I once had a lady tell me she didn't think "they would appreciate me letting my dog pee and poop all over their yard" in reference to the yard we were next to - not hers. At the time we weren't even peeing, just sniffing. I always clean up the poop, but it never ocurred to me that pee on the grass at the street would bother people. We never walked that way again. She wasn't a dog person, whereas the lady whose yard it was, had 2 of her own, who I often saw walking them as well.
I would say matter of opinion, but even still I've been very conscious of it ever since then, and I try and rush my boys along to the "safe" potty area (no front yards). |