Asking Eric: Should I ask my neighbors about their disconcerting habit?
Briefly

The writer addresses a perplexing issue of neighborly relations where neighbors walk their dogs to the writer's yard for bathroom breaks. Though they maintain a friendly, low-pressure relationship, the writer questions whether to address the strange behavior without risking the relationship. The advice suggests that the neighbors may simply not realize it's a problem and that a polite conversation could resolve the matter, potentially improving the situation for everyone involved, especially since it requires extra effort on the neighbors' part.
The suspicious Gladys Kravitz in me thinks that they know that pet waste residue can make for an unpleasant yard experience sometimes and are purposefully offloading that experience to you.
Honestly, it seems like more work to leash the dogs and take them out than for your neighbors to let them go in a spot in their own yard.
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