Italian city orders dog owners to wash away urine or face €500 fine

Is spritzing it a few times really going to help? I can’t imagine there’s a practical way to clean dog urine off cement without a hose and maybe a broom. Maybe just dumping a water bottle on it, but depending on the drainage it might not even go anywhere. So you have the same stank, just delayed.

Imagine that having a 100%stone environment has downsides, wouldn't be a problem if they had a little bit of grass or dirt.

You'd need to carry your dog's body weight in water to be able to wash all the piss they do on a normal walk.

We have to be honest: Many people shouldn't own dogs. Dogs shouldn't be in small apartments while their owner is away at work. Dogs are social animals, they need company. Dogs shouldn't be in an crowded environment where they have to pee in doorways, on cars or benches. Dogs need an environment where they can run freely and not only on a leash. If you can't provide your dog with that, you shouldn't buy one.

And if you buy one, you need to train it to ensure that the dog is not a danger to other people and will not annoy them by barking at everything everytime.

(the same applies to cats...)

Is this rise in pet ownership a continent-wide thing? I've noticed that here too

if only they can have this in the west coast.