warning to dog owners

Since several people have asked, and since the intent of my post was to help other dog owners, here is how we received our certification for our dog to accompany us to the beach. It is actually fairly simple. We went with our documentation (service dog registry card and certificate, letter from a local physician confirming the disability) to the office of Ecologia at the Palacio Municipal. They made copies of our documentation and told us they would review it, and to come back on Monday. This was on a Thursday. On Monday we returned to the office and received our certificate. It is for La Ropa only (they asked us which beach we wanted) and must be renewed every four months. You do need to speak Spanish in order to do this, or go with someone who does.