[Erin]

I agree that they never would have arrested her if this guy wasn't a cop.

If she was specifically told not to walk them in the yard then she shouldn't have, but gosh I walk my dogs in our subdivision and clean up after them immediately and my opinion of it is - if you don't want to live that close to other people don't live in a subdivision. Kids cut across my driveway all the time on their bikes... It's just part of having neighbors. My dogs like the sniffing and peeing part of their walks more than the actual walk. They stop in every yard and walk on the grass. They are on leash and we try not to linger anywhere. We have a walking path through a bunch of people's back yards and they always complain at homeowner meetings about dogs going in their yards. Well, there is grass on either side of the path, what are they supposed to do, poop on the path? Trust me, when Loki has to go he has to go, and he poops multiple times on EVERY walk even if he had just gone in our yard. I pick it up, so these people need to lighten up! I always make a big deal about getting my bag out, letting them SEE me pick it up. THEY CHOSE to live along the walking path. There are plenty of houses in our subdivision that are way on the outskirts but these people picked a house around the central path... These people also complain about us people "in the townhouses" walking our dogs because we don't have fences. I'd STILL walk my dogs people!

ETA: There are others who do not pick it up and that's NOT OK... and a lot of them are big dogs so it's big piles.