From: diddy@diddy.net   
      
   utseay@aol.com composed these thoughts and posted them   
   news:1139857827.429078.318270@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:   
      
   > I'm thinking about changing from carpet to Laminate and would like your   
   > opinion.  I think Laminate would be great and easy to clean.  I have   
   > two chihuahuas, so I don't think their nails will be a problem.  The   
   > only thing that worries me is the occasional "accident".  Right now   
   > they use their pads very well - but from time to time they pee   
   > somewhere their not suppose to.  I think this could be fixed by   
   > retraining - but if they happen to have an accident on Laminate   
   > flooring - what are the effects?  Will it warp or mess up the finish if   
   > it sits there for a day(s)?  Let me know what think - Laminate flooring   
   > a good or bad idea?   
   >   
      
   I put laminate floors in last year.  i currently have 5 dogs here and 2   
   of them small puppies.  Accidents have not hurt the floors, but I wipe   
   them right up as they happen. The instructions when I got the floors were   
   to DAMP (NOT!!!!! WET) mop them as moisture collected would invalidate   
   the warranty and cause warping. They handed me a floor cleaner mist spray   
   and said do not get the floor any wetter than that. Clean u p spills   
   right away.   
      
   1 Year later, so far so good.   
      
   Because we butcher in oour kitchen, and I didn't think the industrial   
   size mess we make of floors there would be suited to mist spray cleaning,   
   I put in ceramic tile floors there.   
      
   I love the easy maintenence of the Laminate flooring.  The Ceramic   
   flooring is only a little harder to clean. Both are a huge improvement   
   over carpets.   
      
   On the laminant flooring though, any spill, tracked in snow, etc, is   
   cleaned up pronto.   I can't imagine letting  a pee spot sit anywhere for   
   "days?"   
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