On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 21:04:07 +0000 (UTC), "Steve -
www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk" wrote:

"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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We laid a new law about 2 months ago and we have had a few patches of
dead
grass. The patches have a very strong ammonia smell, so strong that
when you
put your nose near the grass it almost blows your head off..

Today I have found another area on its way out so I have replaced that
the
same way. Now I am very sure she did not use this area so I am looking
for
other answers.

Dog and human pee smells of ammonia. Possibly a dog attracted to your
bitch but in that situation most dogs only mark the spot briefly so it
would be unlikely to cause such a strong smell.. More likely a person,
especially if you live on a tourist route, or near a pub or sports
stadium.

Foxes can climb or jump anything a cat could, so could easily jump a
6ft fence, but their smell is very different from ammonia:, it's a
pungent musky pong nothing like urine.

Janet.

The lawn is in an enclosed area and its not posiable for any access from a
human so its cant be that.

I am wondering if its our dog, she has been very ill and lost the plot a
little because of the drugs she is on. We dont let her in the main garden
unless we are in it but at the same time we can't keep our eyes on her all
the time. She is very well trained and would never normaly do anything
unless its in her yard area but the drugs she is one make he very woosie and
unsteady and she will often totaly ignore me, much like the wife, so I
wondering if she is just being very lasy because of teh ilness.

Oh well thanks for all the great advice, I run the cam on motion detection
and see what monster is killing my lawn.

Thanks all
Steve

Try this. Add a little tomato juice to your bitch's food. On GQT Bunny
Guinness said that doing that will stop the bitch's urine damaging the
grass. I've never tried it, just filed it away in memory! Don't know
how much. Don't know what you do if she doesn't llike it.
You can but try!


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