Best dog and water resistant flooring?

Posted by FurPaw on August 30, 2006, 9:42 am

Rich Greenberg wrote:

> There is a downside here if any of your dogs are aged or infirm (or are
> likely to become such). One of my dogs has degenerative disk disease
> and sometimes can't keep his footing well on the tile.

"Slick" tile comprises only a small fraction of the ceramic and
porcelain tiles now available. We found a huge selection of
tiles that have textures rough enough to overcome this problem,
even when wet.

That said, footing-wise for dogs and humans, carpeting is the
best choice. But it's not water-friendly.

Maybe a combo of tile and area rugs?

FurPaw

Posted by Shelly on August 30, 2006, 9:47 am

wrote:

>That said, footing-wise for dogs and humans, carpeting is the
>best choice. But it's not water-friendly.

As someone who has wiped out on carpet, I can testify that it can be
surprisingly slick and dangerous. I cannot think of one positive thing
to say about carpet.

>Maybe a combo of tile and area rugs?

My all-time favorite flooring is wood, with area rugs for the dogs (or,
as I used to refer to them: wrestlemania mats).

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Posted by Rocky on August 30, 2006, 2:30 pm

> That said, footing-wise for dogs and humans, carpeting is the
> best choice. But it's not water-friendly.

Good ol' Murphy was diagnosed with osteosarcoma shortly after
I'd pulled up the carpets, not timely on my part.

Other than that, the playful bunches of dogs I get here deal
well with not-so-good footing - in fact, I'd consider that
they're careful while playing a boon.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Posted by on August 29, 2006, 2:15 pm

Pergo or any other laminate flooring is practically indestructible when
it comes to dogs and if you don't allow water to pool on the floor for
long periods it is OK.

Harry Muscle wrote:

> I'm looking for opinions on what kind of floor to install in our new
> place. We have a dog and a fish tank, so I'm looking for options that
> would stand up to dog claws, possible dog mistakes, and minor
> (sometimes major) spilling of water from the fish tank.
> We've had real hardwood before (finished onsite), but the dog scratched
> it up real good with his nails. We've had laminate before also,
> however, any water left standing for any significant amount of time
> caused the seams to swell. Now I know in a perfect world I shouldn't
> have to worry about standing water, however, I don't wanna have to deal
> with replacing parts of the floor in case one of these days there is a
> puddle of water that sits there for a day or two.
> I'm currently looking at vinyl plank flooring. It's like vinyl tiles,
> however, it's made to look like wood. One company that makes it is
> www.karndean.com . Anyone have any experience with this kind of
> flooring? I'm guessing it totally water proof, how about scratches
> though?
>
> Any other suggestions I should look at?
>
> Thanks,
> Harry

Posted by Goedjn on August 29, 2006, 2:22 pm

wrote:

>I'm looking for opinions on what kind of floor to install in our new
>place. We have a dog and a fish tank, so I'm looking for options that
>would stand up to dog claws, possible dog mistakes, and minor
>(sometimes major) spilling of water from the fish tank.
>We've had real hardwood before (finished onsite), but the dog scratched
>it up real good with his nails. We've had laminate before also,
>however, any water left standing for any significant amount of time
>caused the seams to swell. Now I know in a perfect world I shouldn't
>have to worry about standing water, however, I don't wanna have to deal
>with replacing parts of the floor in case one of these days there is a
>puddle of water that sits there for a day or two.
>I'm currently looking at vinyl plank flooring. It's like vinyl tiles,
>however, it's made to look like wood. One company that makes it is
>www.karndean.com . Anyone have any experience with this kind of
>flooring? I'm guessing it totally water proof, how about scratches
>though?
>Any other suggestions I should look at?

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