I walk my German Shepherd at 9/10 pm for his evening walk. I take him to a large meadow on the bank of the river. He will only poo along the very edges of the open field where the grass is longer/he has hedges to sniff along. I'm 25 years old and with my 70lb dog I feel pretty safe as he is very protective and wary of strangers in the dark (but well behaved). Anyway, my brother was home for Christmas and "forbade" me from taking this route (he is very risk-averse, perhaps overly so). This part of the park is completely dark but does back onto houses. AIBU to think he's being overly-protective and I should just ignore him? Tbh he's made me a bit paranoid now. My options are limited as I can't take my dog anywhere with a lot of wildlife (deer, rabbits etc) as he loves to chase them.
P.s my brother is not a controlling weirdo, just very caring.