Will puppies scratch or bite wooden floors if they are not trained?
No the pup will not bite the floor but certainly can scratch it depending on the quality of the flooring. I have 5 dogs and pergo flooring throughout the kitchen, hallway and bath. I have never had any problems with scratching. I also make sure that their nails are trimmed, less for the flooring but for their health. If you are concerned about a puppy chewing, you might want to worry more about the pup chewing on furniture, and anything accidentally left within the pups reach. All puppies chew and if not watched like a hawk they can and will damage any number of things in your home. Training a pup not to chew is nearly impossible..what you have to do is redirect the pup to chew on appropriate items, especially when teething.
When a puppy gets bored they tend to chew up and scratch on anything they can find. In some cases it’s furniture, shoes, carpets, doors and even walls or floors. To avoid that they simply need attention (walks, games, training) and their own chew toys and bones to help them for the urge to chew while teething. A floor or a wall is really not that interresting for them to be chewing on. If a dog chews on that, they owner is doing something seriously wrong, like leaving them confined alone in a room for hours. As far as accidental scratching, keep his claws trimmed. Enough walks on asphalt will keep them trimmed too. I would be more worried about the puppy peeing on the wood than him scratching or chewing it. I would suggest putting down something waterproof over the wood floor while training him for the first year or so.
