Dog Gone It - Grass

[Princess L]

Now that the snow has melted and the grass has started to green up, I've got quite a few dead patches.  Never had so many before (with Keesha).  Here's what I found: http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/turf/dog_lawn_problems.html

[knny187]

Yeah....Diego burns out grass pretty eaisly too.  Have to keep taking him in different areas

[Butterbean]

We give treats called "Harper's Turf Savers."

They like the taste and the grass no longer is burned where they pee.

[knny187]

thats good to know

[Princess L]

We give treats called "Harper's Turf Savers."

They like the taste and the grass no longer is burned where they pee.

The ingredient list "looks" ok.  I'd like to get Flower's approval before I stock up.

[Butterbean]

  I'd like to get Flower's approval before I stock up.

Excellent idea.

[Colossus_500]

We give treats called "Harper's Turf Savers."

They like the taste and the grass no longer is burned where they pee.

Cool!  Thanks for the tip, Buddyro!   

[~flower~]

Teach him to go in one spot and keep a water bucket around and douse it.  Those lawn saver tablets are mainly brewers yeast.  If you have a deep chested dog brewers yeast can promote gas and bloating.   But nothing in the ingredients seems harmful.  Just watch for itching or other problems.

  this link had some ideas, anyone know where you can get sawdust?  I have sparse grass because the big foots tear up the earth. 


  http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=378219

[Princess L]

Teach him to go in one spot and keep a water bucket around and douse it. 


 

You would think peeing thru the snow would've diluted it enough 

[knny187]

You would think peeing thru the snow would've diluted it enough 

thats actually quite funny

[~flower~]

You would think peeing thru the snow would've diluted it enough 

  I have no grass, ask me about mud though. 


 
   Seriously though, can you buy sawdust? 


   

[Tapeworm]

I've never noticed it for sale flower, but you could always call the mill.  No, I'm serious, call a lumber mill (or lumber yard maybe?)

Careful though - some pine needles kill off other plants (hence the sparse groundcover in some pine forests), so who knows if the sawdust will do the same to your grass. 

Obviously, don't get dust from MDF or engineered wood since it's bound to be poisonous for man and beast.

[~flower~]

I'd have to have grass first in order for it to be killed. 


    Actually last summer I did get a fair amount of grass to survive.  When we get rain the clod hoppers tear up the lawn which is how it mainly gets killed off.  I have put hay/straw down before because that will actually seed.   

   I have pretty much given up to having a lush lawn.  I just continuously throw grass seed down and hope some of it will survive and take.   I went through 2 good size bags last year.   I am either going to do that again or the roll out grass route:


   http://www.rolloutflowers.com/roll_out_grass.html


   

[knny187]

Most wood shops & lumber yards will give you saw dust for no charge....but....you have to ask yourself how are you going to transport it?  Maybe in garbage bags....but it's so loose & fine....it gets all over the place.

I used to work in a garage & we got saw dust for spills.  Used to be a pain in the ass because it got everywhere.