The only 100% natural & convenient solution for pet urine burn marks
Dog Rocks will help stop pet urine burn patches ruining your lawn, grass & hedges. One pack of Dog Rocks in your dog’s water bowl will keep your lawn in tip-top condition for up to 2 months. Dog Rocks are the only 100% natural & convenient solution proven to have no change to the pH balance of your pet’s urine, it’s as simple as that.
Many pet owners will experience dog urine burning their grass at some point, and those unsightly yellow burn marks on your lawn can become a real problem if you don’t deal with them at the source – your dog! Many products claiming to cure your lawn of burn marks will lower the pH of your dog’s urine, which can cause urinary tract infections when used long term. Dog Rocks work by removing the nitrates from the water, and do not change the pH of your dog’s pee. They are completely natural with no known side effects.
We find that Dog Rocks work for about 9 out of 10 households because every dog, every situation and every household is different. Please read all instructions for use and remember you need 1 whole pack or 200g of Dog Rocks in every 2 litres of water.
Some grass seeds are more resistant to dog and pet urine than others. So what is the best grass seed for dog urine spots? This will depend on your soil and climate, some seeds to consider include fescues and perennial ryegrasses – although it is recommended not to see this as the holy grail of solutions. Instead, you should consider changing your grass seeds as one of a number of measures to combat grass-killing dog urine.
Cute, loving and great company, dogs are the best of friends – until they ruin your lawn with their pee, that is. Those “burnt” patches of lawn make many-a-lawn-lover pull their hair out and buy a whole lot of gimmicky products they hope will magically reverse the damage their doggy doo does.
By leading them to the area with a leash and rewarding them with food or treats when they “do their business”, the habit can be trained just like regular toilet training.
Some of this damage comes from a misconception that dog urine is “acidic”. When actually it is the concentrated levels of nitrogen in both their urine and feces which is turning your dreams of lush, green lawns into nightmares.
Luckily, we have a number of tricks which can stop dog pee damaging your lawn and killing your grass with urine spots.
Factors that Make Lawn Burn Worse
High nitrogen concentration isn’t the only cause of dog urine lawn burn. Other factors about the nature of dogs may worsen the problem…
The size of your dog could affect how much of an issue lawn burn is. Those of you with larger dogs such as a Great Dane, can expect to have worst burns covering a larger area. Because of course, your dogs can deposit larger amounts of urine in comparison to let’s say, a Yorkshire Terrier.
That’s not to say that small dogs don’t have an effect, they will cause the lawn to burn, nonetheless. Big or small dog, the problem is still there.
A common rumour that people often believe is that female dogs are the ultimate culprits of dog urine lawn burn. In reality, it doesn’t matter what gender your dog is, either will cause the lawn to burn. What is true and should be a consideration, however, is the differences in the way male and female dogs urinate.
As we all know, male dogs tend to lift their leg up and aim towards area/object when they pee. When they do this on grass, the urine is more likely to stay closer to the surface of the grass. Female dogs, on the other hand, pee in a squatting position. Meaning the urine will penetrate deeper into the grass, causing more severe burns in comparison to the way a male dog urinates.
Depending on how you see it, some dog owners are lucky or maybe unlucky enough to have a canine that always goes to the toilet in the same spot in the garden. If this is the case, knowing where the dog is going to pee makes treating that area so much easier. The bad news is that when dog urine is constantly encountering the same area, it damages the grass to a greater extent.
At this point, it might feel like there’s no way to win. Because when you think about it if your dog didn’t urinate in one spot, you would end up with lawn burn all over the garden. However, regardless of whatever preference you may have, this decision will ultimately always be up to the dog.
Two types of grass are sensitive to damage and these two are the most popular grass forms for people to own. Bermudagrass and Bluegrass are more sensitive to nitrogen than other types of grass. The exact reason for this is not known.
Our guess is that the short length characteristics of these two types of grass contribute to allowing more dog urine to access more surface area and consequently causing more damage. This is something to be cautious of, although no type of grass is immune to the damage.
Baking soda seems to be the go-to solution for everything. Need to whiten your teeth? “use baking soda”. Got heartburn? “use baking soda”. Want to get rid of pet odour? “use baking –
Actually, we know a number of reasons why baking soda isn’t the best pet odour eliminator but that’s a whole other topic. The point is, it would be surprising to us if people still used baking soda for its intended purpose, you know, for baking!?
The fact people use baking soda as a solution for dog urine lawn burn seems like a reach to us. It supposedly prevents the grass from turning yellow. However, as we established before, lawns turn yellow because of the nitrogen concentration in your dog’s urine. Baking soda can’t neutralise Nitrogen. It’s not going to save or protect your grass.
In fact, baking soda may cause more damage than good. Because in essence, it is a salt (sodium bicarbonate), which plants are well known for not reacting well to.
HOW TO PREVENT DOG URINE SPOTS & STOP DOG URINE KILLING GRASS
Here at Envii, we know that dogs are one of the many special things that make a house feel more like home. Loyal and friendly in nature, how can anyone forget that they’re man’s best friend? These furry friends, however, can often leave a trail of their toilet trips where it’s least welcomed.
Dog owners think they’ve hit the jackpot when their pups are finally potty trained. It’s a joy to see their dogs taking themselves outdoors. Unfortunately, the joy is often short-lived when owners soon realise their dog’s urine is actually causing unattractive yellow patches to appear on the lawn.
Did someone say dog urine lawn burn? Yes, lawn burn is a widespread problem for a lot of dog owners.
Lawn burn is a consequence of your dog’s urine damaging the grass, leaving patches that are dead across the garden. Not to worry, there’s nothing particularly harmful about your dog’s urine. It’s not acidic as some misconceptions would have you believe. The problem is the nitrogen present in the urine.
Some of you might be wondering how nitrogen comes to be present in your dog’s urine? This occurs through the digestion of protein often consumed by dogs, who require it for a healthy and nutritious diet. Protein breaks down through a natural digestive process to produce nitrogen. Which is then disposed of from the body through waste in faeces and urine.
If any of you know a thing or two about gardening, you’d know that nitrogen is beneficial for plants and grass. If you read the label of many plant fertilisers, you should find they contain nitrogen of some form. This leaves to question, why on earth does the nitrogen in dog urine kill off the grass? While some nitrogen is good for lawns, in theory, dog urine tends to have a concentration that is too high for your lawn to cope with. Causing it to die off or at the very least be damaged.
Skip ahead and take a look at our most effective dog urine treatment – Envii Neuturine!