Surely my dog can poo on the pavement if I pick up immediately?

[sergeantmajor]

Well it seems I am "in the doghouse".
Taking my dog for a walk, on the lead, with DH and DD at the weekend. The dog squatted down to poo on the pavement, outside a neighbour's house (NOT on their property). The owners were sitting in their front garden and started complaining, saying I shouldn't let him poo there, it was disgusting. I said that I was going to pick it up. Then they said I should move him so he finished his poo in a woody bit down the street. I said I didn't want to pick him up mid-poo, and that I would pick it up immediately. They kept calling out, saying how disgusting it was.
After I had picked it up, they said that I ought it to hose the ground down and they were going to get their hose. Actually (if you'll excuse the description), the poo was so firm that no trace had been left. I had a water bottle with me, so I washed away the (non-existent) traces. They continued to call out abuse and f-words, even with my dd present, and the exchange turned extremely unpleasant.
As I walked away, another neighbour called out the window "well done", meaning the unpleasant owner, not me!! I think they thought I was someone who hadn't picked up.
I am fuming.
As far as I am aware, city or countryside, the dog poos, you pick up: that's it. You don't try and catch it, or move it, or shield the process from view. I can't even imagine what the alternative is.
What do you think?

That reminds me .. I was in the park the other day and apparently (it's quite a cemetery so lots of small trails) there was a small child losing control of its bowels on the grass (pretty sure dad didn't pick up) and someone's dog ran and ate a bit 🤮🤮🤮 the owner was so grossed out. Now THAT was offensive.

'its'

So a small child who is developmentally unable to achieve continence is offensive, but a grown ass adult buying and owning an animal and purposely allowing it to shit next to private urban residences feet away from residents isn't?

Ok.

Well there was a 'grown ass adult' right next to said child (don't know if girl or boy hence it's) and they did not clean up. And it (the shit) was everywhere apparently, and all the usual walkers had to avoid that whole part for a while. And there are these weird things called nappies for children.

But the child wasn't offensive - the dog eating some of what it expelled was. I can't reasonably be offended by a small child doing that when I own a dog. That's the thing about having a dog, you get a bit less precious about some of life's realities.

But I think you are looking to take offence and weren't able to see that's what I was saying. You just don't understand why people have them therefore they are wrong. Next time you see a guide dog for the blind or companion dog for an autistic child do let them know how disgusting you find the whole thing.

I agree with your neighbours and this is also why I never wear outside shoes indoors

Loving the bonkers folk on this thread! Pm me your addresses and I'll bring my dog over with some andrex and a newspaper