Nitrogen level in female dog urine is high leaving spots on lawn. How can you prevent this besides watering?

Answer 1

Training the dog to urinate in one particular spot in the corner of the yard would keep the spot located in one area. Preferably this would be an area where there is concrete or gravels.

Concentrated salts and ammonia in the urine will kill grass because ammonia contains nitrogen. Nitrogen is found in most fertilizers, so you are essentially getting a nitrogen burn.

Frequently washing the area with a water hose where the dog urinates will help dilute the ammonia. Running the sprinkler is not a substitute.

Gypsum pellets are available at farm/garden centers to place on brown spots. Make sure your dog drinks plenty of fresh water & reduce high protein food & snacks in order to lower ammonia levels in urine.

Female dogs tend to sit and squat in one place, so the problem is more common among female dogs.

Kentucky bluegrass is particularly sensitive to urine burn. Fescue is more resistant.

Again, curbing the dog in one area of the lawn and keeping urine spots flushed to dilute the ammonia will minimize problems.

The dog food supplements do not work, they are just a gimmic to take your money and may cause pancreas problems and kidney disease in your dog,

Answer 2

When nature calls, dogs do what they must, where they must (after all, a pristine green lawn is a human invention, far beyond the comprehension of the canine brain). The brown spots caused by urine are simply the result of too much of a good thing--namely, an overconcentration of nitrogen, which burns the grass.

Steps:
1. Consider the kind of maintenance your lawn gets. The soil beneath a highly fertilized lawn already contains large concentrations of nitrogen--and a little more, courtesy of a dog doing his duty, is enough to push the grass over the edge. (Female-dog urine is not more potent than that of males. It causes more trouble simply because females tend to urinate all at once in one spot.)

2. Turn on the hose and flood the spot if the deed has just been done. Even within a few days, a thorough flushing should head off any damage, and before long the grass will grow back as good as new.

3. In cases where the damage has been in place for a while, dig out the damaged turf and flush the soil with plenty of water to dilute the excess nitrogen.

4. Reseed or resod the spot.


Overall Tips:
Urine damage has nothing to do with acid, so canine dietary supplements that alter the urine's pH have no effect on the "burn" spots.

Answer 3

Talk to your vet to see if you can change your dog's food to one that has a lower level of protein in it. Nitrogen is ultimately caused by protein in the diet. You don't want to cut out all protein though. Watering is a great way to take care of those brown spots, but is is hard to follow your dog around with the water hose every time she relieves her self.

Answer 4

no scientist here. i have a dog and i only let him go to the potty in a certain area of the yard. you can fence off a portion of the yard you don't mind loosing a little grass. if this is not an option, maybe you can call a lawn service company out of your phone book and they can give you advice for the lawn. good luck.

Answer 5

There are products you can buy to put on the lawn and give the dog, I do not know how they work though.. I don't have a problem with it and I have several, intact females.

There are some links for you below, one sells products you can give your dog.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Stop giving the dog water.

Answer 8

Put a tab of vinegar in the drinking water