Darn urine spots on lawn

[Mickey48]

Considering Apollo is raw fed I can say thats not his problem.

Apollo? I thought it would be about Thor.

 

[NeoBull]

When your dog's pee is causing yellow grass he has overacidification.
That increases his risk for bladder stones and joint problems, it's often caused by food that contains corn, soy and/or glutein containing grains like wheat, oat or barley.
If your food contains one or several of these under first five to seven ingriedients you should change his/her food, don't ask your vet about food brands, lots of brands have contracts with vets and clinics so they just recommend brand XY no matter if it's really a quality food or not (when they don't and it gets mentioned, they have to pay fines about 100000 minimum), and earn extra money selling it to you.
Get urine test stripes from your local drugstore, hold it into the urine jet next pottie time and contact your vet about the results (but don't let he/she foist that urinary food by royal canin, hill's science diet or whatever on you).

We feed grain free and still get the spots... growing up our family dog got some crap like Iams and he didn't do anything to the lawn... I think having to females makes it worse though

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Apollo? I thought it would be about Thor.

I think she's just saying that Apollo causes spots too and it can't be from the food. I know that Thor gets a grain free diet too so I don't think it is the problem with most of our dogs.

 

[NeoBull]

Apollo? I thought it would be about Thor.

I think she's just saying that Apollo causes spots too and it can't be from the food. I know that Thor gets a grain free diet too so I don't think it is the problem with most of our dogs.

 

[ruthcatrin]

I think she's just saying that Apollo causes spots too and it can't be from the food. I know that Thor gets a grain free diet too so I don't think it is the problem with most of our dogs.

Yup, and yup, I'm pretty sure that I remember from discussion here that Thor gets a high quality grain free diet too.

 

[Mamie2shoes]

We feed grain free and still get the spots... growing up our family dog got some crap like Iams and he didn't do anything to the lawn... I think having to females makes it worse though,



now that you mention it, when I was a kid we had up to 6 dogs that were all fed grocery store crap,(Kibbles N Bits if I recall) and we never had this problem. The poops were always nice and firm too. But they teeth were horrible, their breath was repellant, skin was bad, hot spots everywhere. eh' I will just have an ugly lawn with spots and a great looking pup instead. Besides- at least my carpet is safe

 

[metaldad904]

My dog yard is starting to look more and more like the surface of mars, it doesn't help that is hot as the Sahara hear and not nearly enough rain to let anything but weeds grow. I've accepted it, no big deal...beats mowing

 

[northernmastiff]

More water consumption every day means a diluted urine that won't burn the grass. I also use the flooding of the area and it has been really successful for me wiht three dogs. I have a nice green lawn. Also, overseeding your yard a few times a year will help keep it lush and green. I just reseeded my lawn and it looks as good as new. If you are trying to get rid of a few unsightly rings, dig up the grass around the area, spread about one inch of topsoil on it. Pierce it with a garden fork (or rake) and then sprinkle the seed. Water daily until the first shoots appear and then every other day. Fertilize after two weeks. To help the grass look its best, water once a week at the most and give it about 25mm of water a week, which will make the roots deeper and will help prevent some damage. Also, don't cut it as short as that will help protect the grass.

 

[Duetsche_Doggen]

Great tips Northern.

Mickey, Thor is feed Earthborn Holistics and prior to that he was feed raw, with the same results. In my research I agree with Northern water is definitely the key to this issue. I don't expect to have magazine lawn but I don't want the area looking too rough.

 

[Jeri]

I've just started noticing a few burn marks in my lawn. We water 2 or 3 times a week & have more than enough rain lately. I feed Fromm's to all 6 of my dogs now. Never had a problem with this with just the little dogs. Now with Camo here it's starting. Oh well,,such is life I guess!

 

[Mickey48]

ways to make them consume more water and to deacidify are:

• Soaking their kibble (1/2 cup water per 1 cup of kibble and waiting for about ten minutes)
• Make their water taste "better" with lactose free coffee creamer, dental sprays or cranberry juice (good against stones and overacidification in general)
• Add a spoon of plain yoghurt/curd per cup of kibble to every mealtime (sometimes it colours the poop a little lighter than usual, but that's nothing to worry about)

 

[ruthcatrin]

I suspect thats why my yard recovers the way it does. We're seriously wet here, less than 1/2 mile from a lake and on the same level as it, plus lots of rain. Mowing sucks when its that wet, but the worst of the dead spots are mostly grown over by fall.

Apollo gets yogurt on a regular basis, he loves it, and plenty water.