Depends on what you mean by "designer"

Aigle
Le Chameaux
Muck

Three "designs"............

What would the OP be apologizing for exactly? someone stepping over a bit of wee that will dry into the ground within 10 minutes - such an inconvenience!

Oh no, I think, I would just drop my knickers and join my dog, after all, steaming pools of urine in public are nothing to be ashamed of are they (whether human or canine sourced) and in fact we should all be used to them and realise that urination whenever and wherever the urge takes us (or our dogs), it is merely natural and not a cause for raised eyebrows.

Yep, I think this is the route I will take from now on...........

Ah, but there is the rub, it was NOT in a convenience was it?

I think we should ban public toilets altogether and we can all urinate in public, think how much council tax we could save by not having public toilets to maintain.

Great idea.

I would never apologise for my dog weeing on the pavement. I do not let any dogs cock their legs against other's property or bins etc However, if you are road walking dogs sometimes you get caught out. It's not illegal and who was this woman to be apologised to? Just a busybody member of the public with nothing better to do.

I had an argument with a woman once because the remains of an incontinent dog's poo were left on the pavement after I had picked up. It rained about half an hour later which would have washed it away but I carry a pocketful of poop bags and cannot exactly carry a mop and bucket with me.

Last time I checked, it was 'merely natural' for a dog to relieve itself when it required?

If the OP's dog has incontinence issues, how would you suggest she avoided pavements to avoid her dog urinating on them?

Well, thanks a bunch!

I haven't been spoken to like that since I was in school... the woman was just plain rude and there are no excuses for that - for all she knew I could have been a spending visitor to the Village, rather than a resident with family on the Parish Council.

I wonder if the opposite tack might be helpful to the acceptance of dogs? What I'm getting at is if I was common place to see dogs the the same environments as humans- the take them all over the place style of dog ownership- they wouldnt stand out so much. The reason I say this as recently on holiday in Devon there were dogs everywhere- in the pubs in the shops in the streets and I initially found myself staring because the dogs seem out of place but a few days later I didn't even notice them. I didn't step in any episodes of inappropriate elimination either!

Apologies for typos trying to shop at the same time!

Sorry to disappoint you but neither my elderly mother nor my dogs will be joining you. However if you are happy to do this I am sure I can get the local press involved.