I'm flaming... (Update)

 That is just ridiculous! Ugh and how cowardly can they be to keep their name off of the note.

I've had people accuse me of not picking up before too, usually right after my girl squatted to pee.  *sigh*

I say without any proof this person has nothing.  Do you have people who have seen you out and about and might be able to vouch for your picking up your dog's poop regularly?  Maybe start leaving bags in front of the office with a note attached saying "From Tootsie."  lol

 Well I talked to management today and the actual complaint came from the other leasing agent. They said that the other person on duty saw me walking with Toots with no leash. Then Tootsie pooped and I didn't pick it up because I was walking ahead. WTF? First, I am very aware of my dog and would never just walk ahead. Second, the $25 fee, I flat out refused to pay it until I had photographic proof. They weren't happy, but they said this is your warning, next time you pay the fee. I'm still irritated with the whole situation.

 Sounds like this leasing agent needs a flaming bag of dog poo left on their doorstep...

 Depending on how pissed you are, and how financially feasible it is, I bet you could get an attorney to write a threatening letter to the management promising legal action if any further unsubstantiated claims are made against you... however, it wouldn't make you terribly popular with the management and might give you trouble down the line, so....

Stuff like this is why I would rather live in my car than in an apartment or condo.  Even in old age, I hope I never have to live with other people.  I'd rather downsize to a mobile home or a freakin' RV.  (Glenda, you are my role model!!!)

That is just ridiculous!  I just don't get how this person thought it was YOU.  If you always walk her on leash (which I'm not doubting), they clearly have the wrong person.  That is really frustrating.

 I felt like a little kid being scolded. Hello, I'm 32 years old and a responsible dog owner.

I couldn't offer any reasonable advice. Warnings from my mother resounded in my head.

My two favorites from her that I might have used on the "management," who is obivously trying to set you up:

"May God have mercy on your soul, because I won't."

and,

"When I am done with you, you will wish to God that you had never met me." (That wasn't prohecy but a description of things to come, as surely as the Sun rises.)

Boy, someone has waaay too much time on his/her hands! "Warning"? I'll give you a warning, JERK!

Callie, as you are doubtless aware, alpha females DO lift their legs to pee.  I own one!  Radar, OTOH, often doesn't lift HIS leg.  Go figgger...!

 Date, time, place.  What the alleged offender was wearing? 

Maybe keep a notebook?.  My Mom, a little old gray haired lady, got upset with a management company that was ignoring the rules of their coop.  They threatened to evict my parents after Mom got on the board and became active in running the coop. The management company was replaced.  It took about a year, but Mom was on the board, had actually read the coop rules, contacted a renters rights group for legal assistance, and got the management group replaced.  She used facts and the written rules-which the management thought they could ignore and improvise.

If you can find a legal aid group, you can have them read the rules and lease and tell you what your rights are.  If management has a complaint, they should be able to tell you where and when the dump occurred, and why they thought it was you. If you keep a log book, you can refute them with facts.

You are aware of the danger of them taking this personally and targeting you.  Sometimes "management" gets a power complex .

lorib

Callie, as you are doubtless aware, alpha females DO lift their legs to pee. 

I don't consider Gracie an alpha dog, but she will lift her leg to pee on something to mark on top of another dog's "blogging"...

I'm peeved for you, Tiffy.  I'd want that person to identify me and my dog, the date and time it happened, and show a photograph of the offending poop before anything even got a warning.  That's unfuriating.  Might as well accuse anyone around of anything without proof, so they can get a "warning", too.  How insulting.

lorib

Callie, as you are doubtless aware, alpha females DO lift their legs to pee.  I own one! 

Having had alpha females and being one myself -- it all depends, Lori .... it all depends *grin*

tiffy

 Well I talked to management today and the actual complaint came from the other leasing agent. They said that the other person on duty saw me walking with Toots with no leash. Then Tootsie pooped and I didn't pick it up because I was walking ahead. WTF? First, I am very aware of my dog and would never just walk ahead. Second, the $25 fee, I flat out refused to pay it until I had photographic proof. They weren't happy, but they said this is your warning, next time you pay the fee. I'm still irritated with the whole situation.

You don't mention if you had her on leash or not?

I actually watched a couple walking past me with two dogs in tow. One began pooping while still walking, in an attempt to keep up with the couple, who had no clue their dog just pooped.  I ran up to catch them and told them their dog had pooped and they needed to go back and clean it up.  This was at a Humane Association fundraiser and I wasn't going to let some idiot get away with not cleaning up after their dog just because they weren't paying attention to him.

I'm NOT saying you did this, but sometimes, our dogs do things we aren't aware of.  My Tasha will poop at the walk.    And pee for that matter.

 Toots, was leashed, always. I'm not a fast walker so she is usually in front, but the moment she stops so do I. Her leash is only 4 ft. I was using a flexi for apt. walks, but after her being attacked by a loose pit bull last summer, we went back to the 4 ft. one.