“...cool mountain meadows for exercise...”
My ass! People take their dogs out to “exercise” to pee and crap in places other than their own property. Dog owners should be fined or prohibited from bringing their mutts into any park or on any hiking trails where humans walk, unless they have a pooch poop bag over their head.
I agree 100% with you-dogs and cats are pets, and pets (and their messes) should remain on your property, and not happily running loose in the meadows, especially where there is livestock nearby-that is just about any rural area here. The fine in this county for an unleashed dog is astronomical, with good reason.
Maybe somebody should explain this in a little more detail to you.
Perhaps a sketch would help.