how can i stop my dog peeeing on my grass?

Question

weve just turfed our garden n our dog keeps peeing on it and brown patches are coming up where the grass is dying? any suggestions?

Answer 1

you can't. he is marking his territory

Answer 2

Please don't castrate your dog just for this reason. My x breed was castrated at 6 months as we didn't want him to wander or breed from him. He didn't make brown patches on the lawn until he was over 10 years old. We now get them all the time. He used to **** his leg up trees, or whatever, but now just lifts a leg a bit as he pees on the grass. I think this is because he has arthritis in his back legs and can't lift his leg as well as he used to.

Answer 3

You can't. I assume the dog is female. They squat to pee, which concentrates the pee in one place. The only thing that might help is if you followed her around and hosed the area where she has just peed to dilute the pee. Not a practical solution. Alternately, restrict her to one part of the lawn, or just resign yourself to the fact that dog plus back garden equals dead grass ...

Answer 4

I've heard, but haven't tried it yet, that putting a teaspoon of fresh orange juice on the dogs food will stop the brown patches. The only other alternative I know of is to keep the dog off the grass altogether.

Answer 5

I assume that it is a dogess? If so, mark out about 1 sq m, remove the turf and replace it with 25mm thick foam which you can get from Dunelm etc. Then, with a bowl handy, watch for the next time it wees and slip the bowl under. Empty the captured wee onto the foam and then when the dog is next ready for a wee, lead it to the foam. After a few visits the dog will learn that this is it's toilet area.

Answer 6

It really is a pain if you are both gardener and dog lover.
I presume that you have a ***** because they have larger bladders and therefore make puddles when they DO go whereas the dog tends to scent mark up trees and posts etc.and that is not quite so bad.
My cure for it is to put a spoonful of tomato ketchup in her food each day. This neutralises the uric acid. I use this and my lawns look pretty good!

Answer 7

You can actually train your dog to use a designated spot to pee. Take him to your chosen place and give a command word until he performs, then praise lavishly.

Do this every time you take him out, he will soon get the message.

My dogs are all trained to pee on command, I must say it does look impressive when you give the command"Be quick" and they all do it at the same time!! (IT is usually a coincidence that tho!!)

Answer 8

You can't stop him peeing but you can give him a product (little tasty tablets) called Green-ums. They really do work in stopping the lawn burn. There is also a product called 'Dog-Rocks' which are Australian rocks you put in the dog's water bowl... I tried these too and they're useless!

Answer 9

as a few people have said make sure you take him/her out more regularly for walks then he shouldn't need to go out on your lawn,but then again if you have chosen to have a dog then you should look after it and not complaining about where it is weeing,like other people have said if it wants it could wee in ur house then what would you do?Or the other thing its just corner a section of your garden where he/she goes then that make be easier to replace.

Answer 10

Put applecider vinegar in the drinking water... about a tsp or so in each bowl.. PHs the acidity of the urine..

If you don't like your dog peeing on your grass.. Why did you get a dog?? That's what they do..

Answer 11

Hi there you can get theses rock shape stone from your vet you put them in your dogs drinking water bowl don't ask how their work they stop your grass from going brown next time your at your vet's ask them about them hope this is of some help? My vets phone no [phone] maybe their can help you good luck.