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Where can I adopt a dog in Portugal?

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Tony asked 6 years ago
I am just moving to Portugal next month and I want to get a Portuguese dog? Any idea where I could go to find one? I am open to shelters or even private sellers.
1 Answers
Antonio Evans Staff answered 6 years ago

Great question Tony!   When we adopted Santino we went to Pegadas & Bigodes.   We wrote about the experience here:

https://blancavalbuena.com/dog-ownership-in-lisbon-portugal/

The whole process cost us about 80 euros but it was about a 2 hour drive north of Lisboa/Lisbon.  So you will need a car rental.

A list of shelters we have visited in our search for the little guy are:
Lisbon

Coimbra

Sesimbra

There are a few Facebook Groups which sell dogs also but I cannot vouch for or even condone that.  Lots of times private sellers are just breeders who don't really take care of the mother dog and her puppies.   Go for a shelter and rescue a dog.  Good luck!