There is a product you put in female dogs food or water that when they urinate on lawn it does not burn grass. Anyone know what this is? Thanks in advance.

We have used a tablet for our dogs to try & keep our lawn green. It is called Green UM for Dogs. It is made by M&C. I have been told that this issue is not just a female problem. Maybe somebody else can provide additional insight as far as that goes. Madison is my first female dog so I am not as well versed as others may be.

Female dog urine is more acidic than male dog urine however, both can cause burn spots on your lawn if allowed to sit awhile after the dog has done its buisness. The best way to prevent burn spots is to either hose down the area of the lawn after the dog has pottied to wash away the urine. You can also pour a mixture of baking soda and water on the burn spot/potty area to neutralize the acid in the urine and brink back the grass. Hope this helps.

I have two female dogs and I recently started training them about 3 weeks ago to urinate in the mulch instead of the lawn. I say PEE PEE over here and stand in the mulch where I want them to go.
If they wander over to the grass then I say NO, and lead them to the mulch and repeat PEE PEE over here. They are getting the hang of it and sometimes will go to the mulch on their own.

According to my vet, none of these remedies really work (nor does tomato juice which I tried too) and they aren't all that thorough about studying their long and short term effects on the animal before selling the stuff. His solution is watering the lawn where the dog pees to dilute the nitrogen (which is what burns the lawn). That works. You have to do it at least once a day but I found just having the hose handy and ready to spray is pretty easy.

Apparently males pee over a larger area so they aren't as hard on lawns but can sure knock out bushes and other plants.

If you can, it helps to train them to go in one area which you can cover with gravel (rounded, not the sharp stuff). It's easy to keep clean with the hose and at least keeps the lawn in good condition.

The grass will grow back if it gets a chance. It can take all season if it's a large patch or getting patch grass (sold in garden centres just for this reason) can fill things in faster.

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Throw a handful of gypsum on the lawn, water in---or let the rain do it.
It will neutralize the nitrogen, which is what is turning the grass brown. I am leery of giving anything internally.

Female and male dogs fed the same diet and in good health, will have urine with the same acidity. Females just tend to void it all in one lawn spot, so the nitrogen can tend to burn and males spread it around a bit more. (Unless you have a neutered male who is more of a squatter, like ours)

Well exercised dogs tend to drink more water, which can also help dilute the urine somewhat. Frequent grass watering on the areas where the dogs go can also be a help to dilute any urine after the fact.

I asked my vet about the supplement as well, and he did not recommend it as it can do kidney damage (or liver, I don't remember which, but either one is bad!). So we're trying a similar approach to the mulch suggestion above. She does at least usually void her bladder around the edges of the lawn, so I think we're going to try a border of mulch.