I would think a corn field would be a preferable place for him to take a dump. As far as the bucket of poop to the neighbor, that is a hilarious story. How could someone be so ignorant as not to know it is rude to allow the dogs to dump all over someone else's yard.
I've got a tritronics training collar for my dog, I think that should work good to teach her not to mess with them, if not I will move up to a cattle prod, that should most definitely do the trick. She is a bird dog but she has been around penned chickens before and didn't point them like she...
I believe this is due to the fact that the Golden Retriever is one of if not the most popular breed kept for a pet, so ya the statistics will point to many bites due to the number of dogs, difference is how many golden retrievers kill or maim people/children, small dogs can be nippy as well, but...