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Walking the dog (and cleaning up after her)

February 28, 2026 | Home & garden

Darla. In The ‘Burbs, the name of the dog that keeps pooping on the neighbor’s front lawn is Darla and her owner is Agnes Festersen, president of the HOA.

Well, we have plenty of real-life stories about dogs pooping on our front lawn and in common areas of the gated neighborhood — the one that we left and in the swankier (for lack of a better term) village where we moved (hoping that residents here would be more responsible and respectful).

Apparently, being a responsible dog owner has nothing to do with how affluent a neighborhood is. There will always be versions of Agnes Festersen.

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