'Fixing' lawn burn?

ArcticHeron

ArcticHeron

ArcticHeron

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Probably been asked a thousand times on here but regardless...

We have a Greyhound who does some wicked toxic pees. They've gotten a lot better since we shifted his diet around but the damage to the lawn is done now. One section is almost completely dead/brown/discolored.

We've tried all manner of shop brought products that claim to solve the issue but nothing quite seems to take.

Is is a case of just resigning to it and removing the top soil then replanting, or are there any truly great products that will help balance everything out again?
 
ArcticHeron said:
Probably been asked a thousand times on here but regardless...

We have a Greyhound who does some wicked toxic pees. They've gotten a lot better since we shifted his diet around but the damage to the lawn is done now. One section is almost completely dead/brown/discolored.

We've tried all manner of shop brought products that claim to solve the issue but nothing quite seems to take.

Is is a case of just resigning to it and removing the top soil then replanting, or are there any truly great products that will help balance everything out again?
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Our dog is only really ever outside when we are, our gardens small so always have an eye on him. The best thing we have found is just have a watering can full and just sprinkle over where he pees.

Some people say dog rocks work for them, we haven't tried with this dog but they didn't work for our last dog, others say carrots help etc but watering has for sure worked for us with this one.

But yes as for repairing it just remove the dead grass/thatch and seed+top soil it.
 
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Dogg wee is a fertiliser. It kills by feeding the grass to much of a good thing. In Winter the rain does a job of washing it away but in the summer when the grass needs less, it kills.
The only solution is a grass designed to handle that or as said above you need to follow the dog and apply water to dilute it. I'd just not bother and live with it. It's gona be impossible to solve.
 
Snookums said:
Our dog is only really ever outside when we are, our gardens small so always have an eye on him. The best thing we have found is just have a watering can full and just sprinkle over where he pees.

Some people say dog rocks work for them, we haven't tried with this dog but they didn't work for our last dog, others say carrots help etc but watering has for sure worked for us with this one.

But yes as for repairing it just remove the dead grass/thatch and seed+top soil it.
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This is the same as we do, only thing you can do is water it in to dilute it.

If you've got large areas that are burned, you'd be better off fencing it off and then feeding/seeding it to get it back to a good state.
 
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