To the Editor:

I am writing to vehemently concurthatTony Cirillo’s response (“Do Unto Others …,” 7/18) to Wendy McClure’s piece (“What’s a Dog to Do Around Here,” 7/4) was spot on.

Like Mr. Cirillo, let me first say that I am a dog lover. Their owners, however, continually fail to understand that others choose not to own a dog for varied, personal reasons. I agree that dogs should defecate and urinate only in their owner’s yards and people should never dispose of doggy waste in anyone else’s trash cans.

When I’ve asked my neighbors to have their dogs “go” somewhere else, they’ve stared at me like I must be the Wicked…

August 1, 2018