Dog urine versus lawns

[Alice]

Nice one Leona

[andrewo]

A tip for you is, when the dog has done its business is to water the patch (with water!), this disperses the urine faster and limits the yellowing.

[Squirrel]

One consolation - at the moment it is so darn wet you don't have to water the patches! A sensible idea I have to say.

Will add a watering can to my 'must haves' when walking the dog. Could start a new trend!

[SueA]

Love the pics. Leona, you couldn't shout at that lot even though they ruin the lawn could you?
Our dog Tess used to be like a canine watering can- I used to send her in the garden to go before I took her out, she'd go umpteen times while we were out & then go again when we got back home, we even had her tested for diabetes as she used to drink & wee so much! I tried the watering after she'd done it method but just ended up with a very waterlogged lawn- don't think the drainage was very good.

[leona]

in theory that works but you cant be there every time they wee and if like us you have the door open all day in the summer, they come and go as they please.i think we have given up on the lawn now. as long as my strawb patch is ok and they keep out of the greenhouse i dont mind. i figure we will have to returf when we move anyway. it was a lovely garden when we moved in but the dogs have trashed it and im off to wales on thurs to pick a pup so mid july i will have 4 doggies!

[Squirrel]

Came to the conclusion long ago that you can't have dogs and a garden - well a garden that looks anything like one should! I am fortunate to live in a mid-terrace cottage so the dog is allowed to trash the back patio within reason, and I have the front garden to keep my veg and flowers in! Works well!

[eskymo]

I had to put a little fence along the edge of my vegetable patch to stop my dog destroying my veg patch and now that I've laid a path of paving slabs, she sticks to that. She's been really good and my garden hasn't been trashed. I was really worried four months ago when we first got her, but it looks like we've been training her well. As for peeing on the grass, our dog refused to pee or poo in the garden and much prefers doing her stuff in the woods aprat from when our friends visit with their dog and they seem to get into this competitive spree of who can pee first and fastest...and then for a few weeks after the visit our dog pees on the lawn and then the novelty wears off. I agree with Andrewo though, always pour a bucket of water over where the dog has peed - works for me.

[Bugeyes]

Dog Rocks! Bought some off ebay about a month ago - they last about two months apparently so have been in our doggies bowls since the beginning of May and.....it may be early days but they seem to be working! Dogs were a bit suspicious at first but don't seem to mind any more. I'll keep you posted..

[Squirrel]

Excuse my ignorance - Dog Rocks?

[eskymo]

mine too...

what are Dog Rocks?

[JennieAtkinson]

Great to hear they are working Bugeyes - what are they Really intrigued.

[Bugeyes]

Not what you were thinking! They are just small lumps of rock (the ones I got were maybe 3-4 inches long) sposed to be from Australia and you just put them in your dog's water bowl, cover them well with water and top up as required. They are said to be harmless to the dog and ours certainly haven't keeled over yet. The idea is that the rock releases a natural mineral into the water that neutralises doggy wee. My OH constantly moans about the damage our woofs do to the lawn so I invested £12.50 (enough to last us 4 months I think) to see if I can shut him up. So far so good but we have had loads of rain recently so that may be helping. Blazing (ha ha) June may be a different matter. Watch this space

[Squirrel]

Would be interested to know what colour they are? Better still, take a picture!!!!

[JennieAtkinson]

Tried searching on "dog rocks" on ebay and found all manners of things but nothing to do with dogs!

[SueA]

The dog rocks website is :-You can buy from them direct there.