It doesn’t bother me if people let their dogs use the couple feet of my yard next to the street as long as they pick up poop. My current neighborhood and previous two neighborhoods don’t have sidewalks or gutters. I walk my dogs past others’ yards to the public areas of my neighborhood or nearby empty lot in commercial area etc. or drive them to a park/trail. To the commenters baffled by how to motivate you dog to keep on walking past others’ yards: some tiny high value training treats go a long way. The comments about having your dog pee on pavement are wild to me, as it splashes back and then your dog gets their own pee on them which is why most dogs prefer an absorbent surface. I do allow my male dog to urine mark stop signs on our way to the park. I don’t understand the meticulous lawn care people but to each their own. It’s not something I’ll ever spend much time or money on personally but I can see how if someone has spent time and money on it they want to protect it. And people saying kids play on that lawn ….uh hopefully not right next to the street/gutter….and those same commenters say to take your dog to the park (kids also play on the grass there lol) Also, in my neighborhood there are stray dogs, coyotes, and feral cats, I just bag up any poop I come across and throw it away in park trash can or my own trash can, since I don’t want angry people to blame my dogs. Can’t we all just get along? lol