erased from my post is a non-profit forum about Stray dogs with the intention to organize help! :( |
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Originally Posted by flyrib
(Post 7561735)
"Mitzyboy" I didn´t register here to promote my website!!!!
The site you erased from my post is a non-profit forum about Stray dogs with the intention to organize help! :( If this is true.... and the site is genunine... get it back up Mitzyboy or we will tie you to a pole and get Castelo Branco to feed you a bone:lol: SEriously... if its for helping the situation in Portugal...it can only be a good thing! |
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I lived in Central Portugal. There were lots of stray dogs because it is a region for hunting. When he season is over they set them free. They are not neutred so give birth etc. etc.
I left to live in UK some years ago, but my friends are still there. The situation has improved but not that much. There is a dog rescue here in the South of England for Portuguese hunting dogs which have been rescued and brought back for adoption. |
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Originally Posted by Gaeller
(Post 7563960)
I lived in Central Portugal. There were lots of stray dogs because it is a region for hunting. When he season is over they set them free. They are not neutred so give birth etc. etc.
I left to live in UK some years ago, but my friends are still there. The situation has improved but not that much. There is a dog rescue here in the South of England for Portuguese hunting dogs which have been rescued and brought back for adoption. As to the dog situation, the Algarve has improved greatly I think because there are more dog charities now, in the main set up by expats, who keep an eye out. When I was younger I was horrified to find the way my MIL dealt with her cat's litter...they were taken to a big field and left in the middle to die. :( |
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Originally Posted by Supremegermalene
(Post 7564182)
. When I was younger I was horrified to find the way my MIL dealt with her cat's litter...they were taken to a big field and left in the middle to die. :(
She told the story to my mother inlaw as if it were the thing to do as she wanted a male dog. Luckly I was not there...as im sure I would have to restrained from wringing her neck:frown: |
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That's so sad :(
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Originally Posted by gedscottish
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Unfortunatly there are many horror stories to us that seem quite the normto others. A neighbour of ours had a bitch for 3 years... it had 5 pups, she kept one male & drowned the rest in her tank.....including the mother.
She told the story to my mother inlaw as if it were the thing to do as she wanted a male dog. Luckly I was not there...as im sure I would have to restrained from wringing her neck:frown: Its a lack of education!!! Too many animal cruelty cases here. I know a few people who do a lot to rehome strays and unwanted dogs. |
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Originally Posted by gedscottish
(Post 7568159)
Unfortunatly there are many horror stories to us that seem quite the normto others. A neighbour of ours had a bitch for 3 years... it had 5 pups, she kept one male & drowned the rest in her tank.....including the mother.
She told the story to my mother inlaw as if it were the thing to do as she wanted a male dog. Luckly I was not there...as im sure I would have to restrained from wringing her neck:frown: Cats are for catching mice and dogs as guards or for hunting, if you look at it from this point of view then you can understand why they do it (I am in no way agreeing with them, just saying I understand the way of life!) There are many dogs her fastened to long, heavy metal chains all their life, they bark because they are unhappy and want attention but they are never going to get it from their Portuguese owners. I have one neighbour with small children at the same school as mine and they have an outside dog, chained up and always aggresive to people walking past. Recently they have got a house dog (pet) for the children, and they play with it in the garden where the older dog watches.....imagin the emotional traums that the older dog is going through.....it can't talk but now if you walk past it doesn't bark much, it just lies there.....I can imagin it dissappearing soon as it is no longer doing it's JOB!! It makes me sad, but I am the newcomer and I am not going to tell my neighbours to change their way of life...things will change slowly...:( |
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Originally Posted by flyrib
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"Mitzyboy" I didn´t register here to promote my website!!!!
The site you erased from my post is a non-profit forum about Stray dogs with the intention to organize help! :( |
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Dear cyber friends; let us not get too sanctimonious about this. I was brought up in the North East of England 70 years ago, and it was common practise to drown unwanted kitten and puppies in the rain water barrels outside the houses. Also homing pigeons were strangled when their racing days were over, generally after 3 years.
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Originally Posted by Jur
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Put the site in your signature, that is allowed and we can all view it. Are you just helping dogs or cats as well?
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Round our way it is common practice for cute little puppies and kittens to be abandoned on the edge of land belonging to English folk. We acquired one such, 2 days before Christmas last year - but I am dreading it happening again because we simply can't let ourselves become a rescue centre. Yet it is so hard to refuse them- even in the time it would take to drive them to the nearest legit animal rescue centre the kids would probably have bonded with it and refuse to let it go! Many estrangeiros I know are becoming over-run with cats and dogs this way, because they haven't the heart to say 'no'. :unsure:
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Originally Posted by Sharon B
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Jur, notice how the Portuguese forum actually is generally friendly towards animals and people!! Although I am not a great animal lover (enough problems with grandchildren;)) the Spanish forum was unduly cruel towards a grieving cat lover.
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Originally Posted by flyrib
(Post 7556059)
Hello, are there many abandon dogs /stray dogs in Portugal? And if so in which part of the country are they most?
(I´ve read that portugal got over 1 million of stray dogs.) Behind that you have an enormous work of people (bunch of foreigners but mostly Portuguese, yes, there are some generous Portuguese in here too) who take care of the animals in the shelter, take them to the vet, walk them, organise adoptions fair, visit houses before rehoming, follow up on adoptions. People who basically sarifice whatever free time they have to help the animals. We write a blog in English, you can read some stories here: http://bianca-pet-rescue-adoption.blogspot.com/ and you can see our webpage: www.bianca.pt/english it is quite informative I think. Administration, I am not promoting anything, please don't delete it! It is a charity, please leave the webpage, maybe someone will adopt a dog or a cat.... You can write to [email protected] (they can also reply in English, French or Spanis). FlyRib: we are in Sesimbra, 30 kms from Lisbon, in a rural area of high abandonment of animals. If you would like to come and visit us, you are welcome. I can who you around. We had a Swedish volunteer for 2 months, she was helping in the shelter! I don't know if you are thinking about rehoming dogs to Sweden.... We work with a Dutch organisation, we rehome some dogs to Holland. |
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