I don’t care if dogs go to the bathroom in the woods or some corner somewhere, but if it’s on a trail or in a park or my yard where I might step in it, or my daughter might step in it, then it really irritates me. If the dog lives there, then of course the owner is free to do with their property as they wish, but please don’t let your dog go to the bathroom in my yard, or in a public park and then not pick it up.
I remember when my daughter was about two, we were visiting a friend upstate who was not home yet. We went to a playground park to kill time. After we played and were walking back to the car to leave, she came about two inches from stepping in a big pile of dog sh*t. I remember being so annoyed, because if she stepped in it with her sandals on, it really would have ruined the day. The sandals would have been ruined (they were leather). I would have had to carry her to the car and get her foot cleaned up somewhere, somehow. It would have been a big hassle. All could have been prevented if the person who owned the dog just cleaned up after it. I was very thankful that she didn’t step in it.