I want to put down a look-a-like wood floor in a Florida room. I have
dogs, mostly old, and want a flooring they can walk on with ease
whereas wood has a tendency to slip out from under them. I guess what
I’m asking for would be a simulated flooring that is somewhat soft.
I’ve seen some in Home Depot that looked very realistic, but not sure
of the brands. Any help from those that used products of this type I’d
sure appreciate your input... Thanks.

Ray,

On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 05:43:17 -0800 (PST), the infamous Ledgewalker
scrawled the following:

I want to put down a look-a-like wood floor in a Florida room. I have
dogs, mostly old, and want a flooring they can walk on with ease
whereas wood has a tendency to slip out from under them.

Curious! Where does it go when it slips out from under them?

I guess what
I’m asking for would be a simulated flooring that is somewhat soft.
I’ve seen some in Home Depot that looked very realistic, but not sure
of the brands. Any help from those that used products of this type I’d
sure appreciate your input... Thanks.

Look for some woodgrained indoor-outdoor carpet, Ledge.

--
An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his
heart's blood into it, and then it lies about unread till
the reader has nothing else in the world to do.
-- W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor's Edge, 1943

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...

An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his
heart's blood into it, and then it lies about unread till
the reader has nothing else in the world to do.
-- W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor's Edge, 1943

Which current authors do think might be Maugham's equal, if any?

On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 21:27:57 -0800, the infamous "LDosser"
scrawled the following:

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
.. .

An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his
heart's blood into it, and then it lies about unread till
the reader has nothing else in the world to do.
-- W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor's Edge, 1943

Which current authors do think might be Maugham's equal, if any?

Since I haven't read Maugham, I couldn't tell ya, Lob. That quote is
from the Motivational Quote of the Day site. (std disclaimer applies)
http://www.quotationspage.com/mqotd.html

--
The blind are not good trailblazers.

-- federal judge Frank Easterbrook

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 21:27:57 -0800, the infamous "LDosser"
scrawled the following:

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
. ..

An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his
heart's blood into it, and then it lies about unread till
the reader has nothing else in the world to do.
-- W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor's Edge, 1943

Which current authors do think might be Maugham's equal, if any?

Since I haven't read Maugham, I couldn't tell ya, Lob. That quote is
from the Motivational Quote of the Day site. (std disclaimer applies)
http://www.quotationspage.com/mqotd.html

An interesting character and excellent author.

On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 20:17:15 -0800, the infamous "LDosser"
scrawled the following:

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 21:27:57 -0800, the infamous "LDosser"
scrawled the following:

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...

An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his
heart's blood into it, and then it lies about unread till
the reader has nothing else in the world to do.
-- W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor's Edge, 1943

Which current authors do think might be Maugham's equal, if any?

Since I haven't read Maugham, I couldn't tell ya, Lob. That quote is
from the Motivational Quote of the Day site. (std disclaimer applies)
http://www.quotationspage.com/mqotd.html

An interesting character and excellent author.

Yeah, I wouldn't doubt it. Most folks who have said interesting enough
things to be quoted centuries later were interesting authors.

Which of his novels have you enjoyed, and why? (in ten words or more)
chortle

I just finished Stephen Hunter's _Hot Springs_ this morning. We
vacationed there often when I was growing up on Little Rock AFB, so it
was an unusual feeling to be reading a fiction novel about it set 20
years before I was there. When you simply have to be elsewhere, his
novels take you there. I've been really pushing it for the past
several months, so it's nice to have that kind of distraction and
peaceful hobby to diffuse the stresses.

--
The blind are not good trailblazers.

-- federal judge Frank Easterbrook

On Mar 5, 8:43*am, Ledgewalker wrote:
I want to put down a look-a-like wood floor in a Florida room. I have
dogs, mostly old, and want a flooring they can walk on with ease
whereas wood has a tendency to slip out from under them. I guess what
I’m asking for would be a simulated flooring that is somewhat soft.
I’ve seen some in Home Depot that looked very realistic, but not sure
of the brands. Any help from those that used products of this type I’d
sure appreciate your input... Thanks.

Ray,

What is often called 'Flex floor' comes in many 'prints' like stone
and wood grain. It will give a dog better traction.

Cork ? soft for the dogs. Looks good.
Martin

Ledgewalker wrote:
I want to put down a look-a-like wood floor in a Florida room. I have
dogs, mostly old, and want a flooring they can walk on with ease
whereas wood has a tendency to slip out from under them. I guess what
I’m asking for would be a simulated flooring that is somewhat soft.
I’ve seen some in Home Depot that looked very realistic, but not sure
of the brands. Any help from those that used products of this type I’d
sure appreciate your input... Thanks.

Ray,

I was thinking cork too.
Though it may scratch easer than the simulated wood floor.

Something I have noticed with the simulated wood laminate flooring is that
it has a Formica like quality about it. It's slicker than a wood floor,
harder surface less forgiving. It's said to be very durable but I think it
may be all wrong for your pooches.

They make vinyl flooring that looks a lot like hardwood flooring. You may
have even seen it in yout local retail store. For awhile WalMart had it in
some of their stores.
I think Home Depot carries something along those lines.

K.


"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote in message
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Cork ? soft for the dogs. Looks good.
Martin

Ledgewalker wrote:
I want to put down a look-a-like wood floor in a Florida room. I have
dogs, mostly old, and want a flooring they can walk on with ease
whereas wood has a tendency to slip out from under them. I guess what
I’m asking for would be a simulated flooring that is somewhat soft.
I’ve seen some in Home Depot that looked very realistic, but not sure
of the brands. Any help from those that used products of this type I’d
sure appreciate your input... Thanks.

Ray,

On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:48:35 -0600, the infamous "Martin H. Eastburn"
scrawled the following:

Cork ? soft for the dogs. Looks good.
Martin

Waitaminutehere. 2 ideas:

1) Doesn't Nike make shoes for dogs?

2) Soylent Brown.

--
The blind are not good trailblazers.

-- federal judge Frank Easterbrook

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:48:35 -0600, the infamous "Martin H. Eastburn"
scrawled the following:

Cork ? soft for the dogs. Looks good.
Martin

Waitaminutehere. 2 ideas:

1) Doesn't Nike make shoes for dogs?

2) Soylent Brown.

Brown?

On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 20:18:02 -0800, the infamous "LDosser"
scrawled the following:

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:48:35 -0600, the infamous "Martin H. Eastburn"
scrawled the following:

Cork ? soft for the dogs. Looks good.
Martin

Waitaminutehere. 2 ideas:

1) Doesn't Nike make shoes for dogs?

2) Soylent Brown.

Brown?

Green's made of people, so I figured brown for aminals.
YMMV.

--
The blind are not good trailblazers.

-- federal judge Frank Easterbrook

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 20:18:02 -0800, the infamous "LDosser"
scrawled the following:

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
. ..
On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:48:35 -0600, the infamous "Martin H. Eastburn"
scrawled the following:

Cork ? soft for the dogs. Looks good.
Martin

Waitaminutehere. 2 ideas:

1) Doesn't Nike make shoes for dogs?

2) Soylent Brown.

Brown?

Green's made of people, so I figured brown for aminals.
YMMV.


How Now Brown Cow?

On Mar 5, 7:43*am, Ledgewalker wrote:
I want to put down a look-a-like wood floor in a Florida room. I have
dogs, mostly old, and want a flooring they can walk on with ease
whereas wood has a tendency to slip out from under them. I guess what
I’m asking for would be a simulated flooring that is somewhat soft.
I’ve seen some in Home Depot that looked very realistic, but not sure
of the brands. Any help from those that used products of this type I’d
sure appreciate your input... Thanks.

Ray,

How small and rowdy are your pooches? We have a old but still ornery
100 pound German Shepherd and natural oak floors. Occasionally he
gets into a bit of a broad-slide but he learned to adapt. His hips
are starting to fail, which makes standing up difficult on any
surface. But he usually lies down on an area rug so he can get
traction to get back up. On the other hand, small dogs can be much
more hyper.

Maybe what I'm delicately trying to say is "are you sure you want to
configure an expensive floor change around old dogs." When they get
up in age they are usually short-timers.

RonB

On Mar 6, 10:04*am, RonB wrote:

*On the other hand, small dogs can be much
more hyper.


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On 3/7/2010 9:16 AM, Robatoy wrote:
On Mar 6, 10:04 am, wrote:

On the other hand, small dogs can be much
more hyper.


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On Mar 7, 10:28*am, Swingman wrote:


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