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We just put sod down last year in the yard and the burnt spots are bad from the urine. Does anyone have a natural way to help this from happening? IF I do see them go - I do go over and pour lots of water on it and I have been taking them to one area in hopes they will go there - BUT oi - the yard is bad. We have a small yard with only a little grass and I work hard on our gardens and here is this mess of a lawn there. Just curious if anyone has any great suggestions... | |
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-- Michele "No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich" - having 2 makes you even richer! :-)Jackie (back in pic) Diagnosed at 9 mos (09/09) - TLI 0.3 and low end of B12. Pancreatin 8x dosing 3/4tsp per cup. Natures Domain, Trinfac-B Intrinsic Factor daily, probiotics and Duralactin in the am. Stable and happy 115 lbs - thanks to all the beautiful souls on this forum, we could not have done it without YOU. Dexter - Diagnosed 11/10 approx 3 yrs of age. We failed fostering and now he has his forever home
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What might help is Michele, Adding some horticultural lime should stop the grass from burning. dilute some in water and spray over the affected areas and it will lower the ph of the urine and breakdown the concentrated nitrogene. I've read where female dog urine is worse since they tend to pee in one spot. Frank | |
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Green food coloring in a spray bottle?? My Mom did that one time when we burned the lawn with dish detergeant trying to blow giant bubbles. Wherever the bubbles popped there were huge rings of dead grass. My Dad was so obsessed with his lawn (hand planted every sprig of St. Augustine) that she went out there with a spray bottle of green colored water and dyed every spot of grass until it grew back. This is of course just a cosmetic fix and not something permanant. You could use those little marker flags to mark the spot to come back to with the hose to super saturate it in that one spot after they pee. Oh and make sure your fertilzer doesn't have a lot of nitrogen in it, since that's what is burning the lawn. | |
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-- Pamela and Rosina; 9 yr old LH Chihuahua Mix; dx'd 10/26/10; Currently 2.5 lbs overweight at 22.5 lbs. Free fed in AM and PM on 3/8 cup Wellness Core Chicken, Turkey Liver, and Chicken Liver Dry and 2 tbsp Wellness Core Chicken, Turkey Liver, and Chicken Liver canned, 1 tsp pumpkin (sometimes add 2 tbsp greenbeans when she needs more food because of increased appetite from the Temaril) and 1/2 tsp Diane's 8X granulated enzymes; 1 tbsp Wellness 95% Chicken or Turkey and 1/16 tsp 8X enzymes incubated and mixed with 1/16 tsp Tylan in the AM. Taking Temaril occasionally for allergies and Metacam 1X most days for leg pain.
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Not sure if your epi dogs can handle this but it works.... apple cider vinegar gets rid of the acid in the urine that burns the lawn. Feeding 1 -2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar along with regular food can prevent dog urine from yellowing lawns usually you have to start with less and slowly increase it... also GREAT for burps, and indigestion problems with dogs..... people too instead of taking tums or whatever you take.... just take 2 tablespoons of acv.. will stop heartburn immediately. This works. | |
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-- In memory of my "Golden Girl" Pebbles my heart continues to be broken... I miss you soooo
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Hi Michele,
I've always used tomato juice (a tiny bit) in the dog food and it does help...
Donna | |
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-- Donna
Owned by Tara, a 8 YO GSD w/EPI and DM dx'd at about a year old. Fed Taste of the Wild Lamb formular kibble and enhance this diet with cooked meat, veggies and fruit, Enzymes: Pancreatin 8x - 1 tsp per cup of food. Suppliments include 1000 mg Wild Salmon oil, Glucosomine/Chondrotin/MSM and Probiotic acidophilus. Stable since 2005 Also owned by sidekicks' Zoey my rescued GSD and Max, a 10 MO PWC rescue - along with Tess (GSD) and Zeke (PWC) with Angel wings
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From what i understand, a dose of apple cider is good thing for them......(as it is for humans...aids in gut bacterial balance AND lowers cholesterol ;)....but i too have given 1 teaspoon of tomato juice added to their food (actually i think it was Donna who told me to do this!!) and it really does help keep the lawn greener ..... | |
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-- Olesia, owned by Izzy-45lb SWD, Diagnosed at 1.5 years old - TLI results 1.3, Stable almost 7 yrs! Once stable, was able to reduce enzymes to only 1/2 tsp of Enzymes with each meal, but after almost 4 years of stabilization... had to increase the amount of enzymes to 3/4 teaspoon with each meal. Feed various grain-free kibble+real meat, 6x pancreatin enzymes from EnzymeDiane. I give 1 tsp of coconut oil one day and 1 tsp salmon oil next day, and also give canned sardines packed without salt or canned herring for extra omega oils.
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OK - this is all GREAT info!! Thank you so much...horticultural lime and water if they do pee and I want to dilute - if it does not work - spray green (LOL) - try putting apple cider vinegar on food - get tomato juice for bloody mary. Oh wait...the tomato juice is for the dog...shucks!!! Thank you all for the great info. I do have a gallon of apple cider vinegar (use it for cleaning windows) so tomorrow I will try some in the food to see if this helps and agrees with dogs. Thanks for your time all...much appreciated! | |
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-- Michele "No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich" - having 2 makes you even richer! :-)Jackie (back in pic) Diagnosed at 9 mos (09/09) - TLI 0.3 and low end of B12. Pancreatin 8x dosing 3/4tsp per cup. Natures Domain, Trinfac-B Intrinsic Factor daily, probiotics and Duralactin in the am. Stable and happy 115 lbs - thanks to all the beautiful souls on this forum, we could not have done it without YOU. Dexter - Diagnosed 11/10 approx 3 yrs of age. We failed fostering and now he has his forever home
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Now if we can only get the dogs to pee green...... | |
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-- In memory of my "Golden Girl" Pebbles my heart continues to be broken... I miss you soooo
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Hey Suzie... good thought there... green pee....:D Michele..... me thinks you and the dogs can both "share" the tomato juice..... just don't share the vodka part! Happy Mother's Day !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
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-- Olesia, owned by Izzy-45lb SWD, Diagnosed at 1.5 years old - TLI results 1.3, Stable almost 7 yrs! Once stable, was able to reduce enzymes to only 1/2 tsp of Enzymes with each meal, but after almost 4 years of stabilization... had to increase the amount of enzymes to 3/4 teaspoon with each meal. Feed various grain-free kibble+real meat, 6x pancreatin enzymes from EnzymeDiane. I give 1 tsp of coconut oil one day and 1 tsp salmon oil next day, and also give canned sardines packed without salt or canned herring for extra omega oils.
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Ugh...I won't be giving Dex any more apple cider vinigar. I started off with 1 tsp - hoping to work up to 1 or 2 tablespoons and yesterday for the first time ever he threw up a tiny bit and just now he threw up a lot...it had tons of mucus in it....ugh...I was really hoping that would work - the green food coloring is looking better and better... :-( I guess I could try giving him 1/4 tsp and over the weeks build up...I just hate that he got sick and to think it was something I gave him so I could have green grass...AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! So far - no reaction from Jackie... | |
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-- Michele "No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich" - having 2 makes you even richer! :-)Jackie (back in pic) Diagnosed at 9 mos (09/09) - TLI 0.3 and low end of B12. Pancreatin 8x dosing 3/4tsp per cup. Natures Domain, Trinfac-B Intrinsic Factor daily, probiotics and Duralactin in the am. Stable and happy 115 lbs - thanks to all the beautiful souls on this forum, we could not have done it without YOU. Dexter - Diagnosed 11/10 approx 3 yrs of age. We failed fostering and now he has his forever home
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At initial testing - TLI 1.2 (range 5-35) B12 254 (range 249-733) folate 20.2 (range 6.5-11.5) Natures Domain, Pancreatin 8x dosing is 1tsp per cup, Trinfac-B Intrinsic Factor daily, probiotics with each meal and glucosamine chondroitin in the am. Stable and happy 95 lbs 8/15/11You must login to post.
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