What flooring would you recommend for dog with arthritis?
My dog is getting old and has arthritis. She tends to slip and slide across my tile floor in the kitchen. What type of flooring would be better for this area?
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sammylewis70 on Thu, 29th Jul 2010 8:43 am
Personally, I recommend cork. It’s resilient, soft, antibacterial and easy to clean.
If you do go with it, make sure you buy a quality product. While it is excellent for dogs joints, it is soft and if you don’t get a quality product, it can scratch or gouge.
Use this buyer’s guide to help you make the right choice. http://www.findanyfloor.com/BuyingGuides/CorkBuyersGuide.xhtml
You can also check out other types of flooring on findanyfloor.com
Bonzie12 on Thu, 29th Jul 2010 8:43 am
I had an older dog with this same problem and I went to Lowe’s and bought some inexpensive rubber backed carpet runners to put on my kitchen floor, and foyer tile floors. It worked great for her and helped keep the dirt from being tracked onto my living room carpet. You can get it cut to whatever lenght you want.
Libby on Thu, 29th Jul 2010 8:43 am
Get a couple rugs and cover the area the dog walks on! or rubber mats!
GeminiRebelLady on Thu, 29th Jul 2010 8:43 am
If you don’t want to put rug down, which is probably not practical in a kitchen really.. you might want to try Shaw’s Paw Wax.. it’s supposed to help keep the dogs from slipping.. http://www.dogcatetc.com/019cl-s091.html
Pat Brown on Thu, 29th Jul 2010 8:43 am
I have put down throw rugs with grip backing to help both older dogs and cats walk across slick surfaces which gave them no"traction" and made them afraid.
Pomlover on Thu, 29th Jul 2010 8:43 am
Rough lino should do the trick??
hudsongray on Thu, 29th Jul 2010 8:43 am
I just got the dogs winter catalog from Dr. Foster & Smith and they had some sticky pads that go onto the dog’s pads like bandaids, and were non-skid. They were thin, didn’t seem to be hard to apply, and would help the dog on slick surfaces indoors.
I tried looking online for it but it’s not in their online catalog. You can contact them via email though. It did look like a good idea.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/pet_supplies.cfm?c=3307+14824
laidE bright eyes on Thu, 29th Jul 2010 8:43 am
Carpet is the best thing for an arthritic dog to walk on. Or you can get non slip booties.