patandchickens
Deeply Rooted
I've known a few dogowners who've created a special 'pee depot' in their yard specifically to prevent lawn damage. It's usually put in some back corner but I guess it could really be anywhere as long as it's not right near some valuable shrub or tree. Take out topsoil from the area (the only one I can remember well enough to visualize the dimensions was maybe 8x8'?). Install a post (one person had a fire hydrant! dunno if real or replica) in the center. Replace the removed topsoil with a buncha medium-size gravel. I don't know how the other peoples' was constructed but if I were doing it myself I think I'd put it on top of some sand or roadbase or crappy useless topsoil, for filtering and buffering. Then train the dog to use this area, and nowhere else, for its business. The people I knew had the dogs sorta mostly kinda trained to poo there as well, which I guess helped with overall tidiness. I was told by one person that they hosed the area off once a week during dry weather, I guess to help flush the pee through.sebrightlover said:thanks Pat ... its a chronic thing and its right off the patio block -- I guess if I follow the dogs out and "kick" the offender in the butt to make her go out further in the yard ... sometimes that doesn't work though
Might be worth trying. Otherwise you may just end up with pee-killed spots elsewhere in your lawn...
Nope, as long as you think you really need to reseed as opposed to hoping the grass grows back on its own, go ahead and mulch it to deal with the present mud. Just make sure to rake as much mulch as possible off it (remove and use elsewhere in garden or compost pile) before loosning soil and reseeding.I will give it a good raking this spring, lime it and reseed then. Any harm in putting the mulch on it this winter to help reduce the mud?
Have 'fun' ,
Pat