Burn Baby Burn! Grass Burns from Dog Urine

Why does dog urine burn the grass?
Dog urine has a very high nitrogen content, and tends to have a high ph level as well. If you frequently use a nitrogen-based fertilizer, you will have a more noticeable problem. The concentration of nitrogen in one spot is too high, and as a result, the grass dies, while an outer ring seems to flourish.

Why is it that male dogs don’t seem to burn grass like a female dog does?
Female dogs usually squat to urinate, and male dogs (unless they are squatters) usually urinate on something upright (marking their territory). This results in a higher concentration of urine left behind from a female dog, because a male dog’s urine is usually dripping down something, and spread out more thinly. Also adding to the perception that female dogs are more guilty of burning the grass; a spot of dead grass in the center of a green lawn is far more obvious than a small ring around an upstanding object.
Isn’t that a nice visual?
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Puppy Mounting?

got problem with this behavior ? The big question seems to be WHY do dogs DO “this,” and WHAT can we (humans) DO about it? Some answers, as I see them.
Occasionally, mounting is done to produce more dogs, but in this day and age of the wisdom of neutering, this is hopefully not the case too often!

Mounting is seen often as “play activity” — not to be confused with “foreplay” as this activity is not leading to anything else. Puppies often do this, as do older dogs, and, much to the dismay of the owners, it is NOT limited to male on female behavior! Anyone will do — and often does!

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Dealing with your hyperactive dog

About six years ago we brought home an adorable, sleepy, five-week old puppy. We knew it was too early for her to leave her mother, but the dam had stopped feeding the pups and walked away. She was done with them, so the humans took over.

At that tender age, Kaylee was sleepy, darling and sweet. She’s still darling and sweet, but rarely do her batteries run down. We describe her as having two speeds - full and off. And off isn’t often.

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Laughter in dogs

Laughter might not be confined or unique to humans, despite Aristotle’s observation that “only the human animal laughs”. The differences between chimpanzee and human laughter may be the result of adaptations that have evolved to enable human speech. However, some behavioural psychologists argue that self-awareness of one’s situation, or the ability to identify with somebody else’s predicament, are prerequisites for laughter, so animals are not really laughing in the same way that we do.

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