I am in the same boat. Currently I'm looking at Home Depot's lifeproof vinyl plank. I also have a dog (~40 lbs) so I need something durable. Curious to know what you find!

I have used Karndean loose lay vinyl floor planks and would recommend them.

Not a Pro.

I know someone that just put down the Mannington Adura Max Sausalito Waterfront.

It was all about price point and water resistant. They just put down the floor. So far, so good.

Here's a bit of advice - talk with your flooring supplier/installer about the best type of underlayment - one that will especially reduce sound. With vinyl plank flooring on concrete - without underlayment you can hear every footfall.

the Lifeproof flooring has an attached underlayment. My biggest concern is about the patterns and durability.

In the past I have laid it directly on the concrete foundation and no issues, no noise. It's plastic.

We purchased life proof copper canyon flooring to fix up some areas before selling

our house - our cats and dogs did not scratch the flooring but dragging a laundry hamper across it did scratch it.

Ideally you should stick with the 5mm thick planks that have a 0.5 mm wear layer. Many of the 5mm planks have a fiber glass layer which makes it a very stable product (no gaps will ever open up). All vinyl planks are water proof and should have at least a 25 year residential warranty. As for colour there are so many to pick from it can be a lot of fun. In my store our biggest seller is just under $5 CAD a square foot.

Here is a quality Luxury Vinyl collection that doesn't break the bank for your consideration:

Elegance Plyquet Luxury Vinyl Planks

Love our COREtec floors. They have lots of different styles and price points. We have this Whitney Oak flooring in our basement and it looks very realistic and isn’t cold under our feet. They also pulled up some of it during a flood, let it dry, and put it back down.

http://www.usfloorsllc.com/flooring-products/whitney-oak/

We used Progen by Tarkett in our below grade application, directly on a concrete floor. We have a 100lb dog and a couple grandkids, and we LOVE our new floor.

We installed Supercore. Here are some installation pics. We have a family of 9, and it's been great so far!

Coretec

I just want to say thankyou to all who have offered advice on the vinyl plank flooring (LVP) recommendations, so far. I'm still taking suggestions haven't decided yet, but am glad to hear about the need for underlayment. I wasn't sure, I've had to pay a fortune ($1000 's +++) about five years ago to have a professional come and do total foundation repair for my house and concrete slab so I'm very cautious with what flooring I put down, Here in Texas I've got the heat, humidity, and some pretty bad clay soil to contend with so all suggestions are appreciated.

I also live in Texas, and I wouldn't install anything other than a stone composite product here. Vinyl is finicky with heat, and the less movement you have in the floor the better. The stone composite products are less likely to move. You may still need to have your floor worked on in order for it to be flat enough for a vinyl plank installation. Once you get the current flooring up, it you can tell flatness a lot better. Use a 10' piece of 2 x 4 that is straight, and run it around your floors. Anywhere that there is a gap of 3/6" or larger within that space needs to be flattened.

hey suseyb, what is stone composite flooring? Thanks for the tip on checking flatness.

Stone composite is the middle layer. Most SPC's are stone composite vs the WPC, which are wood composite. I'm partial to SuperCORE, since that's what we installed, but there are others. Modin Flooret, Adura Max Rigid, Coretec has one. There are others.

what make of vinyl flooring would you recommend for a rental property in Canada