has anyone used foam flooring tiles that withstand dogs ?
the ones I am thinking about are interlocking and made for kids play rooms
we built a chicken coop this summer for free range, and the building is plywood floor, and solid sides with a tarp structure.
This is where lots of our cold weather training and play will be, the plywood is to slipery(although at -27 this morning its nice) and I just can't aford rubber flooring to cover 19 by 35.
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A friend of mine uses those matts in her dogs' crates and never has a problem with them. I'm afraid my dogs would eat them. I'm saving up to go to Tractor Supply and get stall matts for my guys, but I am going to try one of those kiddie matts for my old arthritic dog when I have a few days off after T-day so I can sit and watch her.
I am curious how they will work for you, so if you do try them, please post your opinion.
Thanks.
for the price (under 0.70$ per foot) I can't complain to much as driving to an indoor area once a week would cost more in gas over the winter.
durability, they are ok, I should get a couple winters, although serious tug does mark them a bit.
traction, good, not great, for fetch no slipping, my wife's mastiff can spin on a dime, tug with Pisa I can hold her pretty easy in one spot, the mastiffs have the weight and don't slip while tugging
impact, great, jumps and hard turns even sound 'soft' ,I wear cloth slippers and it feels softer than carpet
chewing, bad, Pisa took a second to take a chunck off of a scrap peice
scratching, guess bad, I won't give a chance as they are soft
they are warm to stand on, so all in all for a supervised area, they are good for my dogs, I'll put up a vid later today of fetch
I have those interlocking foam pads along the benches in my shop. There durable had them for 5 or 6 year but they seem to slip around on the cement real easy with any fast movement.
I guess if you go wall to wall with the pads you shouldn't have any moving issues, are you wall to wall with them?
How are they staying together at the lock with quick turns or stops like playing fetch?
they are wall to wall and so far no problems, the seams hold really good, but I'll post a close up pic in a week or so, they do get some claw marks. I finally got a vid figured out
the pic is pretty much what the most used areas look like. http://i1096.photobucket.com/albums/g325/dogpictures10/001-1.jpg the only problen is the expansion,contraction I put them in at the minus 10 range, above freezing a bit of buckling happens, at -20 they pull away from the walls about 3/4 inch, still even when pulled away from wall they stay in place
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