Dogs in the Med

[Guest]

Has anyone any experiences of sailing/living aboard in the Med with their dogs. Especially France, Spain, Italy and Greece.

 

[zefender]

Personally no - but we did meet a swedish couple in Gouvia (Corfu) a couple of years ago who claimed that the locals had poisened her own dog, plus a puppy from another boat a couple of weeks beforehand. The Greeks don't appear to be big on dogs.

 

[ccscott49]

Had a dog onboard, in Spain, Portugal and France, no problems atall, as long as you respect the other peoples privacy and don´t allow your dog to bark half the night or allow it to foul the pontoons or surrounding area or even the beach, some beaches will not allow dogs on them atall, but at night? who sees you?. Always carry a plastic bag and if it does pee on the pointoon, which they sometimes do, wash it off immediately. The greeks don´t like dogs period, so you may well have to be careful there.

 

[Guest]

My advice is - Forget dogs on boats. It's just not worth the hassle.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the advice but its too late - we already have two.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your advice, it is useful to know about Greece.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for this information. It is useful to know in advance that the Greeks are not keen on dogs.

 

[Guest]

Forget it! Yes, I know you can get them pet passported - but friends of mine on a years trip to the Med with their Westie, report that having the dog on board is spoiling the trip. In Majorca they were continually abused by other boat owners (Germans), refused access to the beach and ended up keeping the dog permanently on board. Minorca was a bit better. Greece is a no-no- they hate them.

 

[MapisM]

You might be interested in the post from fatipa in the "Taking your cat" thread below.
Maybe his approach could be extended to dogs...

Jokes apart, never heard of any problem with dogs in Italy (same in Croatia, in case you' be interested).