Lawn burn patches

[Monkey boy 1]

For those of you who own a dog, how do you stop the burn paches from appearing in your lawn after you dog has urinated on the grass ?

I have tried the 'Dog Rocks' you can buy to put in the waterbowls, some others say add some tomato juice / sauce to food.

I need some help as out lawn is becoming a patchwork of brown patches which, as the warmer weather is comming, looks very unsightly.

[anonymous-user]

Try to soak the area with water after the dog pees.

Apart from that, live with it. I did for 17 years and now I really miss those patches in the grass

[GreenDog]

I have 2 dogs, a Labrador and a Cavalier King Charles and had this problem. It seems to be worse if you let them have their first pee of the day on the lawn as it has more nitrogen on it and this kills the grass - it's similar to dumping a pile of lawn food in one spot apparently.
I also read that its worse with bhes since they empty their bladder in one spot whereas a dog will cock its leg in multiple locations.
I just had to make sure they didn't pee in the garden as much - I take them out for a walk first thing and they scorch the grass elsewhere.

[Simpo Two]

garyhun said:

Try to soak the area with water after the dog pees.

This, and lots of it, and don't delay.

[Du1point8]

Have a sprinkler setup and turn it on after dog does its business and have it water that zone to stop the burns.

[FlashmanChop]

squirt of tommy sauce in their breakfast / tea

[Rosscow]

I've not had this problem at all and we've got a large 7 year old Doberman.

It probably helps that the first wee of the day is not in our garden (straight out for walkies at 6.30am) but we've also got a large garden so plenty of space for him to choose from.

I'd imagine the washing it down with water is the main answer?

[anonymous-user]

Rosscow said:

I've not had this problem at all and we've got a large 7 year old Doberman.

It probably helps that the first wee of the day is not in our garden (straight out for walkies at 6.30am) but we've also got a large garden so plenty of space for him to choose from.

I'd imagine the washing it down with water is the main answer?

Male or female?

[Monkey boy 1]

we were getting huge burn marks from our female Greyhound (Sadly she is no longer with us), but we are getting similar burn patches from our 4 month old male Hungarian Vizsla which I am surprised with as I was under the impression that you only get major urine purn patches from female dogs.
Either that bit of info is incorrect or our Viz is a secret cross-dressing dog :-)

[Funkycoldribena]

Sorted.

[anonymous-user]

Monkey boy 1 said:

we were getting huge burn marks from our female Greyhound (Sadly she is no longer with us), but we are getting similar burn patches from our 4 month old male Hungarian Vizsla which I am surprised with as I was under the impression that you only get major urine purn patches from female dogs.
Either that bit of info is incorrect or our Viz is a secret cross-dressing dog :-)

It is usually only females, hence my question above.

[craig1912]

garyhun said:

It is usually only females, hence my question above.

Ours is a male and get the same. Not sure there's a lot you can do about it- might try having a bucket of water handy

[Rosscow]

garyhun said:

Rosscow said:

I've not had this problem at all and we've got a large 7 year old Doberman.

It probably helps that the first wee of the day is not in our garden (straight out for walkies at 6.30am) but we've also got a large garden so plenty of space for him to choose from.

I'd imagine the washing it down with water is the main answer?

Male or female?

Male

[LivingTheDream]

Monkey boy 1 said:

we were getting huge burn marks from our female Greyhound (Sadly she is no longer with us), but we are getting similar burn patches from our 4 month old male Hungarian Vizsla which I am surprised with as I was under the impression that you only get major urine purn patches from female dogs.
Either that bit of info is incorrect or our Viz is a secret cross-dressing dog :-)

We get the same with our male Vizsla - as I understand it, the reason its worse with females is because they go for a full wee straight on the grass whereas male dogs tend to squirt it up various obstacles around the garden thereby lessening the effect.

So, you're Vizsla will still be doing girlie wees - making it worse. However, we still get the problem with ours but I suspect thats due to the lack of suitable obstacles in our garden (he uses the same 4 or 5 spots).

As for the tommy sauce thing - a quick bit of research suggests that its the salt in the tommy sauce which makes them drick more water thereby diluting the wee. I'd be careful adding too much salty into a dogs diet.

[MrDan]

My Labrador Max pisses what I can only describe as the strongest herbicide know to man.

My fix has been to make sure I take him straight out after breakfast, the weekends I tend to hose it down but it still usually burns!

Hes worth it though!

[yellowbentines]

I'd love to know, as the patches on my lawn where my Westie pees are the greenest and grow quickest.

I feed him James Wellbeloved food if anyone wants to give that a try!

[anonymous-user]

yellowbentines said:

I'd love to know, as the patches on my lawn where my Westie pees are the greenest and grow quickest.

I feed him James Wellbeloved food if anyone wants to give that a try!

My dog was a female Westie. The grass grew like crazy and green around the edge of the pee spot, but inside it was straw!

[illmonkey]

Monkey boy 1 said:

we were getting huge burn marks from our female Greyhound (Sadly she is no longer with us), but we are getting similar burn patches from our 4 month old male Hungarian Vizsla which I am surprised with as I was under the impression that you only get major urine purn patches from female dogs.
Either that bit of info is incorrect or our Viz is a secret cross-dressing dog :-)

I demand pics! (Vizsla owner here)

Our male Vizsla leaves marks, we've started watering the ground daily and giving him ketchup.

[surveyor]

MrDan said:

My Labrador Max pisses what I can only describe as the strongest herbicide know to man.

My fix has been to make sure I take him straight out after breakfast, the weekends I tend to hose it down but it still usually burns!

Hes worth it though!

Same with our dalmation, Need to replace some of the hedging.

Of course he won't piss on the weeds...

[Monkey boy 1]

illmonkey said:

I demand pics! (Vizsla owner here)

Our male Vizsla leaves marks, we've started watering the ground daily and giving him ketchup.

I know it's off topic, but here he is. He is a Gunfield, for those in the Vizsla know.