Would you get a carpet if you had pets

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HI we have laminate flooring in the lounge and hallway that was put down badly so now really uneven and bits therefore have chipped off so basically looks really crap.
I'm thinking about getting carpet in the lounge and maybe some sort of luxury vinyl in the hallway.
Would you get carpet if you had a dog and cats?
If so any suggestions what type to get?
What colour would you go for (obv cream is that out the question !!) to go with chocolate brown suede sofas and pale greeny grey walls (Jurassic stone)

Any experience shared would be appreciated.

I recommend against carpet based on my pet experience.
If you can live with the inevitable damage to an expensive new item, then fair enough.

I have two dogs and three cats and we have carpet everywhere cos the noise of their feet tapping on laminate floor drives me crazy. I just get short pile so hair doesn't get trapped in it and stain resistant. I also have a dyson animal hoover.

Op your post just highlights my bizarre choices. I have 3 dogs, 2 cats, cream carpet AND a carpet cleaner. The carpet cleaner is essential in my mind.

We have a dog and a cat and a farmer who is by far the dirtiest of them all and I have never felt more relief than the day we ripped up all the carpets and sanded the floors. I just couldn't deal with the stress of keeping carpets clean. We have lots of rugs, but I can drag those onto the patio and scrub them, or replace them if they're really bad.

Thanks for your replies (am OP just changed user name.)
My reason for not wanting laminate downstairs is - apart from all being uneven and chipped- it always looks dull, our dog (excitable springer) runs around and slides on it which I think must damage, plus probably not good for him either!!

Depends on the pets we have two very hairy large dogs and I can't imagine having a carpet downstairs (we have full carpet upstairs but dogs not allowed up!) we have a large rug in living room for comfort and I loathe hoovering the long hairs out of it every day, the rest of the wooden flooring takes 5 minutes to Hoover!

We have sanded floors downstairs tiles in kitchen and carpet upstairs. That looks fine as cats not really allowed upstairs. They sneak up but get shooed down if discovered.

I say no to carpet, get some nice laminate or floorboards put down ( if it was my choice i'd go for some lovely herringbone flooring) and then get a rug ( check out la redoute for lovely rugs) if you want a bit of cosiness. I just find carpet a hassle and bit gross when its downstairs as you can ''see'' when floorboards are a bit hairy and grotty but with a carpet you can't tell as well so feels like its festering a bit more. Also floorboards make it feel fresher as carpet absorbs the smell.

I have a massive long haired dog who spends most of his time inside the house. I would get any type of flooring you like and real wool rugs. I found that dog hair doesn't get stuck in between the fibres on our (second hand and lovely) Persian rugs unlike the small synthetic one that I have to hoover for a good 10 minutes. Patterns hide the dirt as well. Oh, and I use the carpet cleaner on my rugs (when I feel like it).

I would go with no carpet, so much easier - particularly with the pet hair that can be a pain to get up - even with a good vacuum. Otherwise light carpet and a really good carpet cleaner or factor in paying someone to come round quarterly to steam clean (industrial cleaners are loads better than domestic).

If you're not keen on laminate again another option that gets overlooked is a good quality lino. My dad had a thick one laid in his hallway in wood effect 8 years ago and no one so far has realised it isn't wood and still looks brand new.

I prefer carpets with pets as always found they struggled in laminate.

Wipe clean floors because of dog, child and husband. We have a huge IKEA rug that is replaced annually. Much cheaper than ruining carpet.

I think we are going to go for carpet as have a good cordless hoover and hoover most days anyway. Hopefully as someone else has said it will reduce the loose dust in the house. Hopefully will stop our excitable dog sliding around all over the place.

Just need to choose what sort of colour to get but will post asking for suggestions in a new post.

Thanks for all your helpful suggestions and opinions.

We have a cat and having lived with both carpet and wood floors, carpet is actually better. With wood floors the hair and dust is constantly being stirred up when you move around - terrible for DH's allergies - whereas it is all trapped in the carpet fibres, not visible, so I actually hoover less frequently. Our new house will be carpet everywhere except kitchen, bathroom and hallway.

I live in a farmhouse and have retrievers - we have stone kitchen and hallway floors and the rest is carpet. Firstly because carpet is a lot warmer than hard floors and this is a cold, old house.

Secondly and more importantly, our dogs can be a little excitable and I have seen dogs shatter elbows on slippery hard floors. I am always keeping an eye on them in the kitchen although because it's stone rather than vinyl it isn't slippery. Laminates, polished wood and vinyls are an absolute no when you have larger, young dogs likely to slip on them.

Thanks all 😊
@harrietm87 that's the sort of thing I was thinking - at the moment the dog hair just sits on the floor and everywhere gets dusty so quickly. @Frillyhorseyknickers that's shocking that dogs can get such serious injuries that makes me even more determined to get carpet. MY only concern is that when he comes in from the garden or a walk he will make muddy marks on the carpet and how about the wet dog smell when it's been raining?