Hi all, We failed miserably with the the Pee Stone (waiting for 20 minutes at a time for no pee in the designated area time after time gets a little tiresome after a while!). Has anybody had any experience with these: http://www.dogrocks.co.uk/faqs ?
Re: Australian rocks My friends tried them as they have a girl. They didn't seem to make much difference :-\
Re: Australian rocks I'm am sceptical about the claims made about these rocks. I can't see any mechanism that'd allow them to have an impact on the chemical make-up of dog wee.
Re: Australian rocks Tomato sauce I read that its a myth that female dogs are worse for causing grass burn , its actually just that females end to empty their bladder when they wee whereas male dogs do a cock up here and another one there and dont empty their bladders every time . I was advised to add tomato sauce to the dog food , Millie has a teaspoon full about three times a week and big Sam has a desert spoon ful three times a week , I think its working, something about the tomato neutralising the acid in wee
Re: Australian rocks I think they claim to remove nitrates and tin from the drinking water. We were about to try them as we have a very spotty drying green! Morning and bedtime wees are done as close to the back door as possible :
Re: Australian rocks Am about to try a product called "Eezy Peezy". http://www.csjk9.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=18 I'll let you know when it's tried and tested! Jan
Re: Australian rocks Hi, Try apple cider vinegar. It does help to neutralise the nitrogen burn but also has other health benefits.
Re: Australian rocks i was given some rocks to put in the water bowl but milly looked at them and wpould not drink untill i took them out so i can not say if they work
Re: Australian rocks Have you tried a "pee post" ? That gives the dog something to cock their legs on, my friend found it very successful with her three Labs. I tried it but cannot remember what happened!!!!
Re: Australian rocks [quote author=Kirriegirl link=topic=7259.msg100336#msg100336 date=1407527611] Ah I think now I have heard of using cider vinegar. How much do you use? [/quote] Sorry to have taken so long to respond! Whisky is 14 weeks old and we give him half a teaspoon twice a day. Adult dogs should get 5 - 10 ml a day. (i.e. one to two teaspoons per day). Buy the unfiltered, unpasteurised variety for animals (from pet stores etc) - not the stuff from supermarkets.
Re: Australian rocks Sorry for late reply- holiday season! I just wanted to add that dog rocks did work with my (sadly missed) lab Fudge and burnt patches on the lawn were massively reduced. However, they did lose effectiveness after 2 months and needed to be replaced (just like it recommends on the packet!). They have been useless with My 10 month old boy Buddy as he just thinks retrieving them from his bowl is a fantastic game (of which he doesn't tire!) I am now going to get out the ketchup or the cider vinegar....
Re: Australian rocks Sorry to be a boring old sceptic...but I cannot see how these rocks would work. They claim to work by removing nitrogen from the water. Well, fine, maybe they do But so many other things taken in by a dog are full of nitrogen....meat is full of nitrogen...air is full of nitrogen and there is dissolved nitrogen in our blood. Removing nitrogen from water would have a negligible effect on nitrogen output in urine. I don't think that adding vinegar to the diet would achieve anything helpful either. There is a lot of metabolising that goes on between the food/water bowl and the 'outlet pipe'
Re: Australian rocks [quote author=Oberon link=topic=7259.msg104968#msg104968 date=1409088201] Sorry to be a boring old sceptic...[/quote] Does the boring old sceptic know of anything that does work to help save our lawns?
Re: Australian rocks I had 21 years of bitches gleefully peeing on my lawn with no ill effects. Molly, however, appears to be pursuing a scorched earth policy around the perimeter of our lawn. I have changed her to the food that my previous dog had to see if that has any effects. I think any improvement will take some time to become apparent, either that or we will have the full Sahara effect.
Re: Australian rocks [quote author=UncleBob link=topic=7259.msg104980#msg104980 date=1409090050] [quote author=Oberon link=topic=7259.msg104968#msg104968 date=1409088201] Sorry to be a boring old sceptic...[/quote] Does the boring old sceptic know of anything that does work to help save our lawns? [/quote] I dug up the lawn and laid slate chipping. Brilliant - worked a treat. No more mowing was a bonus too.
Re: Australian rocks My hubby bought those rocks last month, I think it's a load of bosh. Especially since I haven't seen much damage on the lawn. I've had three male dogs now, and have never had much lawn problems, I think because the female squatting to pee concentrates it all in one spot as opposed to the males which sprinkle it all over.
Re: Australian rocks [quote author=UncleBob link=topic=7259.msg104980#msg104980 date=1409090050] [quote author=Oberon link=topic=7259.msg104968#msg104968 date=1409088201] Sorry to be a boring old sceptic...[/quote] Does the boring old sceptic know of anything that does work to help save our lawns? [/quote] I knew I'd get asked that! Maybe hosing the lawn right after peeing? We are lawn-less so I haven't actually had to resolve this problem for myself.
