Anyone here have engineered hardwood and big dogs? How badly do their nails scratch it? We just built a new house that has engineered hardwood everywhere. Eventually we want to add a dog to our happy home…although we have different ideas on the appropriate size!
I would really love to get another German Shepherd, but wonder if something that size won’t trash the floors. Anyone have a big dog and non-scratched floors??
I have bamboo floors and Labs. We’re going on 4 years and the floors still look great.
Not sure if it is the same thing, but we have a laminate wood floor PERGO that is 20 years old and still perfect. We had Mastiffs (200+ pounds) --last one died in March. Never had a scratch from them or anything else. But, we did need to keep throw rugs on the floor so the big boys wouldn’t slip and slide. Suspect that the newer stuff is less slippery. Look at warranties . . .we got one extra box of boards “just in case.” It has never been opened.
Laminate PERGO is very different from engineered hardwood.
Our upstairs hallway and one bedroom is engineered hardwood. The hallway has been in for 14+ years. Only mark is my old lab Watson found a battery, chewed it a bit and left it on the hall floor. The battery acid marked the finish. Bedroom was done 4 or 5 years ago.
We have had 80 pound labs and 60 pound foxhounds or flat coated retriever the whole time plus a 32 pound Eskimo dog.
My brother and his wife built a completely custom home with dark engineered hardwood throughout the main floor. They have a 45-ish pound Aussiedoodle and were constantly freaking out about her scratching the floors. She hasn’t left any significant scratches, but the concern was always there.
Since the home is already built, plan to invest in lots of rugs. Not only will they protect the floors but they’ll protect your future dog from slipping and sliding.
I have had two large dogs on actual hardwood floors for 21 years now (5 different dogs) and the floors still look great. I do have a large rug in the living room, but the edges of the LR, hallway and foyer area is just plain wood and no scratches are visible unless you really get down there and look for them. Most of the play takes place on the rug, but the foyer takes some hits from dogs running to look out the sidelight windows, or bounding down the stairs with a hard turn at the bottom. As RunNjump86 said, strategically placed rugs will be helpful for both the floors and the dogs.
80# GSD and a Golden… floor down for about 12 years, not a scratch
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