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  I can also see both sides.  Your little dog will leave a very little pile, and you clean up after your baby.  You are a good pet owner.  However, years ago, we had three neighbors with dogs, and I had only an indoor cat.  Every time I mowed my lawn, I had to shovel poop from big dogs (or step in it).  It was so frustrating.  Also, one neighbor walked her dog up the street to the dam (where everyone walks dogs), and he would pee on our bush.  Well, every other dog going by pee-ed on that bush too, and eventually we lost the bush.  Well, we no longer have all those dogs in the neighborhood, and now I am the dog owner.  I really try to respect other people's lawns.  But, it is hard.  
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