Dog Rocks - anyone use them ?,

[Wish]

I’ve been looking into finding a solution to dog wee burning the lawn.

I’ve seem a product called Dog Rocks.
You put them in a jug of water, leave them for a time and then use the water from the jug to fill the water bowl.

Has anyone used them, any negatives ?
Any vets on here that could offer advice ?


Thanks in advance

[Wish]

[e600]

Didn’t work with our male Cocker Spaniel

[WelshRich]

Doesn’t seem that plausible…

https://www.gardenmyths.com/dog-rocks-lawn-burn/

[otolith]

Anything capable of grossly altering the chemistry of an animal’s urine would likely be very toxic.

[Lotobear]

different problem for us - wherever the dogs pee the grass comes up in lush green overgrown patches, which looks equally odd!

[Saleen836]

Lotobear said:

different problem for us - wherever the dogs pee the grass comes up in lush green overgrown patches, which looks equally odd!

You should bottle the pee and try it on a bald person see if it has the same effect

[netherfield]

A load of rubbish, along with tomato sauce on their food.

We had 3 bhes when we moved here, I couldn't keep up with trying mend the lawn at the front, so got rid and put a artificial lawn down instead.

We try to keep them off the other lawn or watch and use a watering can, it's only during dry hot periods it's really bad, we've got 6 or 7 months now without problems.

Edited by netherfield on Sunday 17th September 13:28

[otolith]

Lotobear said:

different problem for us - wherever the dogs pee the grass comes up in lush green overgrown patches, which looks equally odd!

It’s the same problem really - if you overdose your lawn with urea based fertiliser it will look like a herd of dogs peed on it. Best plan for your problem seems to be to fertilise the rest of the lawn!

[Howard-]

We use dog rocks and I'm not really sure they work but also I'm not sure they don't work. It's only a real problem on our lawn during hot, dry weather. In those instances I just follow her with a watering can and it generally keeps the dead patches at bay. In the winter months it isn't an issue.

It's the nitrogen content - big gobs of it will kill grass, but you'll often get a "halo" of lush thick grass around the dead patch as the outer "splashes" have been just the right concentration to get the grass to thrive

[ChocolateFrog]

A scam.

[Yertis]

The only solutions to that problem (we’ve found) are racing out with a watering can to dilute the wee, or fencing off the lawn. I used some sheep sticks and carefully fenced off the lawn which got things back to normal. But then realised that closing the gate to that part of the garden is equally effective.