I have engineered wood floors from DuChateau, Riverstone collection, 7.5" wide planks. We've been in the new house just under 17 months and I'm very happy with the floors. We have 3 dogs, one that throws up quite often. First time with engineered wood floors, but have had site finished wood floors in all my previous homes. I would definitely pick these engineered wood floors again. Mine have a hard-wax oil finish and the wood has some texture/character.

I had the solid hardwood floors too, and I appreciate the difficulty with dogs. That is why I chose wood look tile for my current house, but haven’t installed it yet. It won’t look like wood because of the grout lines. For my tile, the grout lines need to be at least 3/16”, which is large. Even if it didn’t have grout lines, it doesn’t look or feel like wood. If you haven’t seen it in someone’s home or a restaurant, you really need to look at a large installation in person and walk on it to see if you love it or hate it.

I lived with tile floors in living areas for a while and it is harder on your legs. But it cleans really well. You can probably use any time of steam or mop machine on it. (I bought a shark hydrovac.) I wanted something worry free. With LVT, I would have been more concerned about damage and repair. Maybe even odor absorption, possibly wet spills. Those may not be issues with some LVT, but I know how to install, repair and clean ceramic tile and grout, and I know it would be fine with any dog concern.

We have wide plank engineered oak floors in our current house. They have a matte oil finish and have been tremendous. We do have a dog but he’s a five pound yorkie so probably doesn’t count…

We have Coretec LVP in my Florida home since 2019. We are there half the year.

Ours is a matt finish, doesn’t ever look dirty and easy to care for. We use Encore by Coretec.

For older people, ceramic tile is hard on the joints.

You can also look at LV tiles.

I have Amendoim engineered wood from Triangulo. The floors are slightly darker than this picture. The planks of varying length are 5 1/4 inches wide. The company has many other colors and some in extra wide widths. They were installed in every room (except kitchen and bathrooms) in 2017 and have held up well. They can be installed as floating or glued. Ours are glued to the concrete slab. Gallery – Triângulo (triangulo.us)

Going on 9 years with our wide plank engineered (countless dogs of various sizes - we foster)….the chatter marks and slight distressing make for a very forgiving floor.

In case you don’t realize, Engineered wood floors are, indeed, Wood floors! Hence, they will require same care as solid Hardwood. We love our Lauzon 5” Hickory, kids, dogs, kids roller toys, strollers and yup pool too. !

Have you considered porcelain tile floors? We live in a hot, humid area and had a pool built while our house was under construction last year, so I anticipated wet feet would be an issue. Between a husband who's oblivious to the spills and chaos he creates, grandchildren and their messes, and a history of having to replace damaged hardwood in several previous homes, I decided that 24X48 porcelain tile was the way to go for us. The unpolished finish is not slippery and the tile also comes in an exterior rated version that's lightly textured. A good installer is important to avoid lippage; ours did a lot of prep work before laying the tiles.

We're retired and wanted to minimize maintenance, as well as have floors that could withstand wheelchair use. Younger family members are comfortable going barefoot on the tile but we need to wear supportive shoes regardless of the type of flooring or foundation. A relative has engineered hardwood over slab and when I've had to go shoeless there it was not any easier on the joints. Our previous home's site-finished hardwood over a basement was only marginally better.

I buy the cleaning product recommended and sold by the manufacturer of my engineered floors, to eliminate any potential issues down the road. The floors get vacuumed as needed ... depending on how much the dogs are shedding! And they get mopped (slightly damp) once per week.

@chispa @jphaus @likestonehomes @thinkdesignlive @louisesmith @eld6161 @HALLETT & Co. @kelli_ga THANK YOU GUYS for your thoughtful responses and pictures! You've all given me a little different perspective and things to think about. I am off to go check out some floors today and will report back soon.

I have used Mannington flooring for a long time for clients with great results . I have 3 huge dogs one 145LBS we have old school LVP from HomeDepot called Allure it has stood up to all the dogs in and out of a dog run all day the end of the day I swepp and if a muddy day I mop . !16 yrs later still looks great. There are so many reall great LVP now check out Mannington for sure.

Sounds like you need wood look porcelain. Laid over an uncoupling membrane, like Ditra. That is a MUST. https://www.daltile.com/products/Wood-Look/Saddle-Brook

I've also had wood-look tile before and it worked great too. We built a guest house in our previous house that was going to function more as a teen hangout, media room and workshop, so I wanted floors that I truly did not have to worry about. They looked just like new when we sold the house 8 years later.

How about bamboo flooring? It comes in wide widths and is far more durable than hardwood. We recently installed the Bourbon Barrel color from Cali Floors and love it.

Bamboo has HUGE issues anywhere there are humidity swings. Lots of claims. If you don’t have proper water vapor management for your slab, crawlspace, or basement, you will have issues. Bamboo is a ton of marketing success for a mediocre to problematic product.