Will my grass recover!

[tornadof3]

Okay - im sure this question has been asked a millions times before.  Got my pup Archie last August and he is now 8 months old.  However throughtout winter HE has been peeing on my grass and it is covered in burn patches.  I was always proud of my grass!

Question is will it recover throughout summer??? Or is that it dead 

Any tips on what others have done will be good and all advice is muchly appreciated!

Thanks

[hedgehog]

At least your boy only pees on your grass, Woody pulls mine up in huge chunks then digs holes which my two big dogs turn into craters, in most places I,m down to soil

[floydlennon]

strange one that thought it was just bitches pee that burnt the grass floyd is nearly 3 now and we dont have any burnt patches at all sorry cant help

[ladylola]

Might be better to rake  out dead patches and re-seed.

Not just bitches that burn grass any pee will. Just dogs normally cocks their legs up walls or trees, so don't hit the grass so much.

To prevent lawn burn you will have to water the pee to dilute it when he does it. Not easy I know 

[floydlennon]

na floyd doesnt cock his leg very often out the back  he is a big girl lol

[waggytails]

You want to see my grass well actually you probably don't it is terrible, its burnt and both Hattie and Millie (now gone) like to eat grass roots and dirt. I used to have a beautiful garden.  This year we are going to try and make it look a bit better by filling in the holes they have made and reseeding.

[spanielcrazy]

I've not tried this myself, but I was just reading the other day that if you add 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to your dogs drinking water that it will help with this problem, among all the other good stuff that it does for the dog 

Even if I don't have burn spots, with 5 dogs I have pretty much resigned myself to having a lawn that looks like the scene of a tank battle 

[vixen]

Not just bitches that burn grass any pee will. Just dogs normally cocks their legs up walls or trees, so don't hit the grass so much.

Sorry to hijack this thread but just wondered ladylola how you were getting on with Eezy Peezy?
I started a thread in shopping (Green ums) when I also complained about the state of my grass   and you said you had ordered some of the herbs.

[tornadof3]

So the general consensus is - tough!! Bought Dog Rocks but they dont seem to be helping!  Any other ideas....will keep the cider vinegar stored and by when next at asda/tesco

[ladylola]

Not just bitches that burn grass any pee will. Just dogs normally cocks their legs up walls or trees, so don't hit the grass so much.

Sorry to hijack this thread but just wondered ladylola how you were getting on with Eezy Peezy?
I started a thread in shopping (Green ums) when I also complained about the state of my grass  and you said you had order some of the herbs.

Yes I have got the herbs, but wait for it  [I have no grass  ]  I got them for urinary health and also for when we go down south to our other house, where we do have a big grassed garden. Will be going down there over easter but don't know if I will be able to tell. But then again with 6 of them peeing on it I should be able to.    Will let you know. They have been having the herbs for a couple of weeks now.

[ladylola]

So the general consensus is - tough!! Bought Dog Rocks but they dont seem to be helping!  Any other ideas....will keep the cider vinegar stored and by when next at asda/tesco

I tried Cider Vinegar, The dogs wouldn't drink the water with it in, even tho it was just a teaspoon in a big owl 

I think the dog rocks take about 6 weeks to work. [If they do work that is]

[pgt38]

As a pup he his food should have a higher ratio of protein than adult food, combine this with the fact that he is probably still crouching and the urine will burn more than when he is adult. The only thing I found was to water the areas he uses to disperse and dilute the urine, rake out burnt/dead grass and reseed areas that were beyond help.

It will get better when you switch to adult food and he starts to cock his leg. But until then......!

[Sav]

So the general consensus is - tough!! Bought Dog Rocks but they dont seem to be helping!  Any other ideas....will keep the cider vinegar stored and by when next at asda/tesco

I tried Cider Vinegar, The dogs wouldn't drink the water with it in, even tho it was just a teaspoon in a big owl 

Have you tried using a different bird?! 

My grass has all gone.  I blame the chickens! 

[Frugal Mule]

Apparently a couple of tbsp's of tomato juice a day will stop the urine causing burn patches in the grass too.

[ladylola]

So the general consensus is - tough!! Bought Dog Rocks but they dont seem to be helping!  Any other ideas....will keep the cider vinegar stored and by when next at asda/tesco

I tried Cider Vinegar, The dogs wouldn't drink the water with it in, even tho it was just a teaspoon in a big owl 

Have you tried using a different bird?! 

    Bowl Sav

My Bs not working on my keyboard unless I give a thump 

My grass has all gone.  I blame the chickens!