Carpets or Hard flooring

Dobiesmon

Hi
I have had carpets down but now front room and hall need replacing question with 3 large dogs what would be better , hallway is a solid floor but front room is floorboards and any flooring might at sometime have to be lifted if there is a leak from pipes .

if you have laminate or wood down are you happy or do you wish you had carpet ,
have your dogs hurt themselves on the floor.

Barneysmom

MY friend's little dog slid along the laminate floor and his poor little front paws got wedged under the door, he did cry. He had to go to the vets.

I'd go for a low pile carpet, it's much warmer in winter too than hard flooring.

lv1109

To be honest from the experience of the small bit of laminate flooring we have, I would stick with carpet. The dogs find it hard to walk on the laminate and some dogs find it too weird and refuse to step on it at all!

Although carpet is harder work with hoovering I think it is much better when you have dogs.

BitterAndTwisted

Hard flooring shows the dust so much more than carpeting, you'll be mopping or sweeping every five minutes. I'm not fond of them myself: they can make a room sound very echo-y and colder. I'm not sure I'd like the sound of the animals clip-clopping around either

SnowyOwl_2

I have laminate in parts of the ground floor of my house, though I have cats, rather than dogs.
The bloke who sold me the flooring said to go for laminate rather than solid wood as it fares better with claws.

However, I rather regret going for laminate. It's a begger to get clean and shiny, and balls of cat hair float around like tumbleweed no matter how much I sweep up and groom the kitties. The kitties themselves don't mind it - in fact depending on their mood they will try to run from a standing start and kind of run on the spot because they can't get a grip - I'm sure they do it on purpose. Occasionally they will gallop up the hall then suddenly put the brakes on and do a skid. It happens too often to be an accident, and we all know how clever cats are, don't we? LOL.

I've heard of dogs slipping on hard shiny floors and doing themselves a bad injury when their paw goes out from under them, basically tearing ligaments or muscles.

If I had the money I'd get rid of the laminate and get carpet.

ka7e

Another option is a good quality vinyl. I have one that looks like wooden floorboards and is actually textured like wood. It can be hoovered to get rid of hairs etc, but it does need a good wipe over at least once a week!

welshmoneylover

clip clop clip clop, that's all I hear on my wooden floors in the bedroom from my dog.

Carpet is much more sound proof, and I've only got one dog. I can't imagine having 3 sets of nails clip clopping along!

Kimberley

I was going to ask this question

I have a shiny laminate floor in my living room. I love it because it is so easy to keep clean by mopping the floor BUT our new pup when he runs skids everywhere and his paws have gone under him a few times and spread out and I winch because he could injure himself.

Do the non shiny types of laminate work better with dogs? I'm saving up and a carpet is the next thing on my list if the non slip laminate type is not suitable but what type of carpet should I get for comfort and which is doggy friendly?

The thing is that my back door is in my living room so in the winter when the dog goes out for his wee and poos he will bring the wet and mud onto the carpet and it will get very dirty and ruin quick. Thats why I do prefer laminate but I have to think about the dog.

Kimberley

welshmoneylover wrote: »

clip clop clip clop, that's all I hear on my wooden floors in the bedroom from my dog.

Thats what I hear in our living room from our dog and it is annoying when trying to watch a TV programme

pulliptears

I asked the vet about this the other week as I'm about to have most of the downstairs done with laminate.
He advised laminate to be far more hygienic and not at all risky for the dog (although he did suggest that they would go through a few days learning curve until they realised they couldnt run around on it quite so quickly!)

Errata

pulliptears wrote: »

I asked the vet about this the other week as I'm about to have most of the downstairs done with laminate.
He advised laminate to be far more hygienic and not at all risky for the dog (although he did suggest that they would go through a few days learning curve until they realised they couldnt run around on it quite so quickly!)

He's obviously never seen a dog on laminate running on the spot trying to get some traction, or seen a dog do the splits on it. I have textured vynil in the conservatory and when the dog runs in from the garden when it's wet he can do a very impressive skid !