I pulled up all the carpet in the areas of the house where my dogs are allowed several years ago, and installed pergo. I went with pergo instead of hardwood for two reasons, cost and maintenance. Pergo is essentially maintenance free, and I LOVE that.
I LOVE my floors, although I do wish I would have gotten a darker color. The light colors tend to show the dirt, and with eleven dogs I have a LOT of dirt.
My dogs have no problem whatsoever jumping and running on the floors. Even my fourteen year old, three-legged dog does fine. It took me a little while to get used to the sound of their toenails clicking, after being silent on carpet, but now I don't really notice it.
"We give dogs the time we can spare, the space we can spare and the love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made" - M. Facklam
"We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers - thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams."- P.S. Beagle
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king." - J.R.R. Tolkien
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