Fix Dog Spots In SECONDS!

Рет қаралды 35,607

Күн бұрын

One of the most common questions in lawn care is how to fix dog damage and spots in the lawn. Today I'll give you quick fix that you can do in seconds!
Moving plugs with a pro plugger is a simple way to fix obvious dog spots with grass from another area of your lawn. For larger areas you can still utilize this method if you have a spreading grass, or for most cool season lawns you'll need to do some renovation and seeding to get things back in shape.
Grass Seed - ryanknorrlawncare.com/product...
I proudly wear Kujo Yardwear shoes - Kujo Yard Shoes Promo Code - Save 10% on a pair of shoes
www.kujo.com/?ref=ryanknorr
The Ultimate Guide To Cool Season Lawn Renovation and Overseeding - ryanknorrlawncare.com/product...
The Ultimate Guide To Cool Season Lawns - ryanknorrlawncare.com/product...
More info on MY NEW BRAND Lawn Supply Company - www.lawnsupplycompany.com
PRO PLUGGER - amzn.to/3jj3dcy
Ryan Knorr Lawn Care is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and other affiliate programs. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Need help with your lawn? Check out my FREE Guide - ryanknorrlawncare.com/simplel...
Simple Lawn Solutions
Get 5% off ANY Simple Lawn Solutions product on Amazon with code ryanknorr at checkout - ryanknorrlawncare.com/product...
Ryan Knorr Lawn Care “Lawn Essentials” Box on Amazon - amzn.to/2v3kzVF
Ryan Knorr Lawn Care GALLONS Box - ryanknorrlawncare.com/product...
Learn something from this video and want to help support me directly?
My website - ryanknorrlawncare.com
Join Our Community - / ryanknorrlawncare
My Other Merch Store - bit.ly/2LRDPYF
Paypal - www.paypal.me/ryanknorr
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
My Podcast - www.ryanknorrlawncare.com/pod...
Looking for music heard in the videos??
open.spotify.com/user/ryankno...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Listening to music and mowing? Protect your HEARING - ryanknorrlawncare.com/product...
Use code KNORR10 for 10% off
Products and Camera Equipment I use in my lawn can be found here www.amazon.com/shop/ryanknorrtv
Great Place to Purchase Lawn Products - shrsl.com/129zc
Sprayer I use - Sprayers Plus 105Ex
Referral URL: www.sprayers-plus.com/ref/rya...
Coupon Code: Get free shipping with code - goelectric
Amazon - amzn.to/2SmvfZq
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Find me on Social Media-
/ ryanknorrlawncare
/ ryanknorr (New Property, My Music, Vlogs, etc)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Want to learn how I became a lawn care youtuber? - • The Ryan Knorr Lawn Ca...
Learn how to renovate your lawn from start to finish - • Lawn Renovation
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Пікірлер: 85

@ryanknorrlawncare 3 жыл бұрын

Get your grass seed for this fall season! - ryanknorrlawncare.com/product-category/grass-seed/ryan-knorr-lawn-care-grass-seed/

@NextLevelLawnCare 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Lobsterchowmein 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@mjp8415 3 жыл бұрын

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

@jimk59 3 жыл бұрын

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

@theCastleberry 3 жыл бұрын

Great tips as always buddy. Keep on keeping on!

@AndrewPlett 3 жыл бұрын

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

@bbqguy777 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks for all your help and knowledge!

@jfarm_1311 3 жыл бұрын

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

@joshwhalley4151 3 жыл бұрын

Great videos as always Ryan. Well done

@ferrumchnop6617 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@veronamatt1 3 жыл бұрын

I love your Westies. I have two myself!

@mercmanwon 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@michaelprice7005 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@botting_made_ez 3 жыл бұрын

Great video great tips

@LawnRight 3 жыл бұрын

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

@jkbaker01 3 жыл бұрын

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?

@jherrmann543 3 жыл бұрын

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

@seanrice7511 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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!!

@ACKCSC2024 3 жыл бұрын

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

@coper216 3 жыл бұрын

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

@chroniclesofnanner9543 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@APEWRENCH 3 жыл бұрын

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

@MarcyHoney 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@aomething 3 жыл бұрын

Love the Westies!

@clintmock5615 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

@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.

@Lawnvolution 3 жыл бұрын

Bravo!

@blasian318 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Lucy-ow9jx 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@mtb7018 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Golfexpertbelieveme 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@tonymadera3603 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@unluckyknight 3 жыл бұрын

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

@JamieHarveyJr 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@jwstein19 3 жыл бұрын

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

@ryanknorrlawncare 3 жыл бұрын

I would think it would

@Wildpony98 3 жыл бұрын

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

@OneSmellyTaco Жыл бұрын

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

@SilentKiller-fx1qj 3 жыл бұрын

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

@ryanknorrlawncare 3 жыл бұрын

Most would likely do tall fescue

@JLavoe111 3 жыл бұрын

NICE

@TheAMVDJ 3 жыл бұрын

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

@theturfnerd 3 жыл бұрын

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

@ryanknorrlawncare 3 жыл бұрын

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

@theturfnerd 3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanknorrlawncare then seeding it is!

@Aerialphotovito 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Aerialphotovito 3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanknorrlawncare 😂😂😂

@terrywatts1060 3 жыл бұрын

Yessssss

@greattrainadventure8523 3 жыл бұрын

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

@JamieHarveyJr 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

@@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)

@MichaelRei99 3 жыл бұрын

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

@mikemckinley77 3 жыл бұрын

Like what? I'm interested

@tkskagen 3 жыл бұрын

👍

@UnknownUser_0000 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Nich0lasN0el 3 жыл бұрын

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

@kennyd9304 3 жыл бұрын

Got a kick out of the Kujo commercial. Congrats!

@trevormuggeridge4560 3 жыл бұрын

First Aussie 😁

@shaneallen4042 Жыл бұрын

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

@chrisgibson8259 3 жыл бұрын

Can you come fix my dog spots please? :(

@WswRefrigeration 3 жыл бұрын

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

@aprilgeneric8027 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@djayt1215 3 жыл бұрын

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

@EaveeDoesIt 3 жыл бұрын

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

@backpacker3421 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@andrewkennedy9704 3 жыл бұрын

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

@briannanney101 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@briannanney101 3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@e.j.calhoon4985 3 жыл бұрын

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

@philgreene2162 3 жыл бұрын

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

@UnknownUser_0000 3 жыл бұрын

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

@MrDrunkNFunky 3 жыл бұрын

This is a trick video. The answer is, You teach your dog to go on the least favorite neighbors lawn. He eluded to it.. but he's too nice to say it

@Jmfokken 3 жыл бұрын

This video is all clickbait pal.

@Legendary_UA 3 жыл бұрын

Well aren't you just special.

@Jmfokken 3 жыл бұрын

@@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.