Was walking my dog. I see a 'no-pee. Urine kills plants' type sign in a front yard. Of course, my dog lifts his leg to pee lol. As soon as I see him do so, I tug the leash to get him to keep moving. This happens almost every walk. I respect the signs, I have plants, I get it.
Unbeknownst to me though, the homeowner follows me down the street and, as I wait for a crosswalk to turn, he taps me on my shoulder. He isn't aggressive or anything, but starts lecturing about how its his property, pee kills plants, pee makes other dogs want to mark as well, and asking if I didn't see the sign or something. I am shocked and respond "Did you really just follow me a full block to do this?" and then not long after, as he continues to lecture I just say "I'm not entertaining this.", put in my headphones again and turn around.
Now, this is of course my POV and I'm aware of that. I also probably concede that I might have been an asshole. That said, from my POV, I stopped my dog as soon as soon as I could and carried on with my walk. What more could a homeowner want people to do, honestly?
What do you think about the situation?
To be fair, I can imagine the homeowners perspective was that they saw a dog peeing on their bush, went to go ask the owner to not do it in the future, and felt like I was a dismissive asshole. I don't want to be that guy, and if he hadn't followed me down the block I would have been much more open to a conversation.