Unfortunately

Unless things change between now and March, I'm afraid you are going to be sadly surprised.
For the last 5 years, we have started our days by paddling, the walking our dogs the length of La Ropa and back, then swimming with them.
Not this year. And sadly, there aren't any other dogs out there when we have our paddle. We/our dogs had friends, and people we had spoken to for years. No more. After 6 weeks here, we finally saw one, Lennie the pit bull, on a leash, running with his guy. All the others are not on the beach.
Are we trying to work within the system to get things changed? Sure, but we are part timers, 4 months a year, non citizens, and are going to winter elsewhere, unfortunately, after this year.