dogs & other creatures

I'm looking at walking from le puy en velay to santiago de compostela next year with my jack Russell. Im looking for any info or advice from people who have already completed the walk with their canine pal. Im not looking for dog advice as such, im an ex dog handler in the army and fully...

Hi, one and all in this forum :) I do hope that "no question is a stupid one" also applies in here. My name is Kai, I`m 48, and live up north on Spitsbergen with my two Huskys. We plan on walking to Santiago, starting in January 17, and use everything between 4- 6 weeks on the trail. Now.. I...

Hi. We have just joined the page so hi! Seeing that there are lots of helpful first hand informants we hope you can help us. We will walk from Seville in mid February camping along the way as we did the camino Frances and other routes. We have picked up that the bulls/cows/cattle are...

Hello, Just curious has anyone ever done a Pilgrimage with their best friend, their dog? If so was it welcomed by others, and is it difficult to find places to sleep for small dog. Thanks, Carol T

All, I have a legitimate service dog who travels with me. Anyone know about the implications of taking a dog on this route?

Dear all, Here is a message I got from a pilgrim just now. This happened today. --------- Hello everyone. What started out as a wonderful day took a turn fore the worse today. I would like to warn peregrinos walking through Biduedo (about 6.5 K before Triacastela) to be very careful. We were...

As some may know, I am just about to get to know Salomé and Lolita, two 5-year old donkeys, that will travel with our little family on the Le Puy route to SJPP and eventually, maybe, Santiago. To my considerable surprise this has been met with a great deal of scepticism if not outright...

Hi there peeps! I'm planning on doing the Camino del Norte next but I wonder if there are distances I should do on horseback, and if anyone know of anyone hiring out horses along the track? Feel free to make a reply. I'd love your thoughts on the subject :) Kind regards, Bella

I'm just wondering if anyone else had an encounter with a small black dog on the walk out of Molineasca? I was walking past a yard when I heard a dog barking a few meters away, then felt something nip at my calf. Turned and there was a horrible mangy black dog at my leg, with open wounds on...

Hello dear fellow pilgrims. I hope to start walking the Via de la Plata from Seville in early October. In June earlier this year I completed my 2nd camino and continued on to Finisterra and Muxia. There I met some people who had walked the VdlP and it all sounded very beautiful. Except for a few...

Last year when I walked, I noticed some folks renting horses from Vega de Valcarce to O Cebreiro. Has anyone ever done this? Experience? Cost?

Hello, I am planning on my first pilgrimage in September, and I keep reading about wild dogs. I have a slight fear of animals. Does anyone have any advice?

I'd like to hear from people who have traveled the Camino with horses. Which areas are more horse friendly? What about lodging & stabling? Where have you obtained horses? & etc. I'm planning to make my pilgrimage next summer (2014). I'd like to walk most of the way; but as a horseman...

I originally planned to walk, but due to time constraint, I might not able to finish the entire journey on foot. I thought it'd be cool to do parts of it on horse back. I have equestrian experience so I'm not too worried about riding, but I don't have too much money to pay for a tour company, I...

During my recent camino de la plata, i have had the misfortune of walking in the early stages with some other pelegrinos in which one of them was walking with a very dirty dog. On two different occasion that i knew of, the dog was sneaked into the albergue pretty much in the middle of the night...

Hello Everyone, I have read through a lot of the forums but cannot see if this question has been asked anywhere before. If I have missed it, apologies. Basically my husband and I would like to do the Camino del Norte in September but I am fearful of dogs. Can anyone let me know what the dog...

Hello has anyone ridden the st james way on horseback that could give us advice? did you call/reserve your accomodation in advance? was it easy/difficult to find hay/grain to buy along the route ? how about blacksmiths and vets? any recommendations of places to stay with the horses along the...

I would like to know is some pilgrims have had some unpleasants experiences with dogs along the camino.This time I will start from Le Puy in the beginning of september for a 2 months hike and I really feel so happy about the decision of walking again on the Camino. I did the CF in 1999 from...

Hello, Does anyone know of a place in Sarria to arrange guided tour of the Camino by horse? My wife has walked the whole of the Camino (to Sarria), but her travelling companion has injured their foot, and they are interested in finishing the remainder on horseback. The only ranches I was able...

My husband and I are just beginning to formulate how we might do the Camino Frances in the coming couple of years. I appreciate every nugget of wisdom you have all graciously laid at our novice feet! My dilemma is that I have a congenital heart condition that will (probably) preclude me from...