i've seen people pick up shit from dogs that were not theirs, but those people didn't own a dog in the first place so i can see why dog shit in their yard would offend them. yeah, sure, some people have kids. maybe some of those people pick up dog shit so their kids don't run through it. but it's not a common thing. maybe where you live, but i would put money on it not being common across the country

and defnitely not in this area. no one in my family who has dogs picks up their shit in their own yard. none of my dog-owning friends or coworkers do it in their own yard. in the 8 houses that immediately surround mine, 5 of those have at least one dog. 3 have children. none of them pick up shit in the yard