Thankfully there are many dog owners along my route with Kia so if she goes, they are just thankful that I pick it up.

I try to get her to go at home prior to the walk, but when you gotta go, you gotta go.

I do not think you were in the wrong at all. You can't control where your dog goes but you can be curteous and clean up after them, which you do.

When I lived in Okemos, there was a guy that had, a "No Pooping or Peeing" sign in his yard. I always made sure that Kia went elsewhere before we passed that house and we'd jog by real fast to avoid a "sniff and mark". From what I heard, the owner of the house was a real crochety old coot.

And since the owner of the house didn't chew you out, I think the neighbor should mind his own buisness.

I did have a scare once. Kia just had to go in this Karate School's yard. The teacher, a black belt, came running out as I was cleaning up her poop. I thought he was going to yell at me. Instead he asked where I got the cool poop bags and dispenser. LOL!!