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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
You'd seriously alter your dogs natural biological processes to preserve the lawn? That's messed up. Who knows what effect its having on the liver or kidneys of the dog.
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Do you know that many water filters (Brita, in your fridge, etc) also work to remove such water components? Hell many of them use minerals made up of what's in these dog rocks... Do you know how much miscellaneous gubbins is in tap water, either naturally or from processes the city does to it before it gets to your house? You're altering your dog's "natural biological process" just by giving it to them in the first place... same with the type of food you decide to buy... etc etc. Give me a break.
Further rant avoided..
From what I've read about pet-related lawn spots, basically the amount/intensity of how their urine kills your lawn is dependant on what they eat/drink. Since we feed our dog food with less "filler" (better for him), it actually makes it worse for our lawn, since all that filler is replaced by more proteins & nutrients (and therefore nitrates), which are what leads to killing the lawn. The dog rocks are essentially supposed to drop that nitrate intake from the water, so he's still going to get more from the food than buying crappier food with more filler. This is why I was wondering if anyone else had any experience with using them. (If they worked all the time, or just some of the time) Obviously another option is to change his food, but he seems happy with it and healthy, so if it just means each spring i need to do some lawn care, so be it, but figured I'd give it a shot & was just curious if anyone had any experience with it or anything else they've done.