ConvenZIHdo Que Podemos Hacer Mejor

You are so right about the blue flag beaches. We have already been contacted by two people through this board and another through Facebook, asking if, "things have blown over" and dogs can be walked on la Ropa,

Each time we have had to say, OMG NO!!!! Don't even consider stepping on the beach with your dogs.

Two of the three said they were actively looking for a more pet friendly place and cancelling their extended winter here. Sad.

One of the first e-mails I received when Playa El Palmar was "certified" was a foreign resident telling me she was selling her condo and moving away since she could no longer walk her dog on the beach, one of the pleasures they both enjoyed. Pets more than ever are family, both for retired people as well as for Mexican families. Less people leave their dogs in kennels for their vacations than they used to. And people who travel with their pets tend to have the purchasing power we need our visitors to have. But stubborn politicians don't want to hear facts that negate what they claim in public. I've always believed the entire beach certification thing was more for their own Curriculum Vitae than to benefit the community, and they continue proving me right.