I terribly wanted hardwood floors in our new build, but our 3 large dogs and their future have steered us away. After (going out of my mind) researching wood floors and dogs: claw marks, even if regularly trimmed, not getting to oopsie leakage quick enough and boards warping (and stinking), just to name a few.

I considered LVP but have seen other vinyl floors that are scratched from various things, mostly moving refrigerators and furniture and found that the thickest is recommended for dogs and scratches will still occur without any way of repairing.

Our dogs are aged 10, 9, 7 and two are 100#, one is 50#. Every time they get up from laying down there are various moisture spots from slobbering, etc. The oldest is starting to skid out when he gets up from laying, and I can only expect bladder issues as they age.

We've decided on wood-like tile to be safe. We've been in our temp house since March and this tile is a CHAMP! We told our builder what we have now is going in the new build.