Treating dog urine stains in lawn?

[talljak]

Well I was doing some spring cleaning outside and I noticed an area that my dog decided to pee by all winter.

Now that winter is gone my dog again pees where ever but the area he did pee all winter looks rather burnt.

Does anyone know of some remedies to treat this?
Home remedies or inexpensive treatment tips appreciated.

[otown47]

Did you try a clothes peg???

[Proteosome]

You'll probably want to reseed the area or put new sod down. There are a lot of seed products for grass. The easiest and cheapest is raw seed.

[57]

With dog pee or poop marks on my lawn, I usually just water the area heavily, perhaps plunk down some grass seed and it comes back in a couple of weeks all by itself.

[Reave]

57 is correct. Lots of water will return your grass to its pre puppy state. My lawn fills in in about 2-3 weeks.

[talljak]

Thanks for the tips everyone, I will water the spots very well rake out the dead grass and throw down some new seed

[stampeder]

I have a decision to make about my back yard. With 2 big dogs and huge trees all around, the winter months always result in a big mess of dirt and mud, no matter what I've tried. I've used a variety of shade-grass seed types, I've re-sodded, I've weeded, aerated, used compost, etc. etc. but now I think I'll create a topiary of shrubs and cover much of the ground in cedar bark or lava stone. When my dogs run, its like a horse race!

Its not about acids in dog pee by the way, its about the huge amounts of nitrogen in dog pee that does the damage. Water diffuses the nitrogen, and nothing else will. I tried some green stuff from a store a few years ago that supposedly had enzymes that would somehow treat the spots but it isn't on the market anymore... probably because it was useless...

[stampeder]

Originally Posted by talljak

Thanks for the tips everyone, I will water the spots very well rake out the dead grass and throw down some new seed

talljak, being a former Albertan I suggest that you don't reseed those spots for quite awhile because nothing will get started in that nitrogen-rich dirt until it has really, really dropped. If you want to get going with seeding you could dig out the ground around and underneath the spots and replace it with topsoil and reseed.

[otown47]

Being serious for a moment,,,,, no matter what you do with the area it will still smell like pee to other animals so they will want to pee on it. So do whatever you think is wise then fence off the area for quite a while to keep the other animals and yours.

[ilovemusic]

It will come back to a nice green lawn , our dog is female and she leaves circles too , but it never kills the grass

[talljak]

Thanks for the extra tips.
Also our dog is the only one (fenced in) but I may build a little fence around the area to keep the dog away for a bit.

[stampeder]

Today I am throwing in the towel on my back yard.

Over the years I've tried everything to grow a healthy lawn back there and nothing has worked. Its all about some killer factors. The back yard is surrounded by huge red cedars, a douglas fir, birches, a maple and an elm that all block a lot of the direct sunlight most of the year, and on top of that we have two large dogs. Between their bathroom breaks and their general horseplay the lawn doesn't stand a chance.

I've ordered a dumptruck-load of bark mulch to be dumped on my driveway, and I will be taking it around back by wheel barrow, load by load, to spread it about 3" thick all over. This is going to be a pain in the ...back... but I've had it with wasting any more time on grass back there. I've heard that these guys are really good so I went with them:

http://www.westcoastbarkproducts.ca/

My front lawn is my pride and joy, growing beautifully and nary a weed in sight.

[hugh]

We have used some products from the pet store for such hazards with a modicum of success.

I don't know if its a myth but I've also been told that urine from a bitch is worse than a male and that a dog that has been neutered is also less problematic.

[new-guy]

Originally Posted by hugh

We have used some products from the pet store for such hazards with a modicum of success.

I don't know if its a myth but I've also been told that urine from a bitch is worse than a male and that a dog that has been neutered is also less problematic.

I have heard this as well... Though our dog hasnt been fixed for very long.

That being said her pee has destroyed my grass.
As far as an earlier post about some green fuzz, I saw something like this at RONA. It was a product specifically for dog pee burn. It was in the section with all the grass seeds...

At this point I am not sure if my grass will recover. I only have 100sq.ft. so it really shows. Tho' for the $30 I paid in sod, i can always resod in the spring...

[vancouverisland]

My neutered male dog's urine has been killing my new and very expensive lawn this year. I had all the top soil removed and 6 inches of sand dropped down to get the perfect lawn, 4 curtain drains put in to get rid of the excess water, and it looks great, except where he is p*ssing.

The issue, is that he pees like a girl....unloads it all in one small area. Unfortunately he goes for about 3 minutes, a huge leak, and it is killing my new sod, probably because it hasn't rooted properly yet.

I read in that paper that adding a small amount of dish soap to the water you dump helps the offensive substances flow down, haven't tried it yet. Instead I am watering and fertilizing and cutting it like crazy. Then cutting out the burnt sod and replacing it with fresh sand and more sod.

It seems like more trouble than it is worth, but the kids love playing on it....