This rug has been great. We purchased this rug over a year ago and it still gets compliments. Our puppy chewed a small hole in one of the corners only a few weeks into owning it, but we have hidden that with some furniture. It's THICK, which is why we got it. Quality seems great. It would help to have either heavy furniture on this rug or put a non-stick pad underneath, a running pup can move it around! Would definitely purchasing again if we time traveled. On the note of shedding, we haven't experienced shedding on our clothing but our vacuum does accumulate some. The rug looks just as thick as it did the day we bought it though.