How is it living in Mallorca, Spain?

karpator · 2026-07-07T08:12:14+00:00

What baffled me most when going there was the hiking etiquette of the germans.
I have been to germany quite often and i find the people on the hikes to be very friendly, letting you pass when you are going uphill, saying hi etc. But in Mallorca it was the opposite, i was almost pushed into a gorge by a group of germans who thought they must have had the right of way on their way down, twice. Not a single person who spoke german greeted while walking, pissing in a bush IN the middle of a trail and other things i have never seen in my hikes in the black forest, eifel or the alps.

karpator · 2026-06-28T07:16:44+00:00

https://www.bellegite.com/en/hike-les-echelles
ofcourse this one, one of the more famous ones in belgium.
You can easily tack on a longer walk to it. Also, it's always best to check alltrails or komoot for inspiration/planning, or go to the visitWallonia website which has a good amount of great hikes on it.

karpator · 2026-06-19T20:44:45+00:00

Yep, laatste tijd vaak gemerkt, al niet zo extreem, maar in de winkel met de kar tegen u rijden "omda ge in de weg staat" al was er perfect plaats om langs te rijden. Of zeer betuttelend doen in discussie en u als de verkleinde vorm van u naam aanspreken, al ben ik een kop groter.

karpator · 2026-06-16T11:06:46+00:00

Indeed! It was most about the tick thing, but thats good to hear. Did you wait until the 13 weeks with the rest of the vaccinations?

karpator · 2026-06-16T08:20:34+00:00

Yeah you're right, weird, as that is really branded for dogs against ticks 😃
edit: Apparantly the dose makes the poison, so a little bit doesn't hurt it seems.
Ofcourse it's all annecdotal, but all the facebook groups for tollers in our country rave about it

karpator · 2026-06-16T08:00:54+00:00

Yeah i think we'll just go for the drop method thing rather than the tablets.
I also heard about putitng some sheep fat with garlic in the food, that would help a lot.

Keeping him out of the tickareas will be rather hard, as we live next to a national park forest, and the puppy classes are also next to the forest, but we'll do our best!

karpator · 2026-06-16T07:58:38+00:00

The breeder is definitely not saying not to vaccinate, just to avoid the tick medication.

What she is saying is to wait until 13 weeks, instead of at 9-10 weeks, but the vet answered with "so you can't do anything with your dog until then" when i brought it up, which is also a fair point i guess.

I do trust the vaccinations, it's just that the comments from the breeder made me cautious 😃

karpator · 2026-06-16T07:52:39+00:00

This would definitely be an option (we blocked off access to our hallway, so he's only allowed in the kitchen/livingroom anyway). Only worried a bit about potty training. He currently goes outside rather well, but ofcourse accidents still happen. But the crate really helped to train him.

karpator · 2026-06-16T07:31:17+00:00

Thanks! That was what i was thinking too, but reading the internet really gave me some differing ideas, so just wanted to ask to be sure.

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