Sometimes having pets and having a lawn can be like working on two opposing teams. Pets can do many things to ruin gardens and lawns, while lawns and plants can be harmful to pets. With some planning and the right tools, you can have everyone living in harmony in no time.

Using Organic Products to Protect Your Pets

Chemical fertilizers can be harmful to your family and your pets. If pets commonly chew on plants and grasses, the chemicals could make them sick or could be lethal. Organic fertilizers like fish oil and seaweed fertilizers will give you the luscious lawn you're looking for without the threat of harming your pets. Be careful with fish oil fertilizers, though, as dogs might catch onto the scent of fish and dig up areas where you have spread the fertilizer in an effort to find the fish.

Pets can also do much damage to a lawn. Typically, your yard also serves as your pet's bathroom. Dog and cat urine can cause unsightly spots on an otherwise lovely lawn. An acid neutralizing conditioner for soil will help to correct those unsightly spots. This soil conditioner can be used as a preventative before the damage occurs or can be used as a spot treatment to help rejuvenate damaged turf.

In order to have your lawn and your pets in full harmony, you'll have to treat your lawn for fleas and ticks. Simply treating the dog will help a little, but to get to the bottom of the problem, you've got to tackle the yard. Keep the lawn and any weeds trimmed, and avoid piles of gravel or rocks, which create perfect areas for ticks and fleas to live in. Discourage the nesting of rodents like squirrels, which can carry fleas into your yard.