As dog owners of some 25 years and keen gardeners, we have never been troubled by the dreaded yellow patches on our lawn, however since bringing home our most recent labrador (who is a male) we have a constant battle with dead patches. I was always under the impression that this was a condition caused by bitches. I have been told that giving the dog tomato ketchup may cure the problem. We try washing away with water but its difficult to be around every time he piddles. Does anyone have any experience of this. We love him to bits so if it comes to it we may have to astroturf..... Thanks

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"Brian55" wrote in message
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As dog owners of some 25 years and keen gardeners, we have never been
troubled by the dreaded yellow patches on our lawn, however since
bringing home our most recent labrador (who is a male) we have a
constant battle with dead patches. I was always under the impression
that this was a condition caused by bitches. I have been told that
giving the dog tomato ketchup may cure the problem. We try washing away
with water but its difficult to be around every time he piddles. Does
anyone have any experience of this. We love him to bits so if it comes
to it we may have to astroturf..... Thanks




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Brian55

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Mike said:

"Brian55" wrote in message
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As dog owners of some 25 years and keen gardeners, we have never been
troubled by the dreaded yellow patches on our lawn, however since
bringing home our most recent labrador (who is a male) we have a
constant battle with dead patches. I was always under the impression
that this was a condition caused by bitches. I have been told that
giving the dog tomato ketchup may cure the problem. We try washing away
with water but its difficult to be around every time he piddles. Does
anyone have any experience of this. We love him to bits so if it comes
to it we may have to astroturf..... Thanks


Get him Green-ums:
http://www.jefferspet.com/ssc/produc...og&dept_id=748

You've tried these?

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Eggs

-A little bit of pain never hurt anyone

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Mike said:

"Brian55" wrote in message
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As dog owners of some 25 years and keen gardeners, we have never been
troubled by the dreaded yellow patches on our lawn, however since
bringing home our most recent labrador (who is a male) we have a
constant battle with dead patches. I was always under the impression
that this was a condition caused by bitches. I have been told that
giving the dog tomato ketchup may cure the problem. We try washing away
with water but its difficult to be around every time he piddles. Does
anyone have any experience of this. We love him to bits so if it comes
to it we may have to astroturf..... Thanks


Get him Green-ums:
http://www.jefferspet.com/ssc/produc...og&dept_id=748

You've tried these?

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Eggs
No but i have some clients who have and it has cleared the problem up.

Mike said:

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Mike said:

"Brian55" wrote in message
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As dog owners of some 25 years and keen gardeners, we have never been
troubled by the dreaded yellow patches on our lawn, however since
bringing home our most recent labrador (who is a male) we have a
constant battle with dead patches. I was always under the impression
that this was a condition caused by bitches. I have been told that
giving the dog tomato ketchup may cure the problem. We try washing away
with water but its difficult to be around every time he piddles. Does
anyone have any experience of this. We love him to bits so if it comes
to it we may have to astroturf..... Thanks


Get him Green-ums:
http://www.jefferspet.com/ssc/produc...og&dept_id=748

You've tried these?

--
Eggs
No but i have some clients who have and it has cleared the problem up.

Interesting. I've not heard of that product before. Thanks.

--
Eggs

-Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake
when you make it again.

Brian55 wrote:
As dog owners of some 25 years and keen gardeners, we have never been
troubled by the dreaded yellow patches on our lawn, however since
bringing home our most recent labrador (who is a male) we have a
constant battle with dead patches. I was always under the impression
that this was a condition caused by bitches. I have been told that
giving the dog tomato ketchup may cure the problem. We try washing away
with water but its difficult to be around every time he piddles. Does
anyone have any experience of this. We love him to bits so if it comes
to it we may have to astroturf..... Thanks

Most products that "fix" this in dogs do so because they contain
sodium, which makes the dog drink more water, so the dog self-dilutes
his own pee.

However, then you're aiding your lawn at the long-term expense of your
dog's kidneys and cardiovascular health.

You could try training the dog to go in one place, & plant something
hardy there, or surround it with shrubs. You could designate the front
lawn as the show lawn, & the back lawn as the "dog pee" lawn, & just
accept that one will never be as nice as the other.

Curiously enough, I just got a lab last December, and that's when I
really noticed the problem. I don't know if labs are more potent, or
just have larger tanks.

Thanks for that. Seems more sensible than previous entries. The dog is much more important than the lawn and I'd hate to cause him any grief now or in the future. Recent rain has helped and things don't look as bad as they did. I have also taken time to encourage him to go to the bottom of the garden where its a bit shadier and that seems to have helped too. Thanks for input.

I have the "bitch urine" problem, too. Male dogs pee all over the place and
don't tend to kill the grass because of the dispersion. My beta female,
however, squats and pees a concentrated assault to my yard and then the pack
leader sniffs it out and pees right on top for the double whammy. This
double smart bomb is hell on the grass.

I've tried several things...

1) ignore it, it's just grass
2) leave a watering can by the back door. Watch where the bitches go in the
morning and hose it down.
3) I set the sprinkler timer to run a few minutes after I usually let the
dogs out first thing in the morning.
4) Once in a while I use the hose to flush the dead area of pollutants and
then drop a few grass seeds there and it grows in.

That morning pee is the worst because it tends to be the most.

None of this is a cure but it keeps it reasonable.

The unusual thing about this is he's a boy. He's our fifth labrador and we've never had the problem before. However he does persist at one spot, and dumps a whole bladder load, which I think is the real problem. All comments useful. I'll try the watering can and hose approach. Thanks