Dog friendly kitchen flooring

[big_si]

Looking for a bit of advice / recommendation from the dog owning fraternity out there. Especially those with big dogs.

Sometime later in the year we're hoping to be getting a lovely Newfoundland! We're just in the final stages of buying a house and are thinking about decorating.

Newfies can suffer from hip problems due to their size and so to minimise that one of the things to be conscious of is to not have slippery floors where they could jar their hips which could cause them problems.

Currently planning for wooden floors in the living room with big rug to stop the slippery bit!

Looking at kitchen flooring and obviously want something easy clean, hygenic but also friendly to a giant dog! Am thinking some kind of textured lino??

Any recommendations?

Cheers!

Si

[sailorbuoy]

Si,

We have two lively dogs... collie/spaniel x and a JRT ... they chase each other like lunatics so slippery floors were out... as was carpet!

We went for a grippy, high quality, wood effect lino throughout the ground floor of the house ... most people think it's wood.

Go for the stuff that feels a bit like fine sandpaper to the touch - it comes in most patterns - I think the brand we got was Grip-X and cost about £25 sq M.

Also... keep the fur trimmed on his (her) feet

[sailorbuoy]

found it!!

This is the stuff....

Texline® Grip X : vinyl floor covering for home - Gerflor

Rich

[Laurie]

I would go for natural riven textured slate tiles. Hard wearing, non slip and look good in a kitchen. With a large dog like a New Foundland, scratches on wooden, vinyl or even ceramic is inevitable, where as slate has a natural finish that will not show any marks scratches or knocks. Just needs sealing every so often (a mop over with some diluted solution from wickes) and it will still look as good as new in ten years time.

Natural Slate 25165159 Natural (W)300 x (L)300 x (T)10mm, 5030659001511

[Pete H]

Another vote for natural slate not the polished kind. It allows them to grip as well as looking fab.

Rgds

Pete

[Clare Gledhill]

I have natural slate too - it's perfect. Watch out for wooden floors and rugs though - unless you have the right backing on the rug the dog will ruck it up when it runs.

[big_si]

Thanks for all the advice folks! Sounds like the slate could be the best way to go.

Not sure about the natural slate though as I'm not sure it will go with the colours we've (almost) chosen for the rest of the kitchen... Will have to see.

Perhaps black instead... Black Slate Floor Tile, 0000003449035


Good tip on the rug backing too. Cheers Clare!

[finbar.taylor]

What about grass?

I'd have though it would have been ideal for the dog and if you didn't cut it it would encourage it's dinner to come closer to the table making life easier for it too

[big_si]

Originally Posted by finbar.taylor

What about grass?

I'd have though it would have been ideal for the dog and if you didn't cut it it would encourage it's dinner to come closer to the table making life easier for it too

Fool!

I like it... 'er indoors might have a few things to say about it though!

[Rookie]

We have natural slate "effect" (fully vitrified) porcelain. It was more expensive than slate, but is thinner, far far stronger, and doesn't need sealing regularly. I dropped the lounge door on it once, handle first, and it didn't even mark the floor. Handle wasn't so lucky though. I is very difficult to tell apart from slate, but the thicknesses are a little more uniform, so much easier to lay than natural slate too.

Phil