Why does dog urine stain your lawn yellow? This is a question many a dog owner would love to know the answer to in order to rectify it. There are many theories out there but most have been proven to be urban legends. (Article 1):
• Only female dogs cause dog spots – Not true
Female dogs squat when they urinate and therefore leave behind a large volume of concentrated urine in a small area. Some male dogs also squat and they cause the same damage.
• Yellow spots are more common with certain breeds of dogs – Not true
It has to do with the size of the dog more than its breed. The bigger the dog the more urine and the bigger the damage.
• Dog spots are caused by alkaline urine (pH above 7.0) – False
Spots are caused by a high concentration of Nitrogen and salts (Article 1)
A dog’s urine is comprised of numerous different components such as water, urea [(NH2)2CO], hormones and ammonia (NH3+). According to all four references, the single component affecting the grass is Nitrogen (N2).
Dogs are carnivores and therefore require a protein rich diet. Nitrogen is the fundamental breakdown product of protein. The excess amount of nitrogen is excreted through the dog’s kidneys ending up as urine. The concentrated liquid nitrogen in dog urine is similar to the concentration of ammonia or bleach. (Article 2)
The well-known saying: “Too much of something is never good”, applies to the Nitrogen component in urine. Nitrogen is a good fertilizer and dog urine could in fact be very beneficial to one’s lawns. The problem is that the Nitrogen concentration in dog urine is too high. According to Article 2, it is the concentration of the Nitrogen that is deadly to the grass, not the Nitrogen element itself. According to Article 4, the yellow stain emerges when the excess Nitrogen dehydrates the plant.
A few days after the stain appears one starts to notice a dark green ring around the peripheral. (Referring to Article 2 and 3) This is a result of the Nitrogen overload being diluted via rain water etc. and the increased Nitrogen starting to fuel abundant plant growth around the periphery.
There are a range of suggested solutions to solve the problem of dog spots. Here are the main ideas:
Problem Area Avoidance Techniques-
1. According to Article 2, “Dilution is the Solution!” Applying a bucket of water to the contaminated area apparently does the job.
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Why Do Female Dogs Hump? It’s hard to answer in one sentence. The “humping” issue that almost all dog fanciers face has many reasons. It is true that female dogs are less likely to hump than male dogs are. However, female canines practice this embarrassing behavior from puppyhood into adulthood. Most people think that it is natural and funny to look at but such behavior is considered to be inappropriate and must be nipped in bud by the dog owner.
It is hard to keep a white coat clean! Whether it is the dirt from the yard or a food mustache or tear stains, it shows up on a light colored dog. Tear staining is noticeable on dogs with light coats. Breeds like the Maltese, Bichon Frise, Lhasa Apso and Shih Tzu are commonly affected by cosmetic tear stains. Other breeds, including Labrador Retrievers, Golden Retrievers, Greyhounds and Old English Sheepdogs also experience tear stains, but their darker coats camouflage the reddish brown stains.
After ten minutes had passed, I collected the ingredients needed to perform a gram stain. I got the primary stain, crystal violet, and flooded my smear for sixty seconds, and then rinsed the color off with water until the water ran clear. I then flooded the smear with the mordant, grams of iodine, and let that sit on the slide for sixty seconds as well. I then rinsed the grams of iodine off with water and applied alcohol to the smear to decolorize the cells; however I made sure not to over decolorize and only put enough drops on the smear till the purple ran clear. I then rinsed the slide with water and flooded the smear with safranin, the counter stain and let it sit for sixty seconds and then rinsed the color off with water.
Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is a metabolic disorder due to deficiency of branched-chain alpha keto acid dehydrogenase enzyme resulting in accumulation of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) (leucine, isoleucine, and valine). Prolonged accumulation of leucine and its metabolites may lead to cerebral edema and its lethal complication like cerebral herniation and severe permanent neuronal damage causing psychomotor developmental delay. Lowering the concentration of these metabolic byproducts can prevent permanent neurological damage and may be life saving, particularly when extreme concentrations are reached. A goal of treatment is to rapid removal of toxic metabolites, correction of metabolic abnormalities and prevents further accumulation
Chelation-the medicine used for arsenic- can be very brutal on the dogs body. This medication should only be used for high doses of arsenic away. To increase the illumination you need to give your dog fluid so the arsenic won't go into the blood stream. To prevent arsenic from going into the dogsbody keep them away from ant and roach killers and also tap water. Fluoride is also in tapwater which includes loads of salt, detergents and baking soda. The level of fluoride 0.0005% is dangerous for the dogs body. For riders also in dog food, and if the dog has too much fluoride in their system they can run the risk of getting skeletal fluorosis which is a disease caused by the build up of fluoride in the body and causes stiff joints. To prevent skeletal fluorosis your dog needs a healthy diet and plenty of purified water. If you give your dog a bottle of purified water you can run the risk of not being BPA free. BPA stands for bisphenol A, which is a chemical known to be in water bottles. So if you buy purified water you have to make sure it is BPA
Every lawn eventually becomes the victim of lawn grass disease from the well-manicured expanse of the golf course to the sometimes-neglected backyard. This problem is devastating for the landowner following a large investment in establishing and caring for his turfgrass. However, the destruction of lawn grass infection is not beyond repair.
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A common misconception about a dog’s color vision is that they see their world in only black, white, and shades of gray. Although their perception of color is limited, dogs do discriminate between objects based on their hue. Due to having only two cones, their color vision is limited, but what they do see are shades of yellow, such as grayish brown (combination of yellow and blue), dark yellow, light yellow, grayish yellow, light blue and dark blue.
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