A few of my thoughts...
1. Every time someone starts a poop thread complaining about dogs, dog haters will chime in. There's not a lot, but there are a few, and they would have you believe that there are more irresponsible dog owners than not, and that's just not true.
2. IF your dog won't poop or pee on your own lawn, take action. Training is everything. SO WHAT if you have to take him out 50 times a day till he finally gives in and poops and pees in your yard? Who's the boss in the household?
Our latest, when a puppy, was housebroken on a lawn of pebbles his first winter, in a rental house down south. When we got back up north he was like, "What's this green stuff? I'm not using this!" It only took a day to retrain him. We moved down here, and I trained him to pee in the landscaping mulch instead of on the lawn.
3. The fact that a dog needs exercise is fine. But keep him in the street. Dogs in big cities everywhere go on cement, and owners pick it up. It's not abnormal. You can exercise your dog, and if he can't reach someone's lawn, he will go in the street if he's that desperate.
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