What is a good way to keep my dog's urine from killing our grass or a good way to make it grow back?

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What is a good way to keep my dog's urine from killing our grass or a good way to make it grow back?

Answer 1

I had this problem too and my vet said to add some water to the dogs food to "weaken" his urine. Seemed to work for us.

As far as regrowing the grass, the dog will probably go to the same spot everytime to pee so try using some cayenne pepper on the area so the dog will go someplace else. Once the dead spot has been left alone by the dog for awhile I would think it should green back up.

Answer 2

Actually, there are NO supplements you can give a dog to make the urine less likely to kill the grass. I worked as a Certified Vet Tech for 13 years. We got that question all the time. The only thing you can do is to hose off the area immediately after the dog urinates, or you can designate an area of the yard for the dog's elimination. Other than that there is nothing you can do.  

Answer 3

dogs gota go!  

Answer 4

There's actually a supplement that the dog takes that is available at most pet stores. It cuts the acidity in the urine that kills grass. I've seen it at Petco, but I'm sure most of the stores would carry it. Sorry, I have no idea what the name of it is or if it really works.  

Answer 5

It's the uric acid in the dog pee that is causing the yellow spots in your lawn.  It's very concentrated in dogs.  Really the only remedy is to water the area where the dog peed.

Perhaps train the dog to pee on weeds to help kill them off.  My dogs pee all over the yard, but their favorite areas are in bunch grass.  Go figure.

In small concentrations urine is not bad for plants as it contains nitrogen.  But as nitrogen fertilizer is mostly salts, the high concentrations are what kill the plants, just like putting down too much fertilizer.

Rest assured that your dog urine acts as a natural rodent repellant.  Rabbits, mice, rats etc do not like to smell their predators and will stay away from the areas where your dog peed and pooped.  Granted, it doesn't make the plants that got peed on any happier, but at least the dogs are keeping parts of your yard rodent-free!