Pets and Your Lawn

In recent years, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that approximately 38% of Australian households have a dog and 27% have a cat. Of these, 75% believe that their pets as part of the family. Sometimes pets can have meant the run of the garden, can suffer from the garden or lawn. This article will give you some tips on how to have a pet healthy and happy, like a green and healthy.

Burn spots

If you have a dog and a lawn, then youWas probably 'spots Burn'. These are the ugly yellow stains from urine to kill your dog has caused the grass. The nitrogen in the urine of your dog is causing the problem, and is more common in large families with female dogs. Here are some things you can do to alleviate this problem: --

Try training your dog to urinate on a particular area.




If your dog does not want to do this, try watering the area as soon as possible after the dog urine, as suchDilute concentrations of N.




Stark irrigate the dark spots you rinse the area and the grass around the village to grow up healthy and to replace the dry grass.




Customize your dog's diet slightly reduced nitrogen. A diet rich in protein can do this, but discuss this change with your veterinarian first.




Add water to your dog's food to dilute the nitrogen. Beware of commercial products claim to solve theThe problem, as they are often designed to make your dog's thirst. This means that strikes of drinking more water, but this can also lead to unpleasant side effects.




Burn spot is a serious problem in a lawn, try to fertilize it more regularly - the meadow full for several days after fertilization of water.




Some herbs are more susceptible to nitrogen. When you think of reforestation, try a more serious and permanent grass like fescue. CloverHerb is also recommended, such as clover, grass does not stain the same way, after subjected to dog urine.

Animals & Lawn Care

All good lawn need some maintenance to keep it good looking. We all know how dogs love to roll, play and sometimes eat grass. The pesticides, fertilizers or other products that you can on your lawn dangerous animal. Follow these tips to make sure you keep your lawn and healthy animals at the same time.

NeverQuestion about a product and always follow the manufacturer's instructions.




Do not apply lawn pest control on a windy day.




Do not apply lawn pest control, when pets are nearby.




Remove water and food bowls in the application of pesticide or a similar product.




Place the food directly on the lawn after using a product.




Do not apply the product close toLitter or kennel. It is better to remove them before applying.




If a product is liquid, wait for it to dry before your pets near the lawn.




Keep pesticides out of reach of pets.




Be careful to keep pesticides out of reach of pets, if you apply them.




If possible, select pet-friendly fertilizers and herbicides.

Lawn and wearTear

The love for dogs sniff every corner of their property and above all love to patrol all the areas again and again and again. Some dogs spend hours a day, running a path around the edge of the garden ensure that there are no invaders in their territory! This translates into dusty trails where the grass can not have the opportunity to grow. Here are some tips on how to avoid these tracks.

Derive give the dog a temporary fence to help the grass a chance to recover




Consider paving the road where the tracks are permanent, for example between the kennel and back door or the back door to the laundry.




Move the bed or kennel regularly. This is the probability that it bears a way to reduce their bed every day.




Keep the plants at the bottom of your fence, so as not to run the dog in the circle next to the fence, listening to sounds on the opposite side.




Put a lock objects like garden furniture to sit in the way, the way in which a well-used path.




Walk your dog regularly, so that most of the time spent sleeping in the garden!