We riped our carpet out not to long ago, the pets had taken all the life out of it. So we went with tile and area rugs. I'm happy we did, I still get the feel of carpet that I like but the easy clean up after the zoo crew comes in and out. Plus the area rugs are easy to clean when there's been a accident. Just today I took one out side, hung it over the railing, put carpet cleaned on it and washed it off with the pressure hose. Tomorrow it will be dry and back in, clean. No more worry about that deep in dirt that you get with wall to wall.

I did have the problem, once with one of the dogs slipping on the tile so now the area rugs are set up so she can step from rug to rug. The parts with out rugs she stays away from.


Now the house in N.C. has hard wood floors and the cats hate it, even though I love the look of wood. They will come running across the room and try to come to a stop but instead they slid into a stop. Ever few years we have to get them waxed and then the only stoping of running cats is the wall. So again area rugs come into play.