Yeah, I get what you mean. I live bare-foot from Feb to Nov in the UK if I can, and always careful where I step. But we walk Cobie to local parks and woods every day - and she gets a village walk most mornings too, but you can't always time that around her meals - so when she's gotta go, she's gotta go! haha... least this way we can still enjoy a lawn AND enjoy our dog (who we're very smitten with!)