Comments on: Dogs and flooring: Click click click http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/07/27/dogs-and-flooring-click-click-click/ Blogging by a team of pet-care experts. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:26:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Pat http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/07/27/dogs-and-flooring-click-click-click/comment-page-1/#comment-492076 Pat Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:41:59 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=8289#comment-492076 I want to know more about dogs slipping on the floor, I have a 13 year old Golden who has recently started slipping on it just walking or stading to drink from his water bowl- Is this damaging to his joints I want to know more about dogs slipping on the floor, I have a 13 year old Golden who has recently started slipping on it just walking or stading to drink from his water bowl- Is
this damaging to his joints

]]> By: EmilyS http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/07/27/dogs-and-flooring-click-click-click/comment-page-1/#comment-470957 EmilyS Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:51:32 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=8289#comment-470957 hey TOP: I'm completely serious. The tile itself is also dirt colored. :- ) hey TOP: I’m completely serious. The tile itself is also dirt colored.

:- )

]]> By: The OTHER Pat http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/07/27/dogs-and-flooring-click-click-click/comment-page-1/#comment-470955 The OTHER Pat Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:15:30 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=8289#comment-470955 {snort!} That is just MEAN to spring on someone at the end of a long day! ROTFLMAO! {snort!}

That is just MEAN to spring on someone at the end of a long day!

ROTFLMAO!

]]> By: EmilyS http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/07/27/dogs-and-flooring-click-click-click/comment-page-1/#comment-470954 EmilyS Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:09:49 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=8289#comment-470954 oh, and about the grout: it comes in colors, so use the dirt-colored one. ;-) oh, and about the grout: it comes in colors, so use the dirt-colored one.

;-)

]]> By: The OTHER Pat http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/07/27/dogs-and-flooring-click-click-click/comment-page-1/#comment-470953 The OTHER Pat Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:35:39 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=8289#comment-470953 Re-reading what I wrote, I realize I failed to explicitly say that when I use the FloorMate for vacuuming hard floors, it does NOT blow the dust bunnies around before getting to them. (Maybe that was implicit in what I wrote, but just in case, I figured I'd complete the thought I had in mind as I was writing that this morning!) Re-reading what I wrote, I realize I failed to explicitly say that when I use the FloorMate for vacuuming hard floors, it does NOT blow the dust bunnies around before getting to them. (Maybe that was implicit in what I wrote, but just in case, I figured I’d complete the thought I had in mind as I was writing that this morning!)

]]> By: Kim Thornton http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/07/27/dogs-and-flooring-click-click-click/comment-page-1/#comment-470952 Kim Thornton Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:28:09 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=8289#comment-470952 Yes, the Dyson blows the dust bunnies around too. Yes, the Dyson blows the dust bunnies around too.

]]> By: The OTHER Pat http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/07/27/dogs-and-flooring-click-click-click/comment-page-1/#comment-470940 The OTHER Pat Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:41:44 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=8289#comment-470940 It's really intended as a hard floor cleaner, so I use my regular vacuum for carpet/rug surfaces. I will say this, though: When I've used my regular vacuum on hard floors, it sometimes tends to blow the dust bunnies around before the vacuum reaches them (don't know if all vacuums do this, but mine does). So on hard floors - if all I'm doing is a quick vacuum - I pull out my Hoover FloorMate rather than my vacuum. It’s really intended as a hard floor cleaner, so I use my regular vacuum for carpet/rug surfaces.

I will say this, though: When I’ve used my regular vacuum on hard floors, it sometimes tends to blow the dust bunnies around before the vacuum reaches them (don’t know if all vacuums do this, but mine does). So on hard floors - if all I’m doing is a quick vacuum - I pull out my Hoover FloorMate rather than my vacuum.

]]> By: Kim Thornton http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/07/27/dogs-and-flooring-click-click-click/comment-page-1/#comment-470938 Kim Thornton Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:49:18 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=8289#comment-470938 Thanks, The Other Pat! That's really helpful. How does it do on area rugs? I have a Dyson Animal, which picks up a lot, but I still have to use a carpet rake to really get up the hair. Thanks, The Other Pat! That’s really helpful. How does it do on area rugs? I have a Dyson Animal, which picks up a lot, but I still have to use a carpet rake to really get up the hair.

]]> By: Nim http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/07/27/dogs-and-flooring-click-click-click/comment-page-1/#comment-470932 Nim Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:50:17 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=8289#comment-470932 I also learned the hard way that water and humidity is a MAJOR problem for laminate flooring. It is also the most slippery flooring for dogs that I have tried, hugely so over hardwood and tile, which is a problem for our dogs. I would never use laminate again. I also learned the hard way that water and humidity is a MAJOR problem for laminate flooring. It is also the most slippery flooring for dogs that I have tried, hugely so over hardwood and tile, which is a problem for our dogs. I would never use laminate again.

]]> By: The OTHER Pat http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/07/27/dogs-and-flooring-click-click-click/comment-page-1/#comment-470914 The OTHER Pat Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:26:46 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=8289#comment-470914 Kim, the Hoover FloorMate IS a vacuum. By flipping some switches, you go back and forth between dry vacuuming (first), followed by dispensing water with spinning scrub brushes, then wet vacuuming up the water and loosened dirt. I generally start by dry vacuuming the whole floor, then going back in small areas to wet scrub and wet vacuum. The steam cleaners - on the other hand - fall into the "push the dirt around" category IMHO. Once the cloth on the bottom of the head is completely full of dirt, you have to pull it off and rinse it or replace it with a fresh one to retain its effectiveness. If you use the steam cleaners really, really frequently, they probably do a perfectly adequate job, and there *is* that appeal of feeling like you've "sanitized" the floor as you go. But for feeling like you've really REMOVED all the dirt that's there, I just don't think the steam cleaners can compare to the FloorMate. Kim, the Hoover FloorMate IS a vacuum. By flipping some switches, you go back and forth between dry vacuuming (first), followed by dispensing water with spinning scrub brushes, then wet vacuuming up the water and loosened dirt. I generally start by dry vacuuming the whole floor, then going back in small areas to wet scrub and wet vacuum.

The steam cleaners - on the other hand - fall into the “push the dirt around” category IMHO. Once the cloth on the bottom of the head is completely full of dirt, you have to pull it off and rinse it or replace it with a fresh one to retain its effectiveness. If you use the steam cleaners really, really frequently, they probably do a perfectly adequate job, and there *is* that appeal of feeling like you’ve “sanitized” the floor as you go.

But for feeling like you’ve really REMOVED all the dirt that’s there, I just don’t think the steam cleaners can compare to the FloorMate.

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