I have a Newfie whom I love dearly but am mourning my lawn! Brown wee patches a problem. Any ideas please?

Answer 1

I had the same problems with my Scottie *****.
The answer is to put some tomato juice (1tbsp for my Scottie, so probably half a mugful for a Newfie!) in their food and it changes the acidic balance in their wee.
I've been doing this all summer and it works (amazed to say).
Also, do water lawn frequently, and if you see her wee, water spot if you can, as that will help too.
But give the tomato juice a try - I can recommend it.

Answer 2

She shouldn't need to wee that often on the lawn. Take her out 3 times a day if poss and that should reduce the amount of wees!
Poor water over the wee as soon as she does it to dilute it and let it wash away naturely.
Visit your local garden centre and check out the products for help your lawn to restore itself. You need to read the small print carefully as some are toxic to pets which is a bit stupid! Also, you can't expect much lawn repair over the winter - it will grow back vigorously over the spring time.

If it makes you feel any better my ridgeback pup is currently sculpting craters all over my lawn. Groan...

Answer 3

Sounds like it could be a diet thing. Too much acidity in her food. Try a change of diet. Also, try putting some fertilizer on your lawn. I have just used some Cow Manure on my lawn and the grass is growing beutifully. It smells abit when it rains or is watered, but it only lasts for a few weeks and the grass comes up lovely and green and thick.

Answer 4

I use a product called lawn magic once every 2-4 weeks and it really helps keep the lawn in reasonable condition even if you have dogs

Answer 5

Take her out for lots of walkies and treat your lawn,can't you put a fence around the lawn with a gate,while your grass grows,then maybe she'll like going walkies better than doing on your lawn.best of luck.

Answer 6

count your blessings, I'd rather have a Newfie than a lawn any day, they are adorable
they're normally pretty easy to train though so you should be able to sort it out with some time and patience

Answer 7

Same here someone told me to pour water where he pees to nuetralize it but that didnt work it took time but now I take her for a 5 min. walk every mornong and every night and once midday each time she pees so there are three less patches everyday. and I only allow her in my back lawn not the front.

Answer 8

Train him/her to wee somewhere that isn't going to cause you problems. In the short term a large bucket of water poured over the area as soon as they've finished weeing.

Answer 9

Get yourself a "Pee Post". It is a yellow plastic "peg" that you place in the ground. It is treated with a scent that makes the dogs want to pee there. It becomes very easy to train them to only go in one area of the lawn. Then you can also treat that area with one of the products that get rid of the discolored grass.

If the dog is an intact male...neutering helps a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 10

Take it for lots of walks to get it out it's system and train it to only pee in the park and not on the lawn. We did this with our dogs but they sometimes still did it, especially on bonfire night.