For nine years, a mixed-breed dog named Colega traveled across Spain with his owner, Micaela de la Maza, visiting towns and cities to find out which ones actually welcomed dogs. What they learned became SrPerro.com, the first dog-friendly guide published in Spain, and Colega became the face of a movement that pushed restaurants, hotels, and city councils to open their doors to dogs.

Fundación SrPerro Colega carries that work forward under a new name and a sharper focus. Founded in Madrid in 2024, the foundation exists to help more dogs stay in their homes for good, by giving owners and shelters the education that keeps a dog from ending up abandoned in the first place.

Behaviour problems, not a lack of love, are one of the most common reasons dogs get returned to shelters or abandoned outright. Fundación SrPerro Colega treats that as a solvable problem: give people the right information before and after adoption, and fewer dogs end up back on the street.

Academia Canina

The foundation’s core project is the Academia Canina, a set of free and solidarity-priced courses built for two different audiences: people adopting a dog for the first time, and the staff and volunteers at animal protection organizations who need practical training they can put to use right away.

• Quiero Adoptar un Perro: a course for people considering adoption, covering what to expect and how to prepare before a dog comes home.
• Resource Protection Training: practical guidance for handling one of the most common behaviour problems that leads to returns and abandonment.
• Canine Language: an introduction to how dogs communicate, so owners can recognize stress or discomfort before it becomes a bigger problem.
• Post-Adoption Adaptation: strategies for the first weeks after adoption, the period when a dog is most likely to be returned.

Alongside the courses, the foundation publishes articles and practical guides grounded in current research on dog behaviour, organized by topic so a shelter volunteer or a new adopter can find an answer quickly instead of searching through general advice online.

Colega and Tía

To make that information easier to reach, the foundation built two AI assistants named after Colega himself and Tía, a play on the informal Spanish way of asking a knowledgeable friend for advice. One focuses on everyday canine education questions; the other helps people understand Spain’s animal welfare and dog-related legislation, a subject most owners never get a plain explanation of.

Fundación SrPerro Colega is registered in the Foundation Registry of the Community of Madrid and is listed among the organizations participating in Spain’s “Eres Responsable” animal rights program, run by the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption and the 2030 Agenda.

Carrying Colega’s Legacy Forward

The foundation only launched its website and began sharing this material in mid-2025, so it is still early. But the model is a direct continuation of what Colega and Micaela de la Maza spent nine years building: go to the places dog owners and shelters already are, and hand them something they can actually use.

Explore the courses, guides, and free resources, and see how you can support the work: Fundación SrPerro Colega

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