Dr. E:
I recall reading somwhere?? that a female dog's urine is more acidic -
therefore the burning effect. Something to do with body chemistry and
homones.
I think the same holds true in humans - also something I've seen
somewhere (nothing scientific to support either thesis at the moment.)
Also, the browning effect is greater if the dog is dehydrated.
Maybe the male dogs that you have seen to cause this effect had some
unknown illness/hormone imbalance that affected their urine chemistry.
What is the PH balance of CT? Would an application of CT directly on the
affected area do more to rid the soil of the "pee" than just plain
water?
My husband limes the area which seems to help neutralize it faster as
well.
Thanks for sharing with us!
Deb B.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Peterson [mailto:ted.peterson_at_tcsn.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 9:47 PM
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Subject: Re: Salt and Urine (Was Re: [compost_tea] Re: A great raw
material for compost
----- Original Message -----
From: soilfoodweb_at_aol.com
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Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: Salt and Urine (Was Re: [compost_tea] Re: A great raw
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Hi Ted -
Having raised Golden Retrievers most of my childhood (
Elaine:
Three different vets stated that in their experience, females caused the
most damage to turf through urine. We have a chocolate lab mix, male,
pees on our lawn, no brown spots. He pees on our neighbor's lawn as
does a female border collie mix. The neighbor told me my dog was
ruining his lawn and that might have been true. When I locked him (The
dog. I let the neighbor stay out free.) in the yard, the bitch was
still using his lawn and the spots appeared in the same pattern as when
my dog was out. So I didn't think it was my dog. The collie was picked
up by the sheriffs (animal regs.) and I let my dog out again. He
started peeing on my neighbor's lawn. No spotting. I guess it's the
children we feed him regularly.
I will try to dig up some hard data. But the guy who did the tea test
for his female dog was told the same by his vet. My daughter has four
dogs, two Queenslands, a Jack Russel and some type of weiner dog mix
with ??? She told me her vet said the same to her. Female dog urine is
worse for lawns. He said puppies will often spot a lot too.
In the past, I had a female Liver Dalmation that ruined a great lawn
with urine. She started biting so I got rid of her. I had to put her
down because I will not give anyone a dog that bites. We got a male
pound puppy of undetermined mix -- some kind of terrier. Same lawn,
spots but they were a lot less and the lawn recovered on it's own even
from the puppy. Our gardner said he was glad we got rid of the female
because they ruin lawns with urine.
I know it's anecdotal but that's what it is.
I'll bet there is some kind of dog lover's group I could find and post a
question.
It's beside the point though. What interested me was that the ACT did
something good to lawns scared by animal urine. By the way, we have a
lot of deer where I live and people tell me that deer urine is twice as
bad as dog urine. It totally devastates a lawn. I'm trying to get one
of them let me try tea there. We have skunks too but I don't think ACT
will have much effect on a skunk. Besides, when I see a skunk, I tend
to head in the opposite direction. I don't know if skunk urine causes
spots on turf. Every once in a while, a dog will get on the wrong end
of a skunk here. I thought about dousing a skunked dog with ACT to see
if anything would happen. Couldn't get anyone to let me try. Besides,
a skunked dog is a pretty happy animal. I guess they like the smell as
far as I can tell. Better than rolling in and eating fresh horse manure
and dogs love that. They also love to roll around in dead, rotting
animals. We get dead seals that wash up on shore and the dogs just go
crazy rolling around in the rotting carcassas. They can bring home some
real interesting smells.
Ted Peterson
Earth-Wise/Spirit of the Earth
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