Best dog and water resistant flooring?

Posted by Shelly on August 30, 2006, 10:19 am

>> I think wood is about the best flooring surface for both humans and
>> dogs. I have not found it to be particularly scratch-prone.

>Every home I've visited that had a combination of large dogs and wood floor,
>I've found to be scratched up. A friend of mine hasn't had a dog in years,
>but the gouges left by her Lab is still there on the floor.

Well, there *is* a certain amount of upkeep with wood floors, if you
want them to look nice.

>So, when are you taking delivery of Pan? I've tried all sorts of things,
>including daily Dremeling, but that's one dog whose quick just refuses to
>shrink back. I've finally resigned myself to living with it instead of
>driving myself crazy over it.

That may well be what's going on with the OP's dog, but my experience
has been that people just don't trim their dogs' nails frequently
enough. It mostly seems to be a matter of ignorance and not of the dog
having Bizarro Miracle Gro Nails[tm].

>One of these days, I'll take pictures of her
>nails; they're mostly white and you can see the quick really well - promise
>they'll make you want to cry.

Do they bother her? Harriet had a couple of problem nails that bothered
her. On one of her vet visits, I had them trimmed while she was under.
From then on, I've shaved micro bits off with a trimmer, then used a
rough emery board to finish them off.

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Posted by Suja on August 30, 2006, 11:08 am

> Do they bother her?

No. It's not one or two odd nails (although some are worse than others),
it's pretty much all the ones on her front feet, and a few on the back ones.

>Harriet had a couple of problem nails that bothered
> her. On one of her vet visits, I had them trimmed while she was under.

I've talked to the vet about what if anything we can do about it. She was
of the opinion that trimming them back to where they need to be (we're not
talking a few millimeters here) would require basically cutting way into the
quick. That sort of unnecessary pain and suffering, we could do without.

While we're on the subject. Someone who comes to the dog park left their
dog at the vet for his neuter. Picked him up later in the day, only to find
out that the vet has trimmed the nails WAAAAY back, to the point where the
dog was not willing to put his feet on the ground. This was without their
permission, and they had the audacity to charge them for it. Ever since
then he pitches a huge fit when his nails need to be trimmed. They can
manage because he's a Min Pin, but a tantrum throwing Dane, I can do
without.

> From then on, I've shaved micro bits off with a trimmer, then used a
> rough emery board to finish them off.

I wish it were that easy.

Suja

Posted by Les Hilliard on August 31, 2006, 3:12 am

> Do they bother her? Harriet had a couple of problem nails that
> bothered her. On one of her vet visits, I had them trimmed while she
> was under. From then on, I've shaved micro bits off with a trimmer,
> then used a rough emery board to finish them off.
>

This is what I use to do Nikki's nails. I'm always afraid of cutting
too much and hurting her so I trim as much as I dare with the clipper and
use an emery board to file and smooth them down to where they should be.
Nikki likes this way better because I have accidently clipped a little too
far a couple of times and she much prefers that I file them down with the
emery board. I even think the filing might feel relaxing to her because
she lays on her back snorking her approval to me.

--
Les Hilliard & Nikki the Super Shih-Tzu

Posted by FurPaw on August 30, 2006, 5:49 pm

Shelly wrote:

> wrote:
>

>> We've had real hardwood before (finished onsite), but the dog scratched
>> it up real good with his nails.

>
> I think wood is about the best flooring surface for both humans and
> dogs. I have not found it to be particularly scratch-prone. What
> scratches *do* happen can be easily buffed out with a little
> stain-varnish combo.

Unless your dog has things like spinal problems or hip dysplasia.
We had wood floors in a hall and one room in our old house, and
after Dylan's back and hips started giving her problems, it
became painful for her to walk on the floors because she'd slip
and slide easily. We ended up putting down runners for her comfort.

FurPaw

Posted by on August 30, 2006, 12:20 pm

> 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.

There is some bamboo flooring that is supposedly very tough.
It looks like, and installs like, regular wood flooring.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.

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