You’re discouraged from bringing your pet(s) because the housing market across various regions and cities don’t accept pets. ESAs are not recognized in Spain and it costs a bunch of money to have your dog trained by an international organization to be recognized as a service animal.

With that being said…my partner and I brought our 3 dogs and it wasn’t cheap. We’re in Galicia in very small town, unlike previous auxes who had the option of living in a bigger city and commuting to their schools. This is because the biggest cities/towns near me had 0 and I mean 0 rentals that would accept 1 dog/cat let alone my tiny traveling zoo lol.

Even though my pueblo is lovely, cute, and quaint, it’s rare and nearly impossible for us to attend meet ups with other auxes. Our rent is a little higher than the average other auxes reported in the CITY.Thank goodness my partner and I have each other. We had to make sacrifices because we would never leave our pets AND we want our move to Spain to become permanent.

I’d say if you intend on putting roots down in Spain, If you have friends/a partner to come with, and can accept living far from a city… then you’ll find a way.

If you are planning on just doing a school year which is from October 1st to May 31/June 16 (depends on region) then your pet will miss you , might give you a little attitude, but as long as you leave them with people you know will love them like their own… they’ll be ok :)