Dogs and Lawns

I wonder if anybody has found a solution to the problem of the brown spots which appear on the lawn as a result of dog urine?

I am sure that there must be some preparation that I can put on the lawn to help with this problem, but when I have asked at my local gardening center they just look at me as though I am from another planet.

One assistant said that the best thing was to get rid of the dog. This was not the solution that I was thinking of.

Any suggestions would be very welcome.

John

 

I would suggest watering your lawn regular as it will dilute the dogs urine, Apart from that shoot the dog............lol

 

Bitches are worse for killing grass if you can go out with the dog when it goes for a pee and as Slinky says just water the spot you will actually do the grass good the urine contains high levels of nitrogen cocentrated it burns diluted it fertilizes.

 

Thank you, I will give these suggestions a try.
John

 

As Walnut has said does work to some extent as I have had 3 bitch german sheperds over time and as long as you are quick after they have had a pee and keep it up it helps the lawn a lot

 

Brown spots are made by both bitches and dogs - just depends whether they are normally in a squatting position to Pee or otherwise...................

 

Oh so it is my little boy killing my grass! - I have been blaming his girl friends that come round to visit him!

 

We have a Rhodesian Ridgeback (puppy) dog and our friends were surprised that it did this to the grass as they all said it was usually bitches who had the stronger urine.
Another friend has stated that we should run out after the dog with a bucket of water and throw it over the urine spot just after the dog squats, but doing this first thing in the morning with your PJ's on when you simply want to open the door for the dog is a bit of a pain!

But my main point here is what do you do with those patches of grass that seem to be dead after months of urine?
We now have large patches of both our front and back lawns that are just big brown areas after about 4 months of dog urine. We have started dilluting the urine now after the dog squats, but is there any way of reviving these areas? Is there something we can buy in terms of food/solutions that will assist with the regrowth?

 

Wash it off as much as you can and re seed all year round.
My Dog is 13 and have been doing it for years.
Or you could train the dog to one spot.
My sister in law did this with her dog.
She got some puppy training mats .
He 'the dog' used them for a while in the garden in one place now he goes in the one spot where the mats were placed.
She as put a square of bark down.
He is nearly 2 years old. :thumb:

 

I read somewhere to add tomato sauce to your dogs food, to neutralise the acid in the wee...I haven,t tried it bcos I keep forgetting..:thumb:

 

Not exactly great minds working at your local garden center are they!

 

This is the one that I have heard as well but I have never had to resort to it even though we have 5 bitches regularly 'using' the lawn.

 

There is a spray you can get but it's the same as if you dilute it with water - you need to know where they have pee'd before it burns. Really, it is difficult. I have the same problem and I feel all I can do is keep the lawn fed and then scratch out the dead areas when it is too late to do much else. I never had the problem with the dog I had in between the two bitch labradors. He used to use the shrubbery! Bitches are notorious, when it gets beyond a joke I stop her from going onto the lawn areas by putting a temporary fence across. She hates it but its the only way is to stop her going on there. Commiserations!

 

I meant to say I have heard about the tomato sauce way but would you give your dog tomato sauce? I don't like my son having too much yet alone my dog! No way!