Doodles and hardwood floors

[Lisa]

Does anyone know how to protect their hardwood floors from getting all scratched up? (And protect their dogs from slipping and sliding?)

[Adina P]

HA! When you find a solution you will be a millionaire :-)
Some things that help:
-- area rugs with non slip backing
-- keeping nails trim and short as possible
-- keeping paw pad for trimmed for less slippage

We have pretty much failed in this area--there's only so many rugs you can use before you feel like you might as well have carpet ;-) Our biggest trouble is mealtime, Rosco gets so excited that he flies to the house to get to his bowl and comes back to where I am in the food area and then runs back to his bowl--he usually tries to balance from rug to rug but sometimes I hear those nails!!!

[Richard Crowe]

Hi Adina,

There are soft plastic nail guards which fit over the doodles nails and protect the floors plus give better traction.

http://www.petedge.com/Canine-Soft-Claws-Nail-Caps-ZX432.pro

I have no experience with these guards so I cannot recommend or not recommend them.

[Cam & Oski]

Love the smurf blue color, LOL

[Linda and Murphy]

Ahmmm......Won't they EAT them?

[April Cliber]

I don't know if this will you help much.....
Our friends had new hardwood floors installed about a year and a half ago. When they bought it they were told that it has a varnish that will protect the floors from nails, chips and stains. I was just over there last week and asked if she was happy with her flooring. She is thrilled, no marks, stains or scratches. She has 5 dogs so has certainly put the floors to the test. If new flooring can come with this, I would imagine that you buy the varnish someplace.

[Cam & Oski]

Wow! Do you know what the varnish is called? Oski has such poor traction that he can't even sit on wood floors--he sits with his knees pointed inwards & still starts sliding, lol

[Lisa]

That would be fantastic! If you have a chance to find out what the varnish is called, please let me know!

[LLongrtr]

Not that this may help - but we have both hard wood and laminate and the laminate is scratch free two years later.

[Connie]

Show Foot is a product that is sprayed on the paws to prevent slipping.


Connie

[Leslie du Mont]

Show foot?! Hmm. I might need to get that for after Atticus has his surgery and shouldn't be allowed to slip or slide on our floors. Thanks for mentioning that, Connie. I'm off to Google it.

[Tom Higgins]

We have four doodles in our home & hardwood floors on the first floor. Adina's advice is spot-on and that strategy has worked well to keep our floors looking good. The latest tool we've found that works to make nail trimming better is the Peticure Pro. It's lightweight and makes less noise than other models. It took the dogs some time to get used to it, but it makes the job much easier and nearly eliminates the chance for injury when trimming. After a trim with the tool, we buff the nail with a (for humans) nail buffer to smooth the edges (thanks to Kate Pappas for the tip on the tool & the buffer!). Good luck!

[Wendy and Eddie]

Oh no. My friends and family will know for sure that I have gone off the deep end if I tell them that I now BUFF the doodles' nails!