dog rocks

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  1. woody

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    hi i have seen these advertised and wondered if anyone on here has used them, if so do they work as said
    cheers j
     
  2. Phil A

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    Hi Woody,

    Heard of Dog Whelks, Dog Violets, Dog Rose, Dog's Mercury, Dogwood & Dogfish,

    But I can't, for the life of me, work out what a Dog Rock is.:love30::what::D
     
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        'Dog Rocks placed in your dog's water bowl will reduce burn patches caused by your loving pet urinating on your lawn. Dog Rocks are made from natural occurring paramagnetic igneous rock and are completely natural, chemical free and straight from the earth! Those nasty burn patches that appear on your lawn will be gone forever!'

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          Blimey,

          Whatever next?

          Is there something I can drop in the Mrs's wine that will stop withering looks ?
           
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            More wine perhaps?:D
             
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              pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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              Dead patches on the lawn from dog pee is usually a summer thing, not enough rain to wash the concentrated liquid feed in.
              It can happen during frosty weather as well.

              Im thinking that putting rocks into a dogs water bowl sounds a bit strange.

              I wouldn't do it until I've tried them myself, and I aint going down that road.:)
               
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              Now, I had you down as a bit of a Rocker, Pete.:party:
               
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              pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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              I'll take that as a compliment Dai. :WINK1:

              probably the best I can expect.:D
               
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              I have heard of similar stuff to this before. Now would you really want to possibly effect the long term health of your girl dog ( b*tch never seems a good word to use on the forum ! ) to stop a few lawn patches. It really is not worth the risk.
               
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              It would be safer to get "a doggy ladder" then they could pee on the compost :heehee:
               
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              thats why im looking into it first mate
              j
               
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              I bought these, years ago, for my 3 female dogs and can't honestly say it made any difference :dunno:
               
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              Very weird... when I first saw the page I thought you had to train the animal to pee on the rocks. :DOH:
              If you can quickly get a jet of water onto the area where the dog has peed you'll get a nice green lawn... urea will actually green up a lawn, but the quantity in the urine is too concentrated so it needs diluting quickly in order to prevent it burning the sward. Just as effective, if you can get a jet of water onto the dog you can usually deter it from peeing on the lawn in the first place.
               
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                its an area i shut off for them , but would rather have grass on it than gravel .
                it may come to that eventually though
                j
                 
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