re: Dog's pee is ruining my new St. Augustine sod

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If you can train him to piss on only dallisgrass, I’ll buy him from you.

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This is hilarious

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My theory (don’t know if it’s right)is that it’s due to the protein content of the dog food.

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Dog piss contains urea and salts. Urea is basically nitrogen, so too much of it on one concentrated spot will burn the lawn. You may have more luck if you have a male dog that sprays instead of a female that pisses all in one spot.

If you don’t fertilize your lawn and it’s lacking nitrogen, then the dog is also less likely to burn it. A third thing is if your dog drinks a lot of water, the urea and salt will be diluted enough to not burn the grass.

The dog treats that counteract this or claim that it’s the PH level are a waste of money. I’ve trained my dog to piss in one section of the lawn that’s out of sight and she absolutely nukes the place. I now just let the weeds take over to not have bare dirt.