Question re wood laminate flooring
Posted By: Rad MT on 2007-06-25
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We have wood laminate flooring in our study, which we love. However, we are going to put a room-sized rug in there because my beloved dog, Fox, a 10-year-old Pomeranian, not only has problems with patellar luxation (with four surgeries on his back legs in his first 3-4 years) but now has chronic dislocation of his right shoulder. So you can imagine how much trouble he has trying to stand up on the slippery wood laminate floor. We have tried putting down runners all the way across the floor, plus he has a bed and a blanket down there, too. But it is much cooler lying on the floor, so that's where he stays. He is in here with me all day as I work, but every time I get up, he gets up, scrambling like crazy to get his balance and get his legs firmly under him.
So....to my question. This is a fairly nice rug we are buying, but it says it has a polypropylene backing. Should I get some kind of pad to go between the rug and the laminate floor? I have included a link below, I don't know if that will give you any more information. But I don't want to damage the laminate - the backing on one of the original runners I bought (cheap, from Wal-Mart) stuck to the floor. It didn't damage it, but it was a very small area and I found it fairly quickly. This rug is going to be on the floor long-term.
Thanks in advance for any info! 
LINK/URL: http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/ref=in_de_detail-buybox-with-variations/601-9479421-7044142?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=1&asin=B000CCMQXA
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We're getting new flooring, too
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Bona Swedish Formula Laminate
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The wood will last longer if you
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Sounds like it is going to be neat. What kind of plants? Climbing vine?
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Wood stove
My ex-inlaws still use one.
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If you don't already have a wood scratching post - sm
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If you do it yourself, practice on some scrap wood a few
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The wood chucks eat everything in our little burg
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My last MIL cooked everything on wood stove
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Maybe you could get wood, Pergo style or tile?
Of course if your carpet is in good condition, that could really hurt the pocketbook.
We have Pergo (Wilson Art brand, actually), and it works well for the dogs, although it is a little slippery and cold. (My dogs like cold though, and our carpeting was trashed). Real wood would be warmer. You'd need to keep nails cut and discourage running in the house to keep it looking really nice though.
Love the Wood Wick candles...sm
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Never heard of Circle E candles but try Swan Creek if you see them!
Holly Wood &Harry Marble (nm)
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Actually, was thinkin with aggressive scratching wood ones
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We have cherry wood floors next to lighter
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We put in a wood stove - I haven't used natural gas
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She needs hard things to help wear the tooth down. Try clean branches, a wooden spoon, wood chews
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