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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are supposed to have your dog use your own yard as a toilet. The purpose of a walk is exercise, not to find some other sucker's yard to use as a toilet. If on the walk your dog HAS to go, you avoid other people's property and clean it up afterward.[/quote]  I've fostered a LOT of dogs.  Many will only poop while being walked.  Despite taking them out in the yard often.  I don't get it but, whatever.  [/quote]

+100 THIS!  Like with some people, movement as in exercise/waking will stimulate the need for the bowels to move.  This is especially true for older dogs.  Honestly, no one can control where a dog poops or pees on a leash - although I will avoid letting the dog pee on something really lovely even if the owner is naive enough to plant it right by the sidewalk.  But grass?!  not a treasure.  My dog is on a 6-foot leash and will never be further from me than that.  I will pick up poop and the rest is frankly too bad.  There are plenty of plants that can withstand dog pee -- loriope, irises, to name two.  Plant sensibly (or don't -- but don't come crying).

Honestly I've seen abuses and don't appreciate it, and I will curse you if you leave poop at the curb so I track it in my car, or if you wander into my yard up to my house to let your dog take care of business.  I don't want either of you wandering through my gardens. Not least because it can send my dog into a frenzy and jumping at a window or door.  That ain't right.  
But routine peeing next to the public walk is life in the city. (fwiw up to 8 feet from the curb is public access in Arlington) Dogs bring so much joy and companionship and mental health in the form of regular outdoor time to so many.  Please don't "rain" on their parade. Stop and chat!  Pet the dog.  So many nice alternatives...

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