Wow, this rug is perfect. A lot of people complain about the shedding of the rug, well I'm not. They should have gotten a carpet made out of plastic materials then. This is a superior quality wool rug, wool is an organic material, like your wool sweater that makes fuzz bulls, so yes, its going to shed. But it's not as extreme as what other reviews described, I get a small fuzz ball like once a week. That's nothing. It's not like fuzz balls are flying out of the packaging as I was told from reviews. We walk on it everyday & my dog runs, nests & rolls around on it daily. The dirt vacuums up easily & it has a strong, sturdy backing. All of the worst anxieties you could have about a new rug have already happened, my dog peed on it, the kids walked on it with dirty boots & it still looks like new. The pee didn't stain, it came up easily when still wet and maybe I got lucky with the latter, but still the worst has happened & I couldn't be more pleased.