How to Get Rid of Dog Smell in Your Yard

Backyards can be perfect places for barbecues, patio parties or playing football. However, no one wants to play in a backyard that is surrounded by the palpable stench of a dog. An unfavorable odor from a dog can come in many forms. It could be from the dog's urine soaking into the earth, it could be the dog's feces surrounding the yard or it could be the dog shedding massive amounts of hair because of the heat. Luckily, you can do a few things to get rid of those unpleasant aromas and return your backyard to a more environmental place to spend time.

Things You'll Need

  • Dog shampoo
  • Regular shampoo
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Instructions

    • 1

      Clean up dog feces in the yard. The largest cause of unfavorable dog odors in a backyard comes from the dog's droppings. When the droppings accumulate to larger amounts, the scent often grows, especially in the summer. Though it is not a pleasant task, cleaning up the dog's feces will help reduce the nasty smells in the backyard. Though dog feces will decompose on its own, it can take up to two weeks of high humidity for a single dropping to fully disappear.

    • 2

      Check for dead grass patches. If your dog goes to the bathroom in a specific place each time it goes outside, the grass in that area may die. The scent of the grass is often what keeps the scent of the urine down, but when the grass dies, the smell of urine is far more palpable. Train your dog to use the bathroom in different places. Also, hose off the spot where the grass has died and replant the grass. This will not only keep the scent down, it will also help your yard look better.

    • 3

      Wash your dog. Sometimes it is not the smell of the dog's droppings, but the dog itself. If your dog has not been bathed in a few months, it is most likely your dog that is making the backyard smell. You can wash your dog with regular shampoo or dog shampoo available wherever dog products are sold. Washing your dog will help eliminate foul smells in your backyard.