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The Camino with a dog

It can be done, and more people do it every year. But the problem is not the distance: it is where the two of you sleep.

  • Most municipal hostels take no animals. Many private ones do, but you have to book: filter by "pets allowed" and call the day before.
  • Papers in order: microchip, EU pet passport and rabies vaccination up to date. Spain asks for them, and so does the journey home.
  • Paw pads suffer more than your feet do. Midday asphalt in August burns, and thirty kilometres of gravel in one day is too much for almost any untrained dog.
  • He drinks more than you think. Bring a folding bowl and water for both of you: on stretches with no fountains he cannot ration it.
  • Lead on at every cattle grid, across farmland and through villages. There are loose farm dogs and there is livestock on the path.
  • Backpack transfer services do not carry animals. If the dog cannot go on, your way out is a taxi that accepts him or the train, and that is worth checking before you need it.