Hey Everyone,
My 5 month old lab is burning the grass everywhere he pee’s. I know there are tons of different ideas out there on how to stop it but I’m not sure where to start. Im getting kinda sick of spraying the spot off every time he goes.
Anything that has worked for you guys?
Teach him to pee on the neighbor’s yard.
my wife takes care of the yard, but she used lye in the yard for our black labs spots.
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my wife takes care of the yard, but she used lye in the yard for our black labs spots.
Sure it’s not LIME she’s using?
Lye’s pretty hard on doggie feet…imho
Lime will work btw
Al
Teach him to go in a specific area. You can really do this with a little training.
Tell Pup burning the grass often leads to harder drugs or a desire to fish at night for catfish.
Nevermind. Just finished reading the entire post….
Just put a dash a lemon-lime soda pop on his food – each evening. The lime will help with the acidic nature of his urine.
Or, you can squeeze a slice of lime on his food – but only at happy hour. This should help.
I should know….I am the Dog. 
Just wait until he starts killing all the bushes, flowers, and small trees. 
Boy dogs will pee on everything, one time my male Lab tried pissin on my foot. 
Can’t you teach a lab to go in the out house…that way it all goes in one spot.
They are smart dogs. 
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A quick Google search came up with this. I know my buddy uses a similar produce with good success.
http://www.bizrate.com/dog-supplies/dog-yellow-spots/
Good Luck,
Jeff
Because dogs are carnivores and eat a high level of protein in their diet, they break the protein down and excrete it as nitrogen in the urine. The result is a killing of the grass from an overload of nitrogen. You will get the same kind of burn if you put a concentrated handful of fertilizer in one spot. These urine burns will often have a characteristic green ring around the outside edge where the urine was dilute enough to actually work as a fertilizer. This characteristic ring can also help distinguish urine burns from a grub infestation that will also create similarly looking brown spots.
There are a few things that make urine burns more prevalent:
•Urine burns tend to be worse with female dogs because they squat and deposit their urine in one place.
•They also are worse in large dogs because they deposit a larger quantity of urine.
•They are worse on yards that are already fertilized regularly.
•Grasses like bluegrass or Bermuda grass are much more sensitive to nitrogen than rye or fescue.
•Lawns that are stressed from drought or disease, or those that are recently sodded or seeded are more susceptible to lawn burn.
•And finally, they are always worse when your neighbor’s dog goes on your yard. So now that we are seeing spots what do we do to get rid of them?
Home remedies that help some of the time include:
•Diluting the urine through increasing water consumption. Adding water to the food or adding non-salted broth to the drinking water may help. Canned food has a lot more water in it but it also has its drawbacks.
•Feeding a high quality diet may also help since the protein is more digestible and there are fewer waste products.
•Watering the yard daily helps in some cases but it may not be enough.
•Backing off the fertilizer on your yard may help as well.
•Try planting some tougher species like rye or fescue.
Drs. Foster & Smith Lawn Guard Tablets or Treats® contain Yucca Schidigera which binds ammonia in the urine. Green-UM Xtra also contains helpful bacteria and green tea extracts that break down nitrogen wastes. .
Because these products contain different formulations and ingredients, one may work better on your particular pet than another. If you’re not satisfied with the results of one, you may want to consider one of the other alternatives. Regardless of your type of grass or dog, by following some of these basic guidelines you should be able to get a handle on these troublesome yellow spots in no time.
He decided on his own that he was only going to poop in the woods next to our house so it shouldn’t be too difficult to teach him to only pee there as well.
Grouse_Dog thanks for the pm. Im going to try the lemon idea and see if that works as well.
Tomato juice works well too, just add some to his food.
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Tell Pup burning the grass often leads to harder drugs or a desire to fish at night for catfish.
Nevermind. Just finished reading the entire post….
Bring the pup to my house Chad, you can leave him here too 
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my wife takes care of the yard, but she used lye in the yard for our black labs spots.
Sure it’s not LIME she’s using?
Lye’s pretty hard on doggie feet…imhoLime will work btw
Al
yea, could be lime, there are somethings she says that I just don’t get… 
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