You must admit it is pretty damn nice where I live. We have had some of those cold and crispy clear days, perfect for going on a walk. So on a walk we went with our two dogs, a Labrador and a Labrador mix.

People are funny up here in the campo, some of them really shit themselves when they see our two very friendly dogs pottering along.

I always joke that you can tell the difference between a foreigner’s dog and a dog owned by a Spanish person by throwing or pretending to throw a stone towards them.

The Spanish dog will shit itself and make a run for it and the foreigner’s dog will think”Great. Someone to play with.” and pick up the stone and come to you. I know it is a generalisation, but hey, if we can’t generalise how is it possible to explain anything?

Their general attitude towards dogs here in the campo is quite different to in the larger cities. Firstly, the only dogs you see as “pets” in the village a various small dogs, I guess the large ones are too scary or only associated with being a type of working dog as they keep them out in the campo. If they do not hunt with them, then I am not sure what they do do with them. They just seem to be tied up, or in a dog house or allowed roam on the land, but never really loved or taken care of. I always wonder why on earth they have the dog, as they seem so disinterested. Maybe just so they can say they have one? It really is a mystery to me and a sad one at that.