On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:06:29 +0100, Hugh Jampton wrote:

On 18 Aug 2009 18:30:45 GMT, Derek Turner wrote:

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:23:47 +0100, Hugh Jampton wrote:

For many years our lawn has suffered from yellow patches caused by our
dogs weeing :-( Never been able to find a cure.

Never had that problem with dogs, only bitches.

I know it supposed to be only bitches that cause the problem - I'm not
so sure. We have 1 dog and 1 bitch - could be just the bitch I suppose.

AIUI bitches tend to squat and do it all in one place: dogs tend to want
to reserve it for scenting and only do a little at a time. The /only/
effective treatment that I know of is to have a bucket of water to hand
by the door, follow her out and chuck the water where she's been. The
problem is 'burn' from an overdose of Nitrogen. You should see that when
(if on a small lawn ) it re-grows it does so far more green and
vigorous. The water dilutes the overdose of N. Nothing you can feed to
her will reduce the urea concentration in her urine, I'm afraid. Never
heard of dog-rocks, though mine does.