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Them being slippery is one downside I hear. I just talked to a guy who's rot has hip problems. He said the pergo is horrible for his dog to walk on. It makes the hip problems so much worse. But all my dogs are young, so I have a long time before I have to worry about that.
You just don't want to cause an injury, Tonya. And I worry about that too! Zipper was slidding so badly in his haste to follow me, that I put down a rug at every corner so he wouldn't slide!!! They look terrible, but at least he isn't slipping anymore!
My sister says they can be slippery, but it's cheaper to get some inexpensive throw rugs to put down to keep the dogs from falling. The rug can be washed or tossed if they get too bad and she couldn't do that with carpet. Said it was much cheaper in the long run.
We have pergo.. Its like the stuff **i think** thats kinda like a puzzle? i dont know im not perfectly sure.. I love it because its easy to clean messes on.. It doesnt *seep through the cracks* because there arent any.. And it doesnt scratch.. I personally like it but someone may have a different opioion (sp).. So yeah i think pergo would be your best bet.. here is what it looks like:
I had Pergo in the bedroom at my other house. Murph and
Maddie weren't able to put any scratches on it and they were
able to, on the hardwood floor I had in the foyer. Maddie is very
slow moving so she never had any issues with walking on the
Pergo. In fact, she loved it because it was nice and cool to lay on.
Murph on the other hand, use to look like a cartoon character.
He'd take off running at full speed. There'd be a blur of paws
churning, but he wouldn't actually be going anywhere. Just
couldn't get any traction with the slippery floors. He, also had
trouble jumping up and down off the bed. I bought throw
rugs and that helped the problem somewhat.
I also had a plant leak onto the floor and that caused a corner of
the top layer to curl up. So if you have a dog that's not
housebroken and you can't get the pee up right away, that
could be an issue too.
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