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BPO General Forum => General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws => : jules June 11, 2005, 04:39:40 PM
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Does anyone have any good tips on keeping your grass green.Ive looked at the pills that dogs can take but they say 1 pill for every 20 lbs of dog.Thats not going to cut it when you have a saint bernard.
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I am having the same problem with grass turning yellow. I have all male dogs so they go pee in the same spot over and over. I looked in Petsmart and saw those pills you can give your dog, seems sketchy, but on the shelf underneath that I saw some stuff that you put right on the grass, maybe it's some kind of fertilizer. I didn't buy any, but the situation is getting bad in my yard, so I might have to try it. I'm amazed my rose bush is still alive!
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Double check, it may not be the dogs pee. I know ours is yellow in spots where she does not even go, it is someting else, willl ask brandon when he gets home.
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The acidity of your dog's urine is what turns the grass yellow (burns it). Its usually females that have higher acidity. I have tried a couple different things with Sophie... First I tried Green-um liquid (from PetSmart) which did not work at all and now she is on Gee-Whiz liquid (love the name hahaha) which seems to be working pretty well. Most of these products contains mostly herbs that neutralize the acid (off the top of my head I think the main ingrediant is Yucca...but I could be wrong). They also make products to spray on after the dogs pee which I haven't tried. But I have tried one that is supposed to repair the burnt grass I forget whats its called but it works ok...if you want the name of it PM me and i'll get it.
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Sometimes I let my girls go kill the grass in the vacant lots next door. Saves my already cruddy lawn. :) I know I know...bad me.
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A realtor told me to give my female Newf tomato juice to neutralize the acid....seemed to work well and is WAY cheaper than the pills. I used to up about a 1/4 cup in her food. It does work!!!
Cowboy, the epileptic, takes potassium bromide which is a form of salt...I'm thinking of bottling and selling his urine as a weed killer or a toxic chemical to use in IRAQ on the bad guys. Certainly kills everything here!! Tomato juice doesn't touch that problem! ;D