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Questions tagged [dog]

For questions about how to keep dogs in harmony with a garden or how to protect plants from dogs and other questions about dogs related to gardening and plants.

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Bermuda grass (I think?) is a muddy mess in the winter time

I live in Knoxville, TN. My back lawn sees a lot of action year-round with two medium-sized dogs. I think much of it is Bermuda grass, since it runs close to the ground, is very thick and soft in summer, and goes completely dormant (dead-looking) in…
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Can you eat lettuce that your dog pees on

I planted some leafy greens on a space of dirt where my dog likes to pee and poo. She has almost certainly pee/pooed on the lettuce, or near the lettuce, a couple of times. The plant was perpetual spinach. Can I eat it, given that I wash it? Can I…
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Garden smells of dog urine due to no drainage

I have 2 dogs, who routinely use the bathroom in my front garden. One of my dogs pees in the same place about 90% of the time he goes out. Due to a lack of drainage, and what I imagine is 100% saturation of the soil beneath, the pee will pool on the…
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What treatments would "balance out" what's in dog poo on my lawn, to not kill the lawn?

Criteria: I do not want to MOVE the poop. I just want to keep it from killing the grass I'm ok with it taking 1-3 weeks to break down. I'm looking for easy not perfect :) I know: we should be picking up the poo and tossing it into a compost bin…
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How to fix patchy grass from pet urine

We have bald patches in the grass from pet urine recently. Looking for the best product/routine to fix this, and also maintain it?
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What do I need to add to turn (or offset) dog poop into fertilizer?

We end up with dog poop in our yard. I'd like to put pour something on it that would break it down/compost it (even if it took a month). I'd rather not have to pick it up :) Bonus points if there's something simple with active microbes to hasten…
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In ground dog composters, are they effective?

Looking on the internet, I see a lot of plans for an underground dog waste composting systems. They basically all consist of a well drained barrel like container, buried underground, with a small access pipe to the surface. You throw the waste in…
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