Heath

While doing shopping for your flooring, always ask yourself what are the health benefits to consider in the flooring products. One easy way is to look for flooring products that are certified eco friendly with credible accreditation such as the Singapore Green Label. This is because such label ensure the flooring product go through stringent standard such as better indoor air quality, less VOC, no harmful materials used in manufacturing and also low formaldehyde emission. Your pet may love to lick the flooring or stay at home most of the time while you are at work, hence the exposure of your pet to the flooring is much more compared to you and your family. Therefore, a pet friendly flooring must have good health benefits.

Easy to Clean

Your naughty dog poo or urine on the flooring causing stain and stench on the flooring. In the long run, these stains may make your home unhealthy and unpleasant especially to your guests who do not have pets. Therefore, it is important to look for a flooring which is easy to clean, highly stain resistant and most of all, 100% waterproof.

Safety

The other key feature to consider is the safety standard of the flooring. Your pet sometimes may run wildly around the house, any broken tiles or wood flooring with splinter will cause cuts on your pet’s feet. Other safety feature to look at are high slip resistance, high impact resistance and also heat resistance. With these features, it will double ensure safety for your pet and your family.

In summary, remember the 3 key features to look for when buying a pet friendly flooring for your home. At The Floor Gallery, we have  flooring products with these 3 key features.

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Big dogs tend to be more active, having the right kind of flooring can save you a lot of money in the long term. Thankfully with modern technology, there is now eco-resilient flooring – an affordable and resilient type of flooring that can last throughout a homeowner’s lifetime (and ease the pain pet owners feel when it comes to maintaining their living spaces). Here are 5 reasons why eco-resilient flooring is suitable for your big furry pets.

1. Waterproof

Some big dogs like the Mastiff tend to drool a lot. Instead of finding solutions to your pet’s drooling, consider eco-resilient flooring. Eco-resilient flooring is highly resistant to water and it is easier to clean compared to other types of flooring like marble and stone. You do not have to worry about your pet’s drool staining the ground.

Furthermore, when an accident happens, you do not have to spend hours trying to clean up your pet’s pee and or worry about the urine seeping into the layers of your floor. With eco-resilient flooring, cleaning and sanitizing will not leave any horrible-looking marks on the floor, thus indirectly helping pet owners maintain their property’s value.

2. Impact resistant

   Big dogs have a tendency to knock things down by accident not because they are big; rather, houses today are getting smaller and smaller. A cursory glance at the Property section in the newspaper reveals that the gross square area or foot (depending on which form of measurement is used!) per unit is 15 to 20 percent smaller than apartments build during the ‘80s and ‘90s. With flooring that is impact resistant, you will have less to worry about broken table lamps, drinking glasses, plates and more.

3. Slip resistant

   Like the elderly, senior dogs suffer from age-related diseases such as osteoarthritis, and other bone and joint problems.

Furthermore, research shows that big dogs with existing bone and joint problems may take a longer time to heal if they fall and or are too tense when walking. Having flooring that is slip resistant can help them walk more comfortably and at the same time, keep them agile and healthy.

4. Chemical-free

Eco-resilient flooring is free of chemicals that can cause your beloved pet to fall ill. This makes feeding easy as you can put food on a shallow tray

5. Dog-vision friendly design

   This is by far the most valid reason why big dog owners should consider getting eco-resilient flooring: a dog’s plane of vision – to be precise, “depth perception” – is different from that of the human eye. It is in their nature to hesitate to take a step further and or tread carefully on shiny surfaces as they fear they might slip and fall. The wood-like designs of eco-friendly flooring lets dogs walk confidently and with ease.

As your pet advances in age, its perception of depth, particularly on shiny surfaces, becomes distorted due to cataracts or loss of vision and this will affect your dog’s movements, says Veterinarian Shannon Budiselic.

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