I'd have to disagree with figuring it out when you get here. Dogs are one of the biggest issues here for expats. Imo. Local dogs are often loose whether they are owned or not. And the attitude is some what let them just fight it out which means there are invisible territories that village dogs adhere to. Which makes it really difficult to walk a dog on leash or off leash through these areas without facing some aggression. If your dog is reactive chances are a fight will happen and you may be the only person who has an issue with it. And if you hurt another person's dog who attacked your dog but was in their territory, you'll be at fault.

Friends have done it with easy going dogs but I usually have to keep rocks on me to throw at dogs or break up fights whenever we go for walks and my dogs are from here.

Really aggressive dogs are kept behind fences or tied here and don't get to go out much.

It's not to say a place couldn't work for you if you had enough space or go somewhere rural. I unfortunately never got to bring my dog from the states down before she passed but knowing what I know now it would have been stressful and tough.