My second rug purchase in 3 weeks for the same room, I originally bought  a beautiful soft Jute rug and came home and the dogs had destroyed it-it literally looked like it exploded. I bought this one figuring they wouldn’t have anything to chew on being a flat indoor-outdoor rug ...they have chewed this one here and there too -but I love it, and with the amount of muddy paws happening here it still looks clean even though it is lighter gray in middle.  I plan to get the same one when they stop chewing -they are both big one year old “puppies”.  You definitely need a rug pad underneath because it is thin.