Carpet or Laminate/Wood

[Sarah]

Ok so we're all in the same boat - when it rains they come in full of mud yuk when they're blowing their coats it's like its snowing

Sooooo

What flooring do you have in your house - Wood/Laminate or Carpet?

If Carpet how do you clean it / hoover it (don't say with a hoover ffs lol) Do you have to use the dog brush to get the hair off the carpet?

If laminate what's the best way you've found to brush up - i use a normal brush but the hair sticks to the bristles and swishes everywhere

[BingBlaze n Skyla]

laminate EVERYWHERE - sweep mop several times a day

carpet on the stairs and landing - just a good going over with the hoover - when they r muddy they are locked in kitchen till their feet r cleaned lol

[Sparks]

i have laminated floor, i just use a mop and bucket. My Hoover seems to pick the Fur up fine so no problems with that

[Kirsty Attrill]

I have carpet. But wish I didn't. Just need to hoover all the time. Would be alot easier I think yo swish round with a brush.

[Smokey]

we have laminate. it's easier on the allergies even though it feels like it is higher maintenance. i have a setting on my vacuum that does hard floors and it works decently but every once in a while i broom and get down on my hands and knees and run a towel and some kind of cleaner over the ENTIRE area (stairs, kitchen, family room and living room)

[Lil Miss Bump]

we have carpet but it's light brown :-( definately not our choice.....i wouldn't have laminate as i'd fall over too much but i'd get a dark carpet!!!

[HuskyCouture]

all the bedrooms, hallways, living room and stairs are carpet, the bathroom, laundry room and kitchen are laminate. We have a hand vac thats a "pet eraser" and once a week i'll pull it out and do it on the carpets but otherwise we use our pet vac once a day. and we sweep the laminate floors

[Wizadora]

i just hoover every other day and spend about an hour 'scrubbing' the carpet with the hoover every time to get all the hair up.

[proximity]

We have carpet everywhere except the bathroom, toilet, and kitchen.

She loves to lie on the kitchen floor, but cant sit or stand properly on it - her paws slowly slide out from under her and she has to constantly readjust.

Also, she gets really grumpy when trying to eat ice, frozen carrots, or bones on the floor, so quickly graves them and brings them to the carpet where it wont whizz all over the place.

Our vacuum cleaner is woefully inadequate in cleaning up her fur, going to go get a new one soon.

[Val (Zebedee)]

wooden flooring all the way! would never go back to carpet with a husky. stairs & landing are bare wood ATM as we're having the hall, stairs & landing plastered. Think I like the stairs with no carpet on, only it's noisy

[Lisa (Fragglebabe)]

We have carpet everywhere except the kitchen, Jesery is terrified of laminate we have mats & dog beds placed so she can easily make it out the back door Hoover every other day when all 3 are shedding

[Val (Zebedee)]

if Jersey is coming on Saturday, she'll have to go through the garage! laminate flooring from front door to conservatory with the odd mat here & there

[Lisa (Fragglebabe)]

if Jersey is coming on Saturday, she'll have to go through the garage! laminate flooring from front door to conservatory with the odd mat here & there

I could always put George's shoes on her :lol:

[Val (Zebedee)]

ah! Sorted!!

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[jnetser]

It is funny this topic came up. We have grey carpet everywhere except kitchen (wood) and bathrooms, porch (tile). i have had this house and 3 dogs for 9 years. The carpet is disgusting. 9 years of pukes, diarrheas and pees is enough. I can live with fur everywhere. We are going to laminate the entire carpeted areas (except stairs) as soon as we can agree on laminate color/type. The last multiple day diarrhea episode last week was the last straw.

[KSNS]

Ok i know every one will go laminate flooring just because it is easier to clean and I 100% agree

as per normal i have a but lol

When my dogs play an come running in an lose control their legs go all over the place and occasionaly fall over where as i can see the amusing side of this i also notice their back legs going all over the shot i can not imagine this to be any good for their hips and joints....

Or is it just me lol

[Kroush]

I rent so I have laminate in the kitchen and god awful carpet in the livingroom. If it were up to me, I'd never see carpet again. Wosrt to clean, ever.

Now, what I do is I have one crate in the kitchen and one crate in the livingroom. If he's dirty, he goes in the kitchen crate until he dries off and I can easily clean the mud up. If he's dry, then he can go into the rest of the house and use the livingroom crate.

[Tanya-Meika&Keeva]

Our whole house is tiled except the bedrooms. It is super easy to keep clean. We just vaccum up the hair or wipe clean everything else like mud etc. Plus the tiles are nice and cool for Meika in the summer

[Rosemary]

I have light coloured carpets - yuk. I have a barrel vacuum cleaner that works through water so all the hair and dust gets trapped in the water (good for allergies/asthma), it is also a very good carpet shampooer and hard floor cleaner. I also have a cheap Electrolux upright vacuum cleaner which I never pack away - it is my favourite. I use the electrolux on the furniture as well as it has a fabric attachment which is amazing, takes minutes to clear the furniture of pet hair. I would so love to have laminate flooring though. The carpets are a nightmare when it rains and the huskies have been splashing through the mud

[valkyries]

Hall an livingroom laminate = i just use my hoover henry.

kitchen, diningroom an conservatory = again i just use henry.

stairs an landing are carpet = i just an old dog brush, i found this best to get the fur up

[sabresmum]

We have carpet everywhere except our bedroom which is wood. Vac up everyday with a dyson which picks all the hair up quite easily, every so often give them a shampoo with the Vax.

[Tikaani&Aiyana]

Ok i know every one will go laminate flooring just because it is easier to clean and I 100% agree

as per normal i have a but lol

When my dogs play an come running in an lose control their legs go all over the place and occasionaly fall over where as i can see the amusing side of this i also notice their back legs going all over the shot i can not imagine this to be any good for their hips and joints....

Or is it just me lol

I know what you mean Keath about it not being good for their joints as mine do the same,especially the pup!

I have tiles in the kitchen and wooden stairs then carpet everywhere else. They are generally not allowed upstairs as thats what the landlady requested but they can slip on the stairs so prob best! It also means upstairs is hair free which actually isn't so bad

I hoover the tiles and then mop every so often and hoover the living room everyday. I have a Henry hoover extra which has a special thing that whizzes round with bristles on to help pick up pet hair,it's excellent! Also when i hoover i put down shake n vac & leave it for a bit to help with the dog smell in the carpet;)

I like the fact i have both,its great having the tiles in the kitchen as this is the main area they are in but also like having some carpet as well as it much cosier!

[instant-classic]

Mostly wood or tiles but bedroom and lounge have carpet, i use a Vax to carpet wash every few months but recently got a miele cat and dog vacuum with the pet attachment and its friggin amazing for getting fur up much better than the Vax or previous dyson pet vacuum.

[BingBlaze n Skyla]

oh i 4got 2 mention the carpet on the stairs n landing is a dark brown colour - if they do get up the stairs with muddy feet then its not too noticeable