My wife walks our dog once or twice a day. She tries to use only two areas for our dog's "business" -- our yard and common areas in our Village. I say "tries," because you cannot 100% of the time direct a dog, but the point is she attempts to get her to do all her business in OUR yard prior to the exercising walk.
We see so many people race out of their yard to walk their dog to use someone else's.
Another way to think about it is if you went back to your previous state and neighborhood, full of younger people, with different races and ethnicities and attempted to use their yard, daily, as a toilet for your pet -- would you do it there -- I bet not. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe most of us are wrong for thinking our yard is not your dog's toilet.
It is not solely about a couple ounces of urine -- it is also about respect -- which seems in short supply concerning this issue.
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