Anybody have any ideas how to stop your dog from making urine spots in your yard?

Question

I have a large dog and he is making dead, yellow looking urine spots all over one section of my sod yard. I have tried those dog bones you can buy that are supposed to stop the pee spots but they are getting rather expensive when he has to eat two a day to keep him from making the spots. Does anybody know of any other way to stop him from making these spots in a natural way other than the store bought bones and liquid treatment?? Please help, he is making my yard look like a yellow and green dalmation. LOL.

Answer 1

The urine is actually fertilizing the lawn. That's why on a poor lawn that needs fertilizer, dog spots will be tall patches of green. On healthier lawns, the extra dose of super fertilizer is too much and it kills the grass. With a large dog, it's a large quantity, no getting around that. The very best thing is to water down the area after he goes, to dilute it, kind of like 'flushing' after he goes too. I think you're lucky if it's mostly in one section, you could not ever fertilize that section. I have two dogs and pretty much quit fertilizing my fenced in back yard. I just do the front, dogs take care of the back naturally. I happen to have a rain barrel by a down spout, make it easy to grab a bucket of water to pour after they go - when I happen to see them. You can't possibly keep up with it every time, but every time you can, it helps.

Answer 2

You cant stop your dog from peeing and the nature of their urine will turn sod yellow. Sod is touchy stuff and burns easily. Eating those bones if just going to keep costing you money and won't work. Take yur dog out on a leash first thing in the morning when urine is strongest, and walk him until he pees somewhere else. Also there are many sprays and mixes available from catalogs and nurseries that if you spray the area, the grass will come back. However, until you train him to stop peeing in the same place, the grass will stay yellow. Entice the dog to an area where you want him to pee and reward him for peeing in that place. Also, as soon as he pees in that particular area, go out and soak the spot thoroughly in water thereby diluting the urine. There is also a product called Outdoor No. You can spray this on the particularly bad places he chooses continually. The best bet though is to walk him and walk him away from your sod.

Answer 3

You mean dalmatiAn... :)

Gosh,... when you're a pet owner (I am) you just have to put up with certain things. We get into trouble when we get a dog and want it to act like a person.

I don't have a fenced yard, so I take my dog on a leash and walk her on the driveway until we get to her designated spot where she may do WHATEVER she wants, including scratch around and dig. There has to be such an area. Only after she's done her business, then we can go for a run or a long walk in the neighborhood without fearing she'll squat somewhere unacceptable. Just in case I carry a plastic bag in my pocket.

Where she goes just super-fertilizes the spot and a bright green tuft rises over the rest of the grass. When we keep the yard well-fertilized there is not such a drastic visual difference. But you are referring to dead, yellow spots that kill your grass? Having the ammonia so concentrated, I wonder if your dog drinks enough or has enough water available at all times.

Answer 4

Don't let the dog do the toilet in sod yard. Put down some peper and it might take away his odour. Try taking him to a concrete place to dohis wee. It might be worth your while to life a little of your dog p.. grass and put it in various spots around where you walk the dog and that might work as he knows his own odour.

Answer 5

take him to your neighbors yard? lol

Answer 6

walk him