Need Something for Grass, Pets Urine Is Ruining It!

My mom used to give her female dog (a pappilon) something oral and it worked, but also did damage to the little dog's insides, so if you're dog is little I wouldn't use it. Mom has 2 new pappilons now and just waters the grass after they pee. Not the entire grass, just the spot they peed on with a watering can...her grass looks great! I don't have dogs b/c my littlist one is allergic, but I'd do the same thing if I had a female dog...honestly I'd try to avoid the problem and get a male.

The only thing I have ever known to work is basically hosing or pouring water over the area of grass the animal just "went on"....it dilutes the acidity in the urine.

When we were landscaping our yard, the Landscaper told us that pets will urinate on certain types of grasses. There is one grass that they will not urinate on, so you may need to change the type of grass you have.

Have you taken your dog to the vet? My dog did the same thing! My vet said that my dogs urine was very acidic! I think that they said that there was something that they could perscribe, or that I could pick up from petsmart! Sorry this isn't much help, but I am sure that if you take your pet to the vet, they will probably be able to perscribe your dog something to reduce the potincy of the urine! Good Luck!

Hi A.,
We just started trying tomato sauce. You just have to make sure the sauce doesn't have any onions. Onions are toxic to dogs.
Good luck!
D.

You could try letting him out only when you can watch him and either direct him to go in a more appropriate spot (this may require you to walk him on a leash in your yard) or water the grass heavily after he has gone to dilute the urine. This of course would take a great deal of time and effort on your part. Instead, perhaps you can designate a non-grassy area of your yard for your dog to urinate. If you don't have such an area, it might be worth it to add a patch of gravel and train him to go there.

Dog urine burns grass because of the high nitrogen level (salts and ammonia can be an issue as well). Nitrogen in urine comes from protein in the diet. You could try changing your dog's diet to a food with less protein. Look at the ingredients on the bag/can to determine if protein is a primary ingredient in what you're feeding. There are a lot of dog foods that list corn or other starches as the main ingredient. Just be aware that if your dog is prone to GI upset or allergies, a dietary change can cause a flare up so make the switch gradual. (Fyi, I've yet to hear any good feedback about the "supplements" you can give dogs for this problem and I've been a vet tech for 9 yrs. They wouldn't be my first choice.)

Most costly but most effective would probably be to contact a trainer. Even if your dog is obedient, a trainer can help with behavior modification. http://www.barkbusters.com/

Best wishes! :)

Give the dogs tomato juice. A couple tablespoons a day or you can do 4 T. less frequently. It kills the acid in the urine and dogs love the juice

If you have a small grass area and/or concrete yard you are fighting a losing battle having a dog there. Unless you can walk it on a several-times-per-day basis off your property there isn't going to be anywhere else for the animal to go and you will be frustrating yourself and the animal. There isn't anything you should give an animal to make it pee less - the larger the animal the more it will need to go - and I have never heard of anything to put on your grass that is good for pets or people to be exposed to - except water. My suggestion is to take your dog for walks at least two or three times a day - it's good for everyone involved.

I just heard recently that feeding your dog tomatoes will help. I read some of the other responses saying tomato sauce. You might try each item and see what works best and which one your dog will eat! Whichever is cheaper too.
Good Luck.

Several people already recommended the tomato juice trick, it is the vitamin c in the juice. Our dog wouldnt eat her food with the tomato juice on it so the vet recommended just giving her vitamin c, so we did and it did the trick.

Good luck!

There are tablets that my parents give to there dogs. They get them at petsmart the dogs will eat them like treats. I think they are called greens or something like that. They have 3 dogs and they seem to work for them.

If you feed the dog dry food just add a little water to the food and that helps.

Let me tell you how easy this is to solve!!! I read this in a dog book, used it, and it WORKS!! At every feeding, put a tablespoon (more or less depending on size of dog) of TOMATO SAUCE in their food. The acid in the tomato sauce neutralizes the acid in their urine and PRESTO -- no more burned grass!! I swear this works and it is the cheapest, healthiest way to take care of this problem! Try it -- it will work!!

Good luck!
A.

I've heard making sure your dog drinks plenty of water. My M-I-L had several dogs and ONE ruined the grass. Offering more water made it better...I don't have dogs but just going off her experience...Good luck!