We are hoping to rehome a grey pending a home visit but the rehoming place place seems concerned that we have laminate throughout downstairs. It's not a problem, we can buy a mat or rug but does it cause a problem to the dogs? I would be distraught to get turned down because of it.  

We have laminate flooring too, and we have bought four 1.7m long by 0.7m wide rugs to go down, not expensive ones, but cheap ones with rubber undersides, to allow it to stick to the floor and not slip with use.  But laminate flooring can be a plus as we have a small area of the kitchen which is off bounds to him and the flooring helps re-inforce him not coming into it. and also discourages counter surfing to an extent!

The good thing about rugs is that once he knows where they are, he will stick to that area.  If he is sick or has an 'accident', the rug is easy to wash and replace with another spare whilst it is being cleaned and dried.  Thats if they are small enough to fit in a machine, which mine can...see above dimensions.

Hope your successful!

Hi i have laminate floors down stairs, and 3 greys and whippet none have any problems with it I did try mats but found in worse, as the mats used to slide, they all prefered it without.
cathy

hi I bought some runners from wikos only 3 QUID EACH THEY WEAR WELL

We have a new greyhound (Goldie) who has been with us for 2 days now... he is quite scared of the laminate and has slipped on it a couple of times - when he get excited really. Our plan is to act as if nothing is wrong and see if he gets used to it before we jump to getting rugs etc as we don't want him to be scared of it. (He was OK at first, the bit about walking on his claws makes sense)