My husband and I walk our puppy (9 months 15 pound dog) once a day. All the other times of the day she does her business in our backyard. When we walk her, we only let her step on the sidewalk grass. We never let her touch people's lawns. If she poops, we always clean it up. We would never leave the house without the cleanup bag.
So today on our walk, one of my neighbors decided to scream at me from her front door saying I should let my dog go on her own grass. My dog didn't even pee on her sidewalk grass. I informed her that the town owns the sidewalk grass and she doesn't go on the lawns.
I'm trying to be a respectful neighbor but now I'm not really too sure on what to do or how to handle this. I called the police to make sure I wasn't breaking any laws and they informed me that I wasn't. It's not like I went home in tears crying my heart out. I'm just not trying to start a "neighbor war" now and it would be nice to not have to wonder if my neighbors are going to start screaming at me when I take my dog for a walk.
Has anyone else been in this situation, what's the best way to deal with it? I figured I would just ignore her and if she gets in my face I can explain politely I called our town police after our first encounter to make sure I wasn't breaking any laws.
So today on our walk, one of my neighbors decided to scream at me from her front door saying I should let my dog go on her own grass. My dog didn't even pee on her sidewalk grass. I informed her that the town owns the sidewalk grass and she doesn't go on the lawns.
I'm trying to be a respectful neighbor but now I'm not really too sure on what to do or how to handle this. I called the police to make sure I wasn't breaking any laws and they informed me that I wasn't. It's not like I went home in tears crying my heart out. I'm just not trying to start a "neighbor war" now and it would be nice to not have to wonder if my neighbors are going to start screaming at me when I take my dog for a walk.
Has anyone else been in this situation, what's the best way to deal with it? I figured I would just ignore her and if she gets in my face I can explain politely I called our town police after our first encounter to make sure I wasn't breaking any laws.