Dog Walking; Cat Boxing

I have some houseguests for the summer, and one needs to be taken outside to poo.

Can I just say... I really like the boy, and I really like the dog. Of all the dogs I could possibly live with, I would want to live with this dog. Unless there exists a dog that is actually a cat--that is the dog I would rather live with.

I am really bad at the dog walking. The walking part is fine, right. I have been walking for more than 25 years. It's the other part: the "taking care of business" in front of all the freaking people in my neighborhood who just HAPPEN to pull into their driveways whenever I am walking Siam across their yard, and she's like "THIS is a good place to poo!!" and the people are glaring at me and I'm waving my plastic bag around to indicate that I fully intend to curb my dog and it is very embarrassing and sometimes I want to die.

And then sometimes while I am doing the curbing thing (which, btw, is gross) the jackasses across the street will yell comments out at me like "is that a DEER or a DOG? HAHAHAAHA" and I'm wondering if it is possible to maybe purchase a backyard without the house attached because this urban dog owner thing BLOWS.

Anyway.

If any people ever try to convince you that dog walking is preferable to cat boxing because of "that awful ammonia smell," they are probably not curbing their dog and you should kick them.