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| Lukas Louw 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
| Our dog urinates all over the lawn, as dogs are wont to do, and we have all
these little infertile spots on the lawn that take ages to recover.
Does anyone know if there are any easy solutions to this? It can be an
eyesore.
Getting rid of the dog is not an option
Thanks,
Lukas
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"Lukas Louw" <louw1@att.net> wrote in message
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> Our dog urinates all over the lawn, as dogs are wont to do, and we have
all
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> these little infertile spots on the lawn that take ages to recover.
> Does anyone know if there are any easy solutions to this? It can be an
> eyesore.
Our dog makes very 'green spots' on our lawn- maybe you should feed your dog
some fertilizer? :-)
^^
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| Lukas Louw 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
| >> Our dog urinates all over the lawn, as dogs are wont to do, and we have
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> all
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> Our dog makes very 'green spots' on our lawn- maybe you should feed your
> dog
> some fertilizer? :-)
>
> ^^
mmm That could work, she eats anything anyway, grass, weeds, leaves etc.
Lots of fun in the fall when she swallows whole large oak leaves, these pass
straight through her, an I end up having to pull them from her butt, as
pooping does not completely push them out....
Lukas
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| G Henslee 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
| Lukas Louw wrote:
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> mmm That could work, she eats anything anyway, grass, weeds, leaves etc.
> Lots of fun in the fall when she swallows whole large oak leaves, these pass
> straight through her, an I end up having to pull them from her butt, as
> pooping does not completely push them out....
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> Lukas
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Feed her carrots once a week.
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| Doug Kanter 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
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"Lukas Louw" <louw1@att.net> wrote in message
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> mmm That could work, she eats anything anyway, grass, weeds, leaves etc.
> Lots of fun in the fall when she swallows whole large oak leaves, these
> pass straight through her, an I end up having to pull them from her butt,
> as pooping does not completely push them out....
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> Lukas
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Jeez....you must be kidding. This, for a damned dog?
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"Lukas Louw" <louw1@att.net> wrote in message
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> mmm That could work, she eats anything anyway, grass, weeds, leaves etc.
> Lots of fun in the fall when she swallows whole large oak leaves, these
pass
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> straight through her, an I end up having to pull them from her butt, as
> pooping does not completely push them out....
LOL!
Boy, I bet that's quite a sight- You down on all fours behind the dog,
trying to 'dislodge' to leaf (partly out) while the dogs wandering around
(not cooperating) gettin' 'that crap' all over the house! :-Q
^^
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"Lukas Louw" <louw1@att.net> wrote in message
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> Our dog urinates all over the lawn, as dogs are wont to do, and we have
> all these little infertile spots on the lawn that take ages to recover.
> Does anyone know if there are any easy solutions to this? It can be an
> eyesore.
>
> Getting rid of the dog is not an option
>
> Thanks,
> Lukas
>
Check the information at this link for some ideas. I like the one about
following the animal with water to wash/dillute the urine so it doesn't burn
the grass. As the article states. this would likely be quite entertaining
for your neighbors. Especially coupled with the leaf extraction manuevers!
lol
joe
Here's the article link.
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/polk/hort/lawnanddogs.html
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| Lukas Louw 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
| >> Our dog urinates all over the lawn, as dogs are wont to do, and we have
quote:
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> Check the information at this link for some ideas. I like the one about
> following the animal with water to wash/dillute the urine so it doesn't
> burn the grass. As the article states. this would likely be quite
> entertaining for your neighbors. Especially coupled with the leaf
> extraction manuevers! lol
>
> joe
>
> Here's the article link.
>
> http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/polk/hort/lawnanddogs.html
Thanks - the water idea makes sense, and the neighbors think I'm nuts
anyway, so walking behind the dog with a watering can will supply extra
entertainment to brighten up their dull lives a little more....
Lukas
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| Lukas Louw 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
| >
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> Jeez....you must be kidding. This, for a damned dog?
Yea it's like having an extra toddler in the household
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| Doug Kanter 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
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"Lukas Louw" <louw1@att.net> wrote in message
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> Yea it's like having an extra toddler in the household
>
Let me guess: If not for your wife, you'd handle this correctly, using this
dog training tool:
http://www.cz-usa.com/01.detail.php?id=65
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| Lukas Louw 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
| > Let me guess: If not for your wife, you'd handle this correctly, using
quote:
> this dog training tool:
> http://www.cz-usa.com/01.detail.php?id=65
Not quite, but if not for my wife I'd have installed an electric fence, but
oh no, that's cruel!
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| Doug Kanter 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
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"Lukas Louw" <louw1@att.net> wrote in message
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> Not quite, but if not for my wife I'd have installed an electric fence,
> but oh no, that's cruel!
>
It's not cruel. You bait the fence with something the animal likes. This
causes the animal to become quickly acquainted with the presence of the
fence. If deer are any indication, they learn after one or two visits that
the area near the fence is not a good place to be. Dogs....hard to say. Deer
are smart. Dogs are stupid.
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| Kyle Boatright 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
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"Lukas Louw" <louw1@att.net> wrote in message
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> Our dog urinates all over the lawn, as dogs are wont to do, and we have
> all these little infertile spots on the lawn that take ages to recover.
> Does anyone know if there are any easy solutions to this? It can be an
> eyesore.
>
> Getting rid of the dog is not an option
>
> Thanks,
> Lukas
Believe it or not, you can train the dog where to pee. Pick a spot, cover
it with an appropriate material (pinestraw is fine) and when you take the
dog outside, walk the dog to that spot to do his/her business. My border
collie is trained not to pee on the grass, even when he's left in the yard
all day long. It only took a few weeks of reinforcement to teach him where
to pee.
Before I taught him potty manners, I tried the pills and food additives that
are supposed to make dog pee harmless, but the only result was I had less
money in my wallet and just as many pee spots on the lawn.
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| Suzy O 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
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"Lukas Louw" <louw1@att.net> wrote in message
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> mmm That could work, she eats anything anyway, grass, weeds, leaves etc.
> Lots of fun in the fall when she swallows whole large oak leaves, these
> pass
> straight through her, an I end up having to pull them from her butt, as
> pooping does not completely push them out....
>
> Lukas
> ... too much information! Seriously, tho, other than training the dog to
> use just one area to pee, the solution is water to dilute the strength of
> the "fertilizer."
Suzy, Zone 5 Wisconsin
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| Suzy O 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
| Suggested this to a friend who had a dog who dug her way under the fence
regularly. She got too close to the wire once, the friend turned off the
electric, and the dog never went anywhere near the wire again. She was no
smarter -- or dumber -- than any other dog.
Suzy, zone 5, Wis.
"Doug Kanter" <ancientangler@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Lukas Louw" <louw1@att.net> wrote in message
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> It's not cruel. You bait the fence with something the animal likes. This
> causes the animal to become quickly acquainted with the presence of the
> fence. If deer are any indication, they learn after one or two visits that
> the area near the fence is not a good place to be. Dogs....hard to say.
> Deer
> are smart. Dogs are stupid.
>
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| Rolling Thunder 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
| On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 15:35:18 GMT, "Lukas Louw" <louw1@att.net> wrote:
quote:
>Our dog urinates all over the lawn, as dogs are wont to do, and we have all
>these little infertile spots on the lawn that take ages to recover.
>Does anyone know if there are any easy solutions to this? It can be an
>eyesore.
>
>Getting rid of the dog is not an option
>
>Thanks,
>Lukas
>
I've the same problem. It's not totally solved by putting down
a lot of lime. In Texas, I had dark green grass where the dog
went. That was with bermuda grass. Here in Carolina, we
have tall fescue. Either use a lot of lime or follow the dog
around with the water hose, ha!
Thunder
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| Oscar_Lives 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
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"Lukas Louw" <louw1@att.net> wrote in message
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> Our dog urinates all over the lawn, as dogs are wont to do, and we have
> all these little infertile spots on the lawn that take ages to recover.
> Does anyone know if there are any easy solutions to this? It can be an
> eyesore.
>
> Getting rid of the dog is not an option
>
> Thanks,
> Lukas
>
Put out a bowl of antifreeze and/or sponges soaked in bacon grease and let
nature handle the rest.
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| Lukas Louw 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
| Now why would I want to do that to our dog?
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> Put out a bowl of antifreeze and/or sponges soaked in bacon grease and let
> nature handle the rest.
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| Doug Kanter 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
| I agree. The handgun would be much quicker.
"Lukas Louw" <louw1@att.net> wrote in message
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> Now why would I want to do that to our dog?
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| Lukas Louw 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
| I guess you're not a dog person ")
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>I agree. The handgun would be much quicker.
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| Doug Kanter 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
| I am, if there's a target clipped to its torso. :-) I'm a gardener.
Dogs....gardens....violence. Life is good. :-)
"Lukas Louw" <louw1@att.net> wrote in message
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>I guess you're not a dog person ")
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| bb2004 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
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"Lukas Louw" <louw1@att.net> wrote in message
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> Our dog urinates all over the lawn, as dogs are wont to do, and we have
> all these little infertile spots on the lawn that take ages to recover.
> Does anyone know if there are any easy solutions to this? It can be an
> eyesore.
>
> Getting rid of the dog is not an option
>
> Thanks,
> Lukas
>
I read or heard once, a while back, that giving the pooch some tomatoe juice
once in a while should do the trick. Something about the acidity change
between the two liquids. (Juice & pee)
Also, I have heard this only applies to male dogs...Apparently female dog
pee doesn't cause this?? Not sure about that though...
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| Steveo 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
| "bb2004" <beebeFOUR@frontiernet.net> wrote:
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> "Lukas Louw" <louw1@att.net> wrote in message
> news:WeEpe.297997$cg1.268472@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
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> I read or heard once, a while back, that giving the pooch some tomatoe
> juice once in a while should do the trick. Something about the acidity
> change between the two liquids. (Juice & pee)
>
> Also, I have heard this only applies to male dogs...Apparently female dog
> pee doesn't cause this?? Not sure about that though...
>
Almost, Lukas. It's usually the female dog that has the grass burning
urine.
(almost always)
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| Oscar_Lives 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
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"Steveo" <moparholic@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "bb2004" <beebeFOUR@frontiernet.net> wrote:
> Almost, Lukas. It's usually the female dog that has the grass burning
> urine.
>
THAT XXXXX!
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"bb2004" <beebeFOUR@frontiernet.net> wrote in message
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> "Lukas Louw" <louw1@att.net> wrote in message
> news:WeEpe.297997$cg1.268472@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
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> I read or heard once, a while back, that giving the pooch some tomatoe
> juice once in a while should do the trick. Something about the acidity
> change between the two liquids. (Juice & pee)
>
> Also, I have heard this only applies to male dogs...Apparently female dog
> pee doesn't cause this?? Not sure about that though...
>
The tomato juice thing comes from a mistaken belief that PH imbalance is the
cause for the grass going south. It's actually caused by over fertilization
due to nitrogen in the dog urine. (It has the same effect that placing a
handful of weed and feed in a nice pile and leaving it there would or as
many of us have experienced, parking the spreader while it's stuck still
open!) Giving tomato juice to a dog (assuming they'd drink it) could cause
a number of health issues for the animal and would have no effect on the
problem at hand. As for females not causing it that's actually a bit
backward, both can cause the grass to die due to over fertilization but
females tend to create more of a problem because they squat and focus the
stream into a very small area as compared to most males who spread it over a
much larger (hence more dilluted) area of the grass and in fact usually
hitting mostly upright structures. lol So spots urinated upon by females are
far easier to see in the lawn as a rule than those aimed at (I use the term
loosely lol) by males.
This is all covered very well in the article at this link:
http://www.extension.umn.edu/yardan...LN-Nov0199.html
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| Rolling Thunder 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
| On 09 Jun 2005 20:40:31 GMT, Steveo <moparholic@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>"bb2004" <beebeFOUR@frontiernet.net> wrote:
>Almost, Lukas. It's usually the female dog that has the grass burning
>urine.
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> (almost always)
The only real difference is that the female squats, concentrating the
urine that kills the grass. Male dogs don't tend to squat and those
that do will kill the grass just like females do.
Thunder
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| Steveo 2005-06-16, 2:38 pm |
| Rolling Thunder <nospam@nospam.us> wrote:
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> On 09 Jun 2005 20:40:31 GMT, Steveo <moparholic@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> The only real difference is that the female squats,
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Nope. There is a difference in the male/female dogs urine. Many male dogs
squat too without turf injury. Females tear it up 10 times more than
males, i've seen it forever.
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