is there anything that can stop the grass from turning brown when a dog urinates on it?

Question

or is there anything that can be given to my dog?

Answer 1

You got a lot of information on why urine damages grass. One good answer is to flush it with water to dilute the uric acid. If you don't want to grag a hose all over your yard you can get a product called Dog-gon-it--it's made by Millenium. You can get it at most good L&G Centers. It's an enzyme that neutralizes the uric acid. You just spray it on (like a Windex bottle) when you see a spot forming.

Answer 2

Urban myths have arisen over what causes the grass damage. Myths like female dog urine is more acidic and therefore damaging than male. Another myth is what homeowners can do to avoid the problem such as, adding tomato juice to the animal’s diet or baking soda to its water.
The brown spots caused by urine are simply the result of too much of a good thing, an over concentration of nitrogen, which burns the grass. So if you see the dog, flood the spot. 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.

Most burn spots will recover with time and regrowth. 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. Reseed or resod the spot


Dr. Steve Thompson
"Of the four grasses tested, Festuca sp. var. Kentucky 31 (fescue) and Lolium perrene (perennial ryegrass) were the most resistant to urine effects. In fact, the urine routinely produced a fertilizer effect on these grasses at diluted concentrations. Poa pratensis (Kentucky bluegrass) and Cynodon sp. var. Fairway (bermuda grass) were very sensitive to any urine concentration and severe burns resulted, persisting greater than 30 days after initial exposure to even four ounces of diluted urine. Even on the most urine resistant grass tested (fescue) urine concentration was a bigger problem than urine volume. Concentrated urine with volumes as little as 30cc (one ounce) caused lawn burn even on fescue grasses."


http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/turf/dog_la..

Answer 3

Nope!

There was some people in my condo complex years ago that had big dogs and where they peed is only now starting to grow back grass.

My parent's dog killed a shrub they always peed on. Pee kills!

Answer 4

try adding a turf builder to your lawn water in well this should bring back the lawn quicker thicker and greener.