Need some lawn care advice....have two full size female dogs...?

I need some help. I have two full size female dogs, one golden retriever and one black lab. They both live full time in the back yard, have a kennel, but I leave them out most of the day. I realize it is terrible for my lawn, but does anyone have any suggestions as to how to revamp and revitalize my lawn?





Would it be best to limit their time out? Any fertilizers that can help? Any ideas would be very helpful, thanks!Need some lawn care advice....have two full size female dogs...?
I would recommend using a soil amendment called ';Pozzolan'; or ';Lassenite ATS'; (same product, diff names). This is an all natural soil amendment that helps to grow deeper stronger, healthier roots. The better and stronger the roots, the better your grass will stand up to the wear and tear of the dogs. This is a product that is used a great deal on sports fields and golf courses to reduce the compaction caused by all the wear and heavy traffic.





This is a very benefitial soil amendment. A ONE TIME application will do the following:





Reduce watering


Reuce fertilizer usage


Promote deeper, healthier roots


Hold nutrients in the soil


Flush salts


Increase porosity


Decrease compaction


Reduce runoff


Thicken lawns





Pozzolan is a volcanic diatomaceous soil amendment that you till into the soil to about 6 inches. It is all natural. It is used in the middle east to grow grass for golf courses in the desert.





Good Luck!Need some lawn care advice....have two full size female dogs...?
First of all, make sure that your problem is acutally from your girls and not from grubs or some other parasite!





You can reseed periodically during the year, which can help really bad spots. We usually water the areas our dogs go shortly after (great dane and bearded collie), which seems to help greatly.





There are all kinds of patch repairs that work really well, but also are kind of costly.





I've heard that top dressing the lawn with lime partway through the summer neutralizes some of the acidity from the nitrogen in the urine. I've never tried this personally, as I try to reduce what I put on the lawn (meaning - nothing other than seed or soil) but I know some people swear by this.





Depending on where you are, the nice thing about dog spots is that they revitalize themselves over the winter! We topdress with soil and seed in the fall and spring as well.





We've also trained our dogs to ';go'; only in one specific area in the yard, which has greatly reduced the damage in the yard in general. It took a bit of work, but it was worth it! Now I know we have only one area to work on - and to me, my dogs are worth more than a pretty lawn!