This rug is thick. It is like having a stuffed animal rug on the floor. Our cats do everything to avoid walking on it which is kind of funny to watch. Our house is all tile and faux hardwood flooring so we ended up using this rug to go under a door and block sound waves (a person loud voice) from coming out of a room. It turned out this is a really good rug for spanning a doorway and blocking loud voices and sounds coming out of a room.