Dear Dog-Loving Dog Walker,

I know you love your dog, and I know you care enough to walk your dog so not only can you two have bonding time, but also some exercise time.  As an animal lover and former dog owner, I tried to be considerate; you are not.  Yes, dogs poop; everybody poops. I, HOWEVER, DO NOT WANT YOUR DOG POOP IN MY YARD.

I do not want to step in dog poop when I walk to my mailbox.  I do not want to step in your dog's poop when I am working in my yard.  I do not want my company to step in your dog's poop while they are visiting me or while we are sitting outside on a pleasant summer evening.   I do not even want to smell your dog's poop.

Maybe you don't realize it, but there is nothing more disgusting than stepping in dog poop. It  squishes up around the edges of your shoe, gluing itself to all the crevices in the sole, and the stench can easily gag you.  Cleaning the shoe is difficult and the odor lingers.  If you are in a hurry, focused on something else, and have stepped in dog dung unknowingly, it can also smear across your car's floor mats or even the carpet in your house before you make the grisly discovery. 

So, dear Doggy Lover, if you weren't selfish and obtuse, and if you really cared about other people, you would not walk your dog past anyone's house, allowing it to take a dumper in someone else's yard.  If you have no control, walk your dog in your own yard.  (By the way, you can train a dog to take a dumper in a specific area of your property, and yes, you could walk your dog after he pooped so he hopefully wouldn't need to go again on the walk, but for whatever reasons, you choose not to do so. Here's a novel idea -- you could even scoop it up, like responsible dog owners in NYC do.)  Perhaps, though, you blatantly hope your dog poops somewhere else other than your own yard.  Maybe you're just unthinking. Whatever the thinking, or non-thinking, stop the dumping in someone else's yard unless you're armed with a pooper-scooper and use it.

I think it's only fair to invite all the property owners who have your dog's poop in their yards to scoop it up and dump it back in your yard.  Or perhaps we should all just go to your yard and poop all over your property for you to step in it and smell it so you would understand how we feel.