Really? I have very rarely seen dog dirt here in Germany.
We've got bag dispensers in parks here where dog owners can get bags if they haven't brought any for example.
I live in Berlin. I think it's too dirty and we should do more about it. I don't perceive dogs as a major problem. (My gut feeling would be the top problems are cigarette buds, trash from grilling parties and bottles from alcoholic beverages.)
I agree that in Berlin it is not as _major_ problem as in some other large cities, but still, it is telling that it is widely accepted as normal that all building corners that face the sidewalk are constantly pissed by dogs with the coloring of the walls clearly visible everywhere. As for poop, 90% of the times people pick it up, the rest can still ruin your day if you step into it.
I can tell that this comment has been downvoted, and I don't think it's fair to downvote people with first hand, daily lived experiences.
Perhaps it sheds additional light on the matter - a denizen of Berlin doesn't think the dogs are a problem. This idea both supports and undermines the parent thread's idea under discussion depending on how you take it, but it certainly adds color to it.
Yes. Inhabitants usually get used to it and deny the problem. But Having been to Berlin in a snowy winter, the number of brown and yellow spots dotting the freshly snowed-in sidewalk within hours is very impressive in a negative way. Other german cities are far less bad in this regard (but I didn't visit all of them).
