HereKittyKitty

I am looking for a certain breed of dog (well if Hubby let's me haha) but will wait until in Spain before searching. Does anyone know how to check out breeders to make sure they are reputable etc? Just like the Kennel Club in the U.K.

XTreme

Take in one of the wonderful Spanish dogs that need a good home instead! They're the most loving and grateful dogs you'll ever find.....and they really need us to help them!

HereKittyKitty

I hear what you are saying extreme and agree 100%. Only thing that put me off doing that is having kids...you just never know how they will be or react to a boisterous boy!

XTreme

Spanish dogs are by nature very gentle and loving.....aggression in dogs is literally unknown here. Probably been beaten out of them over the generations.
And as for a specific breed, there's no guarantee that any particular example of that breed will have all the characteristics necessary for coping with children.

poshnbucks

Kitty

We came to Spain some three years ago and intended to get some form of mastiff after we had spent a good while taking the train and driving around Spain. However We didn't manage any traveling as within weeks we had taken in a female Spanish pointer who had been left for dead by hunters at the end of the season she was very thin and had a badly cut leg and had recently had pups. We nursed her and got her vet shots, a few weeks later a big black Lab was left at the local through road and we took her in.. However now 2 years later both are in tip top condition,micro chipped and are very happy together and are part of our family. We have grand children twin boys age 3 who live a few miles away and the dogs are so gentle with them and put up with being pushed aside when in the way of their toys, They go to the beach or across my land everyday and have met other dogs of all shapes and sizes and have shown no aggression, what has been said about these Spanish dogs is so true they are treated here as a tool and are used as such and in the main have little human
interaction which they crave, In the towns the little dogs women carry are looked after but outside at the end of the hunting season the surplus are thrown out they do not even have the guts to shoot them. Kitty please wait and you will see a dog will find you and they will love you for it Try to give one of these dogs a home you will have no trouble with being bitten etc...... now cushions thats another matter :curse:

XTreme

I don't know if any of you with Spanish dogs have noticed this.....but they seem to get very unsettled when they hear Spanish voices!

poshnbucks

They will be OK at our house then

twyntub

Understand your concerns re: children - however the local vets and organisations such as Action for Animals will know of plenty of rescued strays who are suitable for a young family.

Our Spanish vet found us a lovely puppy which had been mis-treated and abandoned by the roadside, and he is probably going to grow to the size of 'Beethoven'!! Absolutely incredibly sweet natured, great with the children (despite his poor start to life), and has far more road sense and is better off-lead than the dog we bought over from the UK.

It's easy to see that these dogs just want a loving home - and believe me they are grateful and faithful companions when you take one on.

XTreme

And for the benefit of anybody who missed the original thread.....I just happen to have three ready to go at the moment!



Two boys....one girl....and wherever you are in Spain we'll get them to you! Even if I have to carry them there myself!

HereKittyKitty

thanks for your replies. You have given me food for thought certainly.
I can't bear the thought of cruelty to defenceless animals. Last week there was a case on local TV of a female (for want of a better word) who shut her white alsation in a room and left her to die from starvation and thirst. The TV showed the poor animal just lying there. What a horrible feeling that leaves you with. She is being sentenced soon and I pray she goes to jail.
How could anyone do that?

Anyway thanks again....we'll see what happens in the future. The breed I am after I have hankered over for many years and would certainly make me feel secure on my own due to it's sheer size. Won't bother to mention as I can just imagine the replies now!!!

Extreme are those really your dogs? Do you run a rescue centre?

XTreme

No....they're not my dogs....and I don't run a rescue centre. Though it feels like I do sometimes!

As for the breed you were thinking of....if it was a Rotty....don't bother. We've got 2 Brit ones from German bloodlines (10 and 8) and they're as they should be.
Every Spanish Rotty I've seen does not fit the breed criteria in any way, and the older ones all seem to suffer from hip dysplasia. I'd be very suspicious about getting one here.

HereKittyKitty

it's not a rottweiller extreme.

Grebo

We adopted a 4 week old pup.

We weren't really bothered what size it grew into as long as it started out small so our moggy would except it.
She has grown into the best behaved & lovable doogle that either of us has had the pleasure to know.
She travels fantastically,
And we recently took her to the UK where she took part in our wedding

xxfrecklesxx

HI,

we ended up with a dog from the UK and a spanish one, we bought over a Sheltie puppy, (whos now 4) and who has so far broke a front leg (badly) she fell/slipped, was pushed by a cat down some steps, and recently broke 7 ribs!! we think one of the horses kicked her,

And then we decided to get a Spanish Mastiff, I googled them, and found a few breeders in Spain, one thing i would watch is things like breed problems, Mastiff suffer from hip problems, and we found out to our cost that they are not hip scored here like in the UK (well some are) and ours developed bad hip dysplacier at only a year old, and had to have major surgury.

Palmera

We just have too!!!



She gets on great with our other spanish adopted dog (just found wandering along the track at 8weeks old, all skin and bones)!

And to the person who said about spanish dogs reacting badly to spanish voices.....that is so true in our case! If our dog hears even "Hola" he starts howling and howling....

My advice? Same as the other posters who live here. Definitely adopt one. There are many in need of good homes, even huskies, samoyeds etc, as people buy them, then realise they´re too big/noisy/dirty, whatever and give them up!

Go on, give a dog a home!