Housing and pets

The list of reasons has existed since December 2018 and the written reason since June 2023. On the list, “pets not allowed at home” rose from 2.8% of cases from private individuals in 2019 to 5.2% in 2025, and change of address from 13.0% to 18.7%. In the written reason, housing went from 27.4% in 2024 to 26.5% in 2025. The platform changed in June 2023, so the comparison between years is only indicative.

In 2025, housing appeared in 28.2% of written reasons about dogs and in 22.0% of those about cats. From the list, “pets not allowed at home” was chosen for 5.5% of dogs and 4.6% of cats.

By size, the written reason mentioned housing for 32.8% of large dogs and 24.3% of small ones, but the difference changes from one year to the next: it does not show that size makes a difference.

This is how written reasons mentioning housing were spread across provinces in 2025. It shows where private individuals list on Miwuki, not where housing problems are greater, and in provinces with few cases the figure changes a lot from one year to the next.

On the other side are people who want to adopt. In 2025, among those who filled in the “Perfect pet” form to adopt a dog, 7.7% had moved house in the last two years and 6.7% were moving or about to. 41.8% lived in a large home with a balcony, patio or terrace and 12.3% in a small one without them. 31.8% of those living in a large home with a balcony, patio or terrace were looking for a large dog, compared with 9.8% of those living in a small one without them.

These are the answers of people who fill in the form, not of everyone who adopts. The “Who wants to adopt” section of the report has the rest of their profile.

• The list. Since December 2018, private individuals choose a reason from a closed list when listing. They can choose only one.
• The written reason. Since June 2023, they also explain it in their own words. Texts are classified into topics with a word dictionary and are never published. In a blind-reviewed control sample, more than nine out of ten topics detected were correct and around four out of five of those present were detected.
• Housing groups the written reasons that mention a home where pets are not allowed or moving house; each reason counts once.
• Limits. It is the reason stated by the publisher. It only describes the private individuals who list on Miwuki, not shelters or the whole of Spain, and it does not measure how many people give up adopting because of housing or how many animals are abandoned because of it.

Miwuki. Miwuki Report on Pet Adoption in Spain. Housing and pets (data version 2026.10.22-r1; data cut-off 22 October 2026). The card with the 2025 figure is on the downloads page. The published figures, reports and infographics are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution): you may reuse them for any purpose, including commercial use, crediting the source, the data version and the cut-off date.