What are dog pee patches?

Dog urine contains a chemical called Nitrogen. The same chemical is in some lawn food products and it helps to make your grass green. When you apply lawn food products like this, they need to be watered in so that the chemical is diluted into the soil. If the lawn food isn’t watered in, it will burn the blades of your grass turning them yellow. When your dog urinates on your lawn this nitrogen goes onto your grass blades and soil and the same burning affect can take place – unless the spots are watered in or rainfall occurs not long after. As nitrogen when diluted is good for your lawn, you will notice spots of superbly lush green grass – this is where your dog has been!

How can I get rid of them?

If your dog’s urine has burnt your grass, there is no way to recover that patch. The best thing to do is remove the affected grass and fill in the patch with a hardwearing grass seed such as our Tough Stuff Lush Lawn. If the patches are very green, you can colour match these spots by feeding your whole lawn with a lawn food that promises greeness - such as our Oh So Green.

How can I prevent them?

Unless you train your four-legged friend to urinate in a certain area of your garden or set up an area where they can do this, dog pee patches will be inevitable. However, with a bit of supervision you can water these areas to stop the urine burning your lawn and turn them into super green patches instead!