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Just my two cents worth.

Personally I ALWAYS walk my mutt in our back yard. She does her business, I pick it up and then we go for a walk.

I try very hard to only walk her in the street - if it is that hot then possibly on the very edge of the lawn. If I see her about to make a deposit, as sometimes happens, (which always mystifies me as she just went) I guide her into the street.

I always carry bags and pick it up as best I can from the street.

Have a neighbor (in So. Fl.) who lets his dog go anywhere. He claims she won't go in his back yard. Sorry - don't buy it. As stated by EnglishIvy keep walking her - she will go. Eventually it will become the norm.