Reviving Grass that dog urinated on?

Question

Anybody have ideas or experience on how to fix grass that is dead from dog urine? How to bring back to life?

Answer 1

Water the spot where the dog urinated. This will spread the acidic urine. Most grasses enjoy a little pee on the ground around them but I have alkaline soil. Pee is acidic. Where do you live? What does your dog eat? Is your dog old? There are things you can do with what you feed your dog but I don't know them off the top of my head. Food and age can affect the ph level of your dog's urine. Train your dog to pee in one spot of the yard ect.
This time of year the problem is probably urine but check for grubs. Get a shovle full of dirt from under the brown spot and look for white grubs. There is also dollar spot "fungal"and other potential turf grass problems you might have. Call a knowledgable lawnman or local gardener. Maybe your county agricultural extension agent.

Answer 2

Dog urine kills grass to due high acidity which screws up the osmosis cycle from the feeder roots to the crown to the leaf blade. The easiest way would be to catch yellowing grass quickly and flush through with lots of water from your garden house. Odds are once the grass is dead the spot isnt very large so if you have a healthy lawn the spot should fill in quickly from the spreading rhyzomes or stolons in the plant. If the spots are bad you may think of buying a piece of sod, just one will do and edge around the dead spot and cut the sod to fit neatly into the edged hole you have created. This is much quicker then seeding the piece in. Be sure to water the sodded area heavily as it will dry out quickly until it is well rooted. Putting a high phosphorous and pottasium fertilizer under the sod will speed root growth and establishment. Avoid nitrogen.

Answer 3

It's a nitrogen problem like you poured fertilizer in one spot. Water is the first step since nitrogen moves easily through the soil.

If the spots are small, I just leave them. Grass has a way of filling in before you know it.

If the spots are large, then either reseed or resod. If you reseed, the seed must reach the soil, so sprinkling over dead grass won't work. Also the soil should be fluffed up.....and of course the nitrogen washed down through. Problem is if Fido remains on the grass, more spots occur and the young grass plants might get squished or dug up. (dogs love fresh dirt).

Resodding might be quicker and easier. Once again you need soil contact and a fluffed soil. If done well, and fill in the seams with soil, the repairs should be hardly noticeable. Hopefully Fido doesn't decide sod pieces are good to eat.

Dogs and lawns don't match unless you have a small dog and a large lawn....and a nearly indestructable grass type like K-31.......ugly but tough. The other option is to teach your dog to do his business in a designated area.......and then you keep that area clean so he willingly returns.

Answer 4

Grass is probably a goner. Flush the area well with water and plant some new seeds. You can get something you put in the dogs food that will decrease the chemicals that kill the grass in the urine. Check larger pet stores.

Answer 5

If the grass is dead, it's dead. It cannot be reincarnated.
Use a garden rake, or something similar, remove the dead grass, break up the dirt a bit, and reseed.
Then, keep the dog off.

Answer 6

They sell a product at Pet Smart that is supposed to fix this problem, I have never tried it though. My dog has a certain area that she goes to the bathroom and she pretty much leaves the rest of the yard alone, so I haven't bothered to try it yet.

Answer 7

Lots of vinegar-either hose it first then wipe vinegar on or just use paper towels-it stops the smell so the dog won't do it again same place, and cleans the glass-then use your regular window cleaner.
Good Luck, bad doggie!