We have a ten month old puppy who is a squatter not a leg cocker. Tonight we had a man shout us back from down the street as he had seen my dog squat apparently (in his words)shitting everywhere and we never picked it up. It was quite embarrassing as he was quite loud and confrontational and my dh calmly went back and explained that the dog was a male puppy and had squatted to wee, the man wasn't convinced, so my dh invited the man to find the poo which we would pick up. The man was a bit embarrassed and apologised after finding no poo but a damp patch from the wee. He said he was inundated daily by people allowing their dogs to poo and walk off outside his home which I understand happens and is unacceptable. We always pick up and carry plenty of dog poo bags which we showed the man in our defence.
I don't want to feel a bit self conscious each time my puppy squats to wee and feel as if I should act out a fake poo pickup to appease anyone who might be looking. I understand peoples frustration about dog mess in the streets and how irresponsible dog owners give the good ones a bad reputation. I just want to walk my puppy responsibly and without confrontation. Hopefully he might become a leg cocker in time and this will solve the problem.
Has anyone been challenged by someone whose dog was squatting to wee, or if not what do you do that I am not doing right.