Lawn Spots

Dakotazeb

Dakotazeb

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I have a terrible time with my two female Brittanys torching the grass where they pee. I call them a couple of little "flame throwers". It's been especially bad this summer with the hot, dry conditions. I bought some stuff from Drs. Foster & Smith called LawnGuard that I give them in the form of a treat and it's not helping. Going to email them and request a refund. Anyone have any ideas on how to help with this problem?
 
Had the same problem,was told to try vitamin C.My female gets 125 mg.once every other day,chewable form from the drug store,and have been totally shocked at how good it has worked.
 
Couldn't tell you Zeb,I never asked my vet so decided to start with a low dose and see what happened.Took a 500mg. pill and cut it in 4s. to get 125mgs.I stopped getting new lawn spots within a week and stayed with this dose.Haven't seen any adverse effects(bowl problems,etc.).Might be best to ask your vet though.
 
Dakotazeb said:
I have a terrible time with my two female Brittanys torching the grass where they pee. I call them a couple of little "flame throwers". It's been especially bad this summer with the hot, dry conditions. I bought some stuff from Drs. Foster & Smith called LawnGuard that I give them in the form of a treat and it's not helping. Going to email them and request a refund. Anyone have any ideas on how to help with this problem?
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I'm afraid Zeb many of those so-called products which claim to fix the yard do little if anything. I've tried a few of them as well with no luck. A Lawn and garden center told me to just flush the area where the dog pees with water right after they go or within an hour or so anyway. What this does is dilute the nitrogen in the urine which is what burns the grass and redistributes it to larger area which will actually do the grass some good.

Now... the problem is remembering to do it and where they go.....;)
 
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It seems to me that one has to decide between a nice lawn or having bird dogs. I gave up on the lawn a few years ago.
 
jeffstally said:
It seems to me that one has to decide between a nice lawn or having bird dogs. I gave up on the lawn a few years ago.
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I have pretty much done the same thing...I now pay a lady to do the lawns...so there is even more time for the dogs:)
 
Vitamine C is water soluble, so you don't have to worry about od'ing the dog. The body will use what it needs and flush the rest. Take a look at those "Airborne" tablets some time. They have 1000mg vit c per, and they recommend something like 2 or 3 a day iirc. I don't think a dog needs as much as the airborne tablets can deliver, but you should be perfectly safe if you do 125mg every other day.
 
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I've been worried about this happening since buying our house in October. I have to say though, that her pee has not posed a problem at all. My lawn doesn't look like Wrigley field or anything, but I am NOT noticing burn marks from urine.

I've been thinking of fertilizing, but am concerned that could be a bad combo with her pee to start burning the grass. Is it all hormonal? or does it have to do with their diet?

2 questions:
- are these intact females?
- do you use fertilizer?
 
c_d said:
I've been worried about this happening since buying our house in October. I have to say though, that her pee has not posed a problem at all. My lawn doesn't look like Wrigley field or anything, but I am NOT noticing burn marks from urine.

I've been thinking of fertilizing, but am concerned that could be a bad combo with her pee to start burning the grass. Is it all hormonal? or does it have to do with their diet?

2 questions:
- are these intact females?
- do you use fertilizer?
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Pee + Fertilizer = more burns spots. The concentration of nitrogen gets too high. But I still fertilize. Actually if there is enough rain and conditions are moist enough the dogs urine will not burn the grass. But in a dry year like this it has really been bad, even with my sprinkler system.

My females are both spayed but I can't see where that makes any difference.
 
I was thinking perhaps that an intact female vs spayed might have some different hormone levels which could be the culprit. Fillmore is spayed as well, but no grass issues. Guess it comes to do chemical reaction with the fertilizer??

if so, I suppose i won't be fertilizing the grass. The green spots may be greener, but the brown spots will be more distinct ;) vs just an overall shade of greeenishbrown
 
There should be no difference between spayed and not spayed.

Urine is urine and both sexes can leave spots. Females are more likely to do so because their "spot" is concentrated, where as a male sprinkles over a larger area.

Even when using fertilizer, you can diminish the effects by sprinkling a light application of lime over your yard. Its good for the soil and grass, and helps offset the nitrogen burn. Follow the application with a good dose of water and you should see great results. You should do this a couple times each growing season.

This information came from a lawn care site.
 
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I found the only thing that works is to build a small sand box. mine is 3'x3' and has about 4" of sand. Teach the dog or to pee there..... With males put a big ole landscape boulder surrounded by mulch near your front door, they can't kill a boulder but it will stink!
 
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