Fix Dog Spots In SECONDS!

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

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[@veronamatt1]

I love your Westies. I have two myself!

[@jimk59]

That Pro Plugger is such a versatile tool, love mine. It helps if the soil is moist before taking the plug!

[@mjp8415]

I’ve been doing the watering can prevention method for about 7 months and it works really well. Before this my lawn was a spotted mess

[@Lobsterchowmein]

Thanks for the quick fixes for the dog spots! I too have a small dog, mixed breed rescue. Where do your Westies do their business during the winter when there is snow on the ground? My guy is too short to walk when there is any significant snow so I shovel an area in my backyard for him. That area takes a beating and needs a lot of love in the springtime to get it back into shape.

[@NextLevelLawnCare]

Great tips Ryan, I used your Perennial Rye Grass in my spring renovation, and it's looking AMAZING! 10/10 recommend it!

[@jfarm_1311]

Been back and forth on the pro plugger. Need to do just get one. Looks super handy to have around

[@michaelprice7005]

I've been dealing with a rabbit killing multiple spots in the lawn. Using Miracle-Gro Potting soil with seed mixed in. It's working surprisingly well.

[@ferrumchnop6617]

Wish our dirt looked like yours. We got stuck with whatever the developer graded. I've been soil topping it slowly over the past year and it's helping but man I'm still envious.

[@bbqguy777]

Great video! Thanks for all your help and knowledge!

[@mercmanwon]

I had a tool similar to that made 25 years ago when I had a pack of beagles. It took out hockey puck size sod and replaces it with pieces from the other side of the yard. Some times if they were bigger I would cut around the edge of the spot and rotate it 180 degrees 4 or 5 times and replace the center. This would blend it in to the existing lawn and it would nearly disappear. Seems like the cut and turn resumed the growth in the sod. Sometimes a piece of sod to cut cut plugs was the order of the day.

[@jherrmann543]

I was going to ask you this the other day when you posted a video. Then i got to watching your other channel.

[@AndrewPlett]

Great tips as always Ryan! Keep up the good work!

[@joshwhalley4151]

Great videos as always Ryan. Well done

[@MarcyHoney]

I live in PA. We dethatched and overseeded with perennial ryegrass last fall. Lawn was breathtaking in the spring! Despite watering during dry spells, there is one grass in the original mix that has turned brown like straw. There are also thatching areas of brown I have been trying to control. Of the common cool grass combinations, which grass is the brown and straw-like one throughout the lawn ( from original lawn prior to our purchase)? How do I control/ prevent thatch? We mow as you have instructed keeping grass 3-4 inches tall. We bag our clippings for now.

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

There's no way for me to know which one turned brown unfortunately. You can dethatch in fall with a machine you rent or buy a corded one like I have for around $120 and they work really well.

[@theCastleberry]

Great tips as always buddy. Keep on keeping on!

[@seanrice7511]

4 dogs between 50 and 80 lbs. Already got first Tenacity / starter fert down in anticipation of a major over-seed. Like that plug idea tbh.

[@DanishKhan-xm6bb]

Hi Ryan. How I can prevent neighbour dogs not to go on the lawn in the city blvd area. I have the nice KBG grass there. Any suggestions!!

[@LawnRight]

Great as always 👍. Can slso grow turf elsewhere for transplanting.. a little grass nursery

[@coper216]

Question: what is the difference between D thatching and scarfire?? And why do different companies use the 2 term interchangeably with the implements that go on there equipment? For example: on your Electra they sell a scarfire cassette but it looks similar to green works detacher. Could you please explain the difference and the differences between all the implementations as well as why they have different names? Or a video would be great. Thanks! Love your channel and I’m definitely going to renovate my mine

[@blasian318]

Do I need to water the area every day until the grass grows or do I need to add more seeds?

[@chroniclesofnanner9543]

We have 2 dogs with a total weight over 300 lbs. They pee buckets a day. Living in Alberta we have snow on the ground 6 months out of the year so it really builds up. When our yard thawed out this spring we literally lost half of our back yard to dog pee. We’ve been doing as you showed and we’re back to about 75-80 percent. But they are killing it as fast as we can grow it and we water all the time trying to flush the soil. Our soil literally bubbles when we water it in the bad spots. Next year will probably be sod.

[@tonymadera3603]

I seen those type of dry spots that recently appeared in my lawn. I wondered what was causing that. I also have a lawn against the curb by the street. A number of people that pass by walking their dogs, allow them to sniff, lift up their leg and urinate on the lawn. I didnt realize that was the cause of the same type of spots you have.

[@DanishKhan-xm6bb]

Any idea how to prevent dogs not to urinate. I heard pepper works. Have you tried? I have the same problem.

[@aomething]

Love the Westies!

[@ACKCSC2024]

By leaving the grass longer it helps train them to go in the shorter grass

[@Lucy-ow9jx]

Any recommendations for front yard where other people bring their dogs? I don't have dogs but my whole area between sidewalk and curb (around 5ft x 20ft) is ruined and always smells absolutely terrible.

[@botting_made_ez]

Great video great tips

[@jkbaker01]

When would you start to do levelling and overseeding? Also would it be okay to overseed with perennial rye on KBG or not good idea?

[@Golfexpertbelieveme]

I just got your tall fescue grass seed in. If i don't use it all what is the best way to store it? Can it stay out in the shed through the winter or should I bring it inside?

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

Cool dry place for storage. I've left mine in my shed before and didn't see any issues

[@mtb7018]

Plugs work great, however I’ve found teaching my dog to use the toilet was the best method of preventing burns 🤘

[@JamieHarveyJr]

The only thing that minimized it for me was to run a low nitrogen program in the back yard. I started with only 1lb of Nitogen per season and the dog spots still ‘greened up’ a little. 1.5lbs per season was my sweet spot. The rest of the lawn usually gets 4lbs of Nitrogen per season, for comparison.

[@briannanney101]

I do the same, and it's effective. Along with switching to bio-solids in the backyard dog area.

[@Aerialphotovito]

Hi Ryan , does the female urine cause more damage than a male urine , Ive noticed my male's urine has little or no impact on the turf . any thoughts ?

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

Guys can't hit the toilet so what do you think the male dog does? haha

[@Aerialphotovito]

@@ryanknorrlawncare 😂😂😂

[@jwstein19]

Would this work well for fertilizer burn spots? It seems a 4'" plug would suffice to get below the high N hot spot.

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

I would think it would

[@OneSmellyTaco]

The best preventative thing you can do is use your OWN yard as a toilet!! My neighbors love to use my grass as their dogs toilet. It's frustrating after I've put in a lot of hard work to get my grass looking like a golf course

[@Wildpony98]

We had a westie with a floppy ear. Always killed the grass with his ‘Roundup’ pee. Lol

[@clintmock5615]

Ryan when is the northern fall season considered “fall” season? I love all your videos I follow a lot of your steps and it helps my Michigan yard tremendously!!

[@capboomer]

@Clint Ryan and others have mentioned in the past that fall renovation season starts around mid to late August for a lot of cool season grass locations. Hope that helps.

[@theturfnerd]

I assume the little bit of KBG mixed in with my TTTF isn't enough to plug and have it spread?

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

Probably going to be waiting on long while if you have a small %

[@theturfnerd]

@@ryanknorrlawncare then seeding it is!

[@APEWRENCH]

I’ve had some success with petigreen, Two large dogs, it’s a constant battle

[@TheAMVDJ]

Has anyone watching this grown a kbg/prg lawn in the transition zone? I just don't know how well prg grows during high heat/humidity where I live

[@SilentKiller-fx1qj]

Ryan what seed of yours would you recommend for central Kentucky?

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

Most would likely do tall fescue

[@greattrainadventure8523]

I’ve got centipede, I’ve never had problems with dog pee. The grass just grows greener in that spot

[@JamieHarveyJr]

I believe a lawn low in nitrogen will generally be greener from the urea. If it has adequate nitrogen or high nitrogen levels it tends to yellow. It’s similar to dropping fertilizer on the lawn and burning it, If I’m not mistaken.

[@greattrainadventure8523]

@@JamieHarveyJr Yes it’s similar. But it’s like that for all the warm season lawns I’ve seen. They are just so resilient. (Apart from zoysia)

[@unluckyknight]

I'm lucky I have an adorably cute "toy" Yorkie and he takes really REALY tiny tinkles so they'll never leave burn spots

[@Lawnvolution]

Bravo!

[@MichaelRei99]

There are also healthy additives you can put in your dogs water to prevent the urine from burning the lawn.

[@mikemckinley77]

Like what? I'm interested

[@aprilgeneric8027]

the plug method works well if you have a fence line and you can most the fence enough to pull a plug from right under it. over time you won't have to whip that section of fence, win win. DOG urine is concentrated PH imbalance, all you have to do is balance that spots PH again, no seeding required and you can eliminate the damage in the first place by sprinkling 1 of the 6 PH soil balances on it. urine is high acid, and i forgot which type you need to buy but it's the base to the acid imbalance so it's an alkali, can't recall if it's limestone or gypsum off the top of my head.

[@andrewkennedy9704]

Best way to deal with dog spots is train the dog to pee in the neighbors yard.😁

[@UnknownUser_0000]

Was really hoping you were just going to pull out green spray paint.. 😅😅

[@terrywatts1060]

Yessssss

[@Nich0lasN0el]

Seems like the grass gets greener and grows more in the spots where my dog goes.

[@JLavoe111]

NICE

[@EaveeDoesIt]

Fun fact: it's the lactic acid that burns the lawn, not the salts. Lactic acid acts similar to glyphosate, which is why you want to water immediately to dilute it. I learned that one from Matt

[@djayt1215]

If you catch it early, a water can mixed with humic, and a surfactant, water deeply. Works for rabbit damage to

[@backpacker3421]

To help minimize the dog spots to begin with, regular humic acid sprayed down will help keep a good biome to quickly break down the offending urine.

[@tkskagen]

👍

[@WswRefrigeration]

Head to the forest and get some free grass plugs to fix yours

[@kennyd9304]

Got a kick out of the Kujo commercial. Congrats!

[@trevormuggeridge4560]

First Aussie 😁

[@shaneallen4042]

lol my Labrador can kill of a metre square in one instance

[@briannanney101]

My solution is to use minimum apps of bio-solid fertilizer instead of regular salt chemical based fertilizer. Now my 85 lb lab doesn't burn nearly as much grass.

[@ryanknorrlawncare]

And your phos levels are likely off the chart so be careful with that

[@briannanney101]

@@ryanknorrlawncare Nope, phos is 0.44, way below the optimal level of 5-11. Minimum apps also means applying minimum levels of Phos. I chose to apply less fert in the backyard over following my dog with water cans and plugging dead spots. An 85lb dog can burn 1 square food with 1 morning piss.

[@chrisgibson8259]

Can you come fix my dog spots please? :(

[@e.j.calhoon4985]

we give our dog a supplement that neutralizes the urine. Not one spot. ever.

[@philgreene2162]

Got to be careful with that stuff though because it can hurt their kidneys

[@UnknownUser_0000]

"How to slowly kill your pet"..there I fixed it for you.

[@Jmfokken]

This video is all clickbait pal.

[@Legendary_UA]

Well aren't you just special.

[@Jmfokken]

@@philipsmashmouth8782 apparently the sarcasm that many of RK’s videos has been lost on the comments. You may want to go back and rewatch when Connor called PRG sissy grass, or when Nighthawk met Dragon pal.