Does anybody know the Spanish law about 'dog barking'?

Hi, I have 8 dogs, and I have always been told that  dogs should not bark continually between 11.00p.m. and 07.00am. To get a copy of the local law, your local police will give you a copy or your town hall. Of course it will all be in Spanish. When I lived in Valencia there was a local law that also said no barking during siesta  so 14.00 - 17.00.  Good luck

Hey, Matthew. You got this all wrong, first of all it's not 'a bunch of dogs', and secondly, according to my English neighbour, it's very seldom he barks. And, if it happens, I am indeed shopping, so that will always be during daytime.

As usual Matthew just criticism, and not even constructive, get off your high horse, all of us on here are perfectly aware of how perfect you are, you have told us many many many times, Your points of view re animals are very very very boring, so save your breath and go back to Ireland (poor Ireland) also I feel so sorry for your dogs, I can just imagine what kind of life they have with you. Little Hitler. no wonder you called one of them Adolf. sick sense of humour you have.  

Just ignore him Polowonder, he just enjoys winding people up.

I know, people who don't love animals don't love humans also

Hi, Its a difficult subject. Some people are more sensitive to barking dogs whilst others just don't notice them. I think you have two problems; a dog that barks when you are out, and a neighbor that doesn't like it barking too often.

If I may suggest, showing printed law to a neighbor isn't going to help too much and may just alienate them further. Its like saying to them 'I have the right to annoy you and there is nothing you can do about it' 

If you can find out what causes your dog to bark you may then be able to find a way to pacify the dog. Do you leave it outside when you are out? Can it be left inside? Try leaving it inside with the tv or radio on to distract it from outside noises that may upset it. Close shutters or curtains if it is disturbed by movement outside. It may suffer from separation anxiety and barks because it simply wants you back. This is more difficult to prevent.

We have a dog and unfortunately we seldom leave it alone. This does restrict what and where we can go, for example, if we go shopping one of us remains in the car with him. Non dog friendly hotels and restaurants are out of bounds for us, and visiting other non dog friendly locations only happen if we can arrange for a dog sitter. 

You may already do all these and have my sympathy. Hope you are able to get it resolved soon.

Here we go again making allowances for so called animal lovers who fail to control their pets. Everybody is wrong and animals have more rights than humans. Still the plank animal lovers bring their dogs to the terraces of restaurants and allow them to to threaten young children who innocently walk past. Time for the good people of Spain to speak the truth. 

The world is now living in fear of animal lovers. Time for a change. And Jenni, how is that winding people up? And I say this as the owner of two well behaved dogs.

And for the record, minutes ago I confronted the plank who insists feeding feral cats outside our apartment and asked that she feed them from her apartment. She looked at me blankly. What a plank.

If you can find a way to pacify your neighbour by speaking to them, that would be better than quoting the law, which could make the situation, confrontational?

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