PAD is a privately run charity in the Mijas/Fuengirola area that specialises in the rehabilitation and rehoming of abandoned dogs and cats. Since our shelter opened in December 1998 we have found new homes for 5000 dogs and cats.

All our animals are cared for by qualified veterinarians and are fully vaccinated and micro-chipped.

We help would be adopters to make a suitable choice when taking a dog or cat and advise on the best way to care for them. As a result of this we have become involved in an educational programme in schools, on radio and television. We fight continually to prevent cruelty to animals and their abandonment, and we use every effort we can to persuade our law makers to pass legislation to protect animals from cruelty and exploitation.

We also want to see an official campaign to promote the sterilisation or castration of dogs and cats as a sensible way of controlling the numbers of domestic animals.

In the early days we became involved with a German organisation called Tierhilfe who adopt cats and dogs from us in Spain and rehome them in Germany. Today we still work together, they rehome many of our cats especialy ones that have been diagnosed with feline aids and leukemia, animals that with medication can lead a normal life for many years. They are also very generous and send us cat toys, scratching posts, traveling boxes and cages.

In 2005 Miia a Finnish lady who was here on holiday and with little else to do deceided to come and walk some of our dogs, during this time she saw the plight of dogs in Spain and on her return home started talking on the Internet, she was answered by Helena.

The two of them came back to Spain which resulted in them taking two dogs back to Finland with them thus Espanjankoirat was formed meaning "Spanish dog rescue" they now rehome on average 15 dogs a month in Finland. They are a non profit making organisation and any spare funds they spend back here helping our animals. To them it is a way of life.

Have a good look around our website, if you feel you would like to adopt or foster an animal, help out at the kennels as a volunteer dog walker or one of the many other tasks that need doing contact us.

If you would like to make a donation or sponsor an animal, please do not hesitate to contact us.