Please be careful when walking your dogs in the campo (country-side), or even river bed areas, poison is a real problem here, anywhere there is farming there will be poison. Sometimes poison is put down for the wildlife and sometimes purposely for dogs to find.
Ask at your local vets or places like the Costa Animal Society office in Nerja for advice on local poison hot spots.
Whilst walking please keep an eye on your dogs, keep them close, if you can get them used to wearing a muzzle use one, be careful not to let them drink from the rivers and talk to other dog walkers you meet and ask them if they think it's safe to walk your dog in that locale.
National Park areas are safe.
If you think your dog has been poisoned pick it up, don't run or walk fast as this will speed the poison through the blood stream, get them to your car and always keep your vets phone number on you, in your car, or on your mobile phone. Ring them immediately and get you dog to the vets as soon as possible.
Unfortunately poison is not just a campo problem, a lot of dogs are poisoned in your gardens, if you leave your in the garden or outside when you are not there consider a messed kennel to keep them safe if poisoned food is thrown into your garden. This might be done a a grudge against you. Maybe your dog barks when you go out annoying the neighbours. Unless you see who is responsible, or have a witness it is very hard to prove.
It is worthwhile going to going to your local police and reporting what has happened as they will make a report, and if you suspect someone tell them. Maybe that person has been accused before so someone else will report something similar connected to them. The police will investigate if the same name keeps coming up.
Poison alert - Be aware!