What options do I have to protect my hardwood floor from my dogs nails scratching them?

With out putting on a sock or shoe like material. I have already tried that.

i think your best bet would be to get your dogs nails clipped.if he is mostly indoors that would be a good thing to do!good luck!

cut their paws off

trim and file your dogs nails. then go to doctors foster and smith on-line and they sell some little things that go over a dogs nails - and they come in different colors!!!

They have little caps that you can put over the dogs nails.Also keeping the nails shorter will help.

If you walk a dog for 20 mins everyday on pavement that'll keep there nails trimmed and blunt to stop scratching the floors.

clip you dogs nail short. They do have covers you can put over nails but some dogs don't like them

you need to talk to an obdience trainer because it sounds like a behavioral problem

Keep your dogs nails clipped and you can also check with the Vet . There are tips they can put on cats nails and I think dogs as well they are like a rubber substance that will protect floors an upholstery from animals .

welll it don't make sense to get a dog when you have hard wood floors in the first place. kinda like pooping before u wipe. don't make sense. Ever heard of putting a rug down or get one of thoses claw caps.

clip ur dogs' nails when they get long so u don't have to spend a lot of money on new floor

Use a polyurethane finish on the hardwood floors and the nails won't scratch it. I just put down hardwood floors last August, and I have two long-nailed terriers who race and slide across the floor on a daily basis. The only scratches we got had nothing to do with the dogs...it was when we were moving a dresser by putting it on a beach blanket and sliding it across the floor. A small pebble found its way under the blanket and left a few scratches. I used that orange-glo hardwood refinisher and you can't tell there was ever a mark.