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Don P

18-04-2004, 07:04 PM

How can I get rid of some dead spots in my lawn caused by my dog using the
area as her bathroom? I've tried to confine her to a certain area but during
the winter months she has taken to doing her duty closer to the house and
has killed the grass around my patio.
Is cleaning out the area and replanting best and how can I keep her out?

--
Treasure Today You're Not Promised Tomorrow
Don

DIE SPAMMER !!!

18-04-2004, 10:08 PM

Female dog? Female dogs are known for high acidity in their urine. Tomato juice
is suppose to help with that. Training your dog to pee somewhere else isnt'
that hard.

The dog doo will burn also and cleaning it up right away will prevent that too
of course.

Don P wrote:

> How can I get rid of some dead spots in my lawn caused by my dog using the
> area as her bathroom? I've tried to confine her to a certain area but during
> the winter months she has taken to doing her duty closer to the house and
> has killed the grass around my patio.
> Is cleaning out the area and replanting best and how can I keep her out?
>
> --
> Treasure Today You're Not Promised Tomorrow
> Don

Don P

20-04-2004, 03:07 AM

Yes it's a female and she is being trained to use an area where the grass
doesn't grow anyway and is out of the way.
The tomato juice, do we just mix it in the soil? will lime do the same as
the juice?
TIA

"DIE SPAMMER !!!" > wrote in message
...
> Female dog? Female dogs are known for high acidity in their urine. Tomato
juice
> is suppose to help with that. Training your dog to pee somewhere else
isnt'
> that hard.
>
> The dog doo will burn also and cleaning it up right away will prevent that
too
> of course.
>
> Don P wrote:
>
> > How can I get rid of some dead spots in my lawn caused by my dog using
the
> > area as her bathroom? I've tried to confine her to a certain area but
during
> > the winter months she has taken to doing her duty closer to the house
and
> > has killed the grass around my patio.
> > Is cleaning out the area and replanting best and how can I keep her out?
> >
> > --
> > Treasure Today You're Not Promised Tomorrow
> > Don
>

DIE SPAMMER !!!

20-04-2004, 05:06 AM

no, you put the tomato juice in the dogs food or water . dont need much I would
think . if you can get the dog to eat the tomato then thats better. how much I
am not sure. A vet or someone else could advise on that .

Don P wrote:

> Yes it's a female and she is being trained to use an area where the grass
> doesn't grow anyway and is out of the way.
> The tomato juice, do we just mix it in the soil? will lime do the same as
> the juice?
> TIA
>
> "DIE SPAMMER !!!" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Female dog? Female dogs are known for high acidity in their urine. Tomato
> juice
> > is suppose to help with that. Training your dog to pee somewhere else
> isnt'
> > that hard.
> >
> > The dog doo will burn also and cleaning it up right away will prevent that
> too
> > of course.
> >
> > Don P wrote:
> >
> > > How can I get rid of some dead spots in my lawn caused by my dog using
> the
> > > area as her bathroom? I've tried to confine her to a certain area but
> during
> > > the winter months she has taken to doing her duty closer to the house
> and
> > > has killed the grass around my patio.
> > > Is cleaning out the area and replanting best and how can I keep her out?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Treasure Today You're Not Promised Tomorrow
> > > Don
> >

Peacemaker 9001

20-04-2004, 07:03 AM

Steveo

20-04-2004, 02:05 PM

Is that a picture of your dog shit?

(Peacemaker 9001) wrote:
> --WebTV-Mail-25021-4083
> Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit
>
> we had dead spots in our lawn from washing the car and pouring the water
> from the bucket on the grass.forgot it had hard chemicals in it.
> i dug out the spots in the grass.i filled it with dog feces.i cut the
> grass and i rake the cut grass over the dog feces.
> i took 3 weeks and new grass filled in.it looked like new.
> my plants were failing.i dug em up,and i put dog feces in the
> hole.replanted the plants.all my plants are blooming perfect.
> only problem my two dogs broke their cable and ran away.
>
> --WebTV-Mail-25021-4083
> Content-Description: signature
> Content-Disposition: Inline
> Content-Type: Text/HTML; Charset=US-ASCII
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit
>
> <html><html>
> <body bgcolor="#0000ff" text="#fffff0">
> <bgsound src="http://wtv-zone.com/valinpa/songs2/proud2bamerican.mid""
> autostart loop="5">
> 
> <center>
> <img src="http://wtv-zone.com/valinpa/gifs/geeseflyin.gif">
> </center>
> 
> <center>
> 
> <a href="http://wtv-zone.com/valinpa/Sigsations-Sig-Maker.html" nocolor>
> Sigsation's Sig Maker</a>
> </center>
> 
> </body>
> </html>
>
> --WebTV-Mail-25021-4083--

RoyDMercer

21-04-2004, 07:02 AM

I'm not sure if it was, but I can send you a pic of some of my dogs' if you
really want one. Be sure to specify 'day old' or 'steamer' in your request.

"Steveo" > wrote in message
...
> Is that a picture of your dog shit?
>
> (Peacemaker 9001) wrote:
> > --WebTV-Mail-25021-4083
> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit
> >
> > we had dead spots in our lawn from washing the car and pouring the water
> > from the bucket on the grass.forgot it had hard chemicals in it.
> > i dug out the spots in the grass.i filled it with dog feces.i cut the
> > grass and i rake the cut grass over the dog feces.
> > i took 3 weeks and new grass filled in.it looked like new.
> > my plants were failing.i dug em up,and i put dog feces in the
> > hole.replanted the plants.all my plants are blooming perfect.
> > only problem my two dogs broke their cable and ran away.
> >
> > --WebTV-Mail-25021-4083
> > Content-Description: signature
> > Content-Disposition: Inline
> > Content-Type: Text/HTML; Charset=US-ASCII
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit
> >
> > <html><html>
> > <body bgcolor="#0000ff" text="#fffff0">
> > <bgsound src="http://wtv-zone.com/valinpa/songs2/proud2bamerican.mid""
> > autostart loop="5">
> > 
> > <center>
> > <img src="http://wtv-zone.com/valinpa/gifs/geeseflyin.gif">
> > </center>
> > 
> > <center>
> > 
> > <a href="http://wtv-zone.com/valinpa/Sigsations-Sig-Maker.html" nocolor>
> > Sigsation's Sig Maker</a>
> > </center>
> > 
> > </body>
> > </html>
> >
> > --WebTV-Mail-25021-4083--

Steveo

21-04-2004, 08:02 AM

Are you too?
>
>
"RoyDMercer" > wrote:
> I'm not sure if it was, but I can send you a pic of some of my dogs' if
> you really want one. Be sure to specify 'day old' or 'steamer' in your
> request.
>
> "Steveo" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Is that a picture of your dog shit?
> >
> > (Peacemaker 9001) wrote:
> > > --WebTV-Mail-25021-4083
> > > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII
> > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit
> > >
> > > we had dead spots in our lawn from washing the car and pouring the
> > > water from the bucket on the grass.forgot it had hard chemicals in
> > > it. i dug out the spots in the grass.i filled it with dog feces.i cut
> > > the grass and i rake the cut grass over the dog feces.
> > > i took 3 weeks and new grass filled in.it looked like new.
> > > my plants were failing.i dug em up,and i put dog feces in the
> > > hole.replanted the plants.all my plants are blooming perfect.
> > > only problem my two dogs broke their cable and ran away.
> > >
> > > --WebTV-Mail-25021-4083
> > > Content-Description: signature
> > > Content-Disposition: Inline
> > > Content-Type: Text/HTML; Charset=US-ASCII
> > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit
> > >
> > > <html><html>
> > > <body bgcolor="#0000ff" text="#fffff0">
> > > <bgsound
> > > src="http://wtv-zone.com/valinpa/songs2/proud2bamerican.mid""
> > > autostart loop="5"> 
> > > <center>
> > > <img src="http://wtv-zone.com/valinpa/gifs/geeseflyin.gif">
> > > </center>
> > > 
> > > <center>
> > > 
> > > <a href="http://wtv-zone.com/valinpa/Sigsations-Sig-Maker.html"
> > > nocolor> Sigsation's Sig Maker</a>
> > > </center>
> > > 
> > > </body>
> > > </html>
> > >
> > > --WebTV-Mail-25021-4083--

RoyDMercer

21-04-2004, 05:04 PM

Nope, I got a real computer and I have no desire to put screwy colors and
songs in my messages.

"Steveo" > wrote in message
...
> Are you too?
> >
> >
> "RoyDMercer" > wrote:
> > I'm not sure if it was, but I can send you a pic of some of my dogs' if
> > you really want one. Be sure to specify 'day old' or 'steamer' in your
> > request.
> >
> > "Steveo" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Is that a picture of your dog shit?
> > >
> > > (Peacemaker 9001) wrote:
> > > > --WebTV-Mail-25021-4083
> > > > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII
> > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit
> > > >
> > > > we had dead spots in our lawn from washing the car and pouring the
> > > > water from the bucket on the grass.forgot it had hard chemicals in
> > > > it. i dug out the spots in the grass.i filled it with dog feces.i
cut
> > > > the grass and i rake the cut grass over the dog feces.
> > > > i took 3 weeks and new grass filled in.it looked like new.
> > > > my plants were failing.i dug em up,and i put dog feces in the
> > > > hole.replanted the plants.all my plants are blooming perfect.
> > > > only problem my two dogs broke their cable and ran away.
> > > >
> > > > --WebTV-Mail-25021-4083
> > > > Content-Description: signature
> > > > Content-Disposition: Inline
> > > > Content-Type: Text/HTML; Charset=US-ASCII
> > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit
> > > >
> > > > <html><html>
> > > > <body bgcolor="#0000ff" text="#fffff0">
> > > > <bgsound
> > > > src="http://wtv-zone.com/valinpa/songs2/proud2bamerican.mid""
> > > > autostart loop="5"> 
> > > > <center>
> > > > <img src="http://wtv-zone.com/valinpa/gifs/geeseflyin.gif">
> > > > </center>
> > > > 
> > > > <center>
> > > > 
> > > > <a href="http://wtv-zone.com/valinpa/Sigsations-Sig-Maker.html"
> > > > nocolor> Sigsation's Sig Maker</a>
> > > > </center>
> > > > 
> > > > </body>
> > > > </html>
> > > >
> > > > --WebTV-Mail-25021-4083--

Chet Hayes

21-04-2004, 08:05 PM

Getting back to the OP's problem, it's very difficult to diagnose lawn
problems without having soil samples tested, being able to physically
examine the problem area, knowing when and under what conditions they
occur, etc.

However, over watering and over fertilizing, especially in hot
weather, will lead to disease and fungus problems. If you're putting
fertilizer down in addition to having it professionally done, the lawn
is getting way too much fertilizer. In NJ, I fertilize mine once in
spring together with pre-emergent crabgrass control, then once in
early Sept, then again in late Oct. These are cool season grasses and
you want to encourage the most growth in the cooler temps. I believe
it's better to skip giving the lawn extra nitrogen during the hot
summer months as it can easily promote disease and fungus.

Regarding watering, it should be done deeply, 3/4 inch to an inch and
only as often as necessary. Depending on temps and soil conditions,
this could be from about every fourth day to once a week, assuming of
course it hasn't rained. A lawn is far better of being allowed to go
dormant from lack of water in hot weather than giving it a shallow
watering every day. The watering should be timed so that it's
finished in the early morning, like about 8AM. This avoids
evaporation during the hottest times and allows it to dry out without
being wet for a long period of time. You can tell if your lawn needs
water by walking on it. When the grass does not snap back and you can
see your tracks, it needs water.

I also agree with the advice to switch to the neighbors lawn service
company. BTW, what does your service have to say about the problem?
One key benefit to a lawn service is their experience over the years
and also seeing other lawns that exhibit the same problem at the same
time as yours. You should also see if there is a county agricultural
service available. Here in NJ we have that and you can take a grass
sample to them for advice.

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