Meriln2008 0 Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Hi All. Over the last month or two I've come across adverts in the wife's gardening mags for 'dog rocks'. These are added to your dogs water bowl to help stop the urine 'burning patches in the lawn'. I'm don't know if anyone has tried these but from my research ( including daughter in law the vet nurse ), the following is what I've been strongly advised. The nitrogen in your dog's urine is in the form of urea. This in NO way comes from his drinking water. It is a by-product of the animals kidney function and no rock on the planet will change that. Please don't give your dog any of the anti-urine-burn supplements and mess with their kidney function. Ask any vet It can open your dog up to crystals and kidney problems. Please comment Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Hi All. Over the last month or two I've come across adverts in the wife's gardening mags for 'dog rocks'. These are added to your dogs water bowl to help stop the urine 'burning patches in the lawn'. I'm don't know if anyone has tried these but from my research ( including daughter in law the vet nurse ), the following is what I've been strongly advised. The nitrogen in your dog's urine is in the form of urea. This in NO way comes from his drinking water. It is a by-product of the animals kidney function and no rock on the planet will change that. Please don't give your dog any of the anti-urine-burn supplements and mess with their kidney function. Ask any vet It can open your dog up to crystals and kidney problems. Please comment Are they these things that are supposed to be added to drinking water to cool it down ? if so i doubted that they did anything as it was brought up on a ferret forum regarding it being used in there drinking water Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Meriln2008 0 Posted August 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Hi All. Over the last month or two I've come across adverts in the wife's gardening mags for 'dog rocks'. These are added to your dogs water bowl to help stop the urine 'burning patches in the lawn'. I'm don't know if anyone has tried these but from my research ( including daughter in law the vet nurse ), the following is what I've been strongly advised. The nitrogen in your dog's urine is in the form of urea. This in NO way comes from his drinking water. It is a by-product of the animals kidney function and no rock on the planet will change that. Please don't give your dog any of the anti-urine-burn supplements and mess with their kidney function. Ask any vet It can open your dog up to crystals and kidney problems. Please comment Are they these things that are supposed to be added to drinking water to cool it down ? if so i doubted that they did anything as it was brought up on a ferret forum regarding it being used in there drinking water Hi Sweet. No these are suppost to change the PH in the dogs drinking water so there's less nitrogen in the urine, Sites I've come across Are, http://www.dogrocks.co.uk/ http://www.petremedies.co.uk/Misc-Products/Lawn-Health/Dog-Rocks/p-83-208-587/?gclid=CK-v2aHq16MCFVFd4wodXAizvQ http://www.dogrocks.org/ It's' only recently I've come across these and can only advise checking with a vet before using. The ad claims seem to conflict or do not consider the dogs health from the info I've gleaned elsewhere. Seems to be more concerned with pretty lawns. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 the shite some companys come up with to make money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 Hi All. Over the last month or two I've come across adverts in the wife's gardening mags for 'dog rocks'. These are added to your dogs water bowl to help stop the urine 'burning patches in the lawn'. I'm don't know if anyone has tried these but from my research ( including daughter in law the vet nurse ), the following is what I've been strongly advised. The nitrogen in your dog's urine is in the form of urea. This in NO way comes from his drinking water. It is a by-product of the animals kidney function and no rock on the planet will change that. Please don't give your dog any of the anti-urine-burn supplements and mess with their kidney function. Ask any vet It can open your dog up to crystals and kidney problems. Please comment Are they these things that are supposed to be added to drinking water to cool it down ? if so i doubted that they did anything as it was brought up on a ferret forum regarding it being used in there drinking water Hi Sweet. No these are suppost to change the PH in the dogs drinking water so there's less nitrogen in the urine, Sites I've come across Are, http://www.dogrocks.co.uk/ http://www.petremedies.co.uk/Misc-Products/Lawn-Health/Dog-Rocks/p-83-208-587/?gclid=CK-v2aHq16MCFVFd4wodXAizvQ http://www.dogrocks.org/ It's' only recently I've come across these and can only advise checking with a vet before using. The ad claims seem to conflict or do not consider the dogs health from the info I've gleaned elsewhere. Seems to be more concerned with pretty lawns. Hi merlin Thanks for that i did doubt if these things worked or were even beneficial.. it was rock sulpher i was thinking about originally.. i think thats the stuff thats suppose to cool water Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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