Is carpet or hard wood better for a dog? Stairs

[Anonymous]

My DH and I are renovating our basement. I wasn’t going to carpet the stairs but wondering if I should. We will be getting a puppy and eventually it will be going downstairs to play with the kids. Tx

[Anonymous]

Hard wood! Carpet gets nasty with pets.

[Anonymous]

Hardwood, no question. The fur and stink get matted in the rug and it's just gross.

[Anonymous]

I would do wood but get a stair runner. Ours is polypropylene and it’s indestructible. I think it looks better than wall to wall, that’s the main difference.

[Anonymous]

My dog is afraid of bare floors, so we have a runner.

[Anonymous]

Some dogs slide around too much on wood, so get a runner (at least on the stairs).

[Anonymous]

We have wood stairs with runners. We have 3 dogs. No problem at all with matting and all the other stuff a PP was posting about. The runners are easy to vacuum.

[Anonymous]

After years of having to carry our dog down the stairs (poor dog fell down a few times and was scared!) I finally put a runner on them, and it's made life easier for everyone.

[Anonymous]

At least a stair runner. Your dog will thank you when he's old.

[Anonymous]

Your dog will thank you when he's young too. You need a stair runner. Your dog will trip and fall - not safe at all.

I have runners and they are easy to care for.

Per PP's who reference odor - no one who has a dog has absolutely no odor. It's part of the package. If you claim you do not you are lying.

[Anonymous]

Better for a dog - carpet
Better for you - hardwood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your dog will thank you when he's young too. You need a stair runner. Your dog will trip and fall - not safe at all.

I have runners and they are easy to care for.

Per PP's who reference odor - no one who has a dog has absolutely no odor. It's part of the package. If you claim you do not you are lying.

I did!
My coonhound boy didn't have a body odor.
Few drops of a liquid chlorophyll in a drinking water once a day and halleluiah - nothing, dog is not bathed for two weeks, stick nose into the coat, no smell at all.

[Anonymous]

We have wood stairs going to the basement, but our ceilings are pretty high (9ft) so the stairs aren't steep. Our dog also doesn't really play with our kids down there.

[Anonymous]

Luxury Vinyl tile. Carpet is nasty

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At least a stair runner. Your dog will thank you when he's old.

+1

We have an elderly cat, not a dog, but he needs the runner for traction to get up and down the stairs safely.