Best type of leather with pets?

I am trying to convince my husband that leather furniture (H & M in particular) is the best choice for our high traffic living room with kids and 2 dogs. Are there certain H & M leathers that will stand up to dog nails better than others?

Thanks for any advice!

Here's the thing on leather and pets. There is no one right hide from any maker that is truly 'dog-proof', and it doesn't matter who the supplier or brand would be.

If you have a finished (pigmented or painted) hide or a Semi-Aniline with a clear top coat, the dog nails can scratch the topcoat. There is a tremendous amount of pressure in a finger or toe nail, be it human or animal, and as we all know high pressure over a small area results in damage to whatever is being scratched. If you go with a pure aniline hide, then you won't get the scratch-the-topcoat effect, but the oil and dirt from the pets can stain the leather.

Having said that, I have pure aniline hides in my home and a Westie that thinks the sofas are his domain. I prefer pull-up and burnished hides that have waxy topcoats rather than hard-applied clear coats so any scratches we get onto the waxy topcoat come out easily with heat and pressure from the palm of one's hand.

What you WILL find with H&M leather is that they (along with Leathercraft) only buy Grade A Steer Hide. There are different grades in each leather vendor category "A", "B", "C", etc. H&M gets a leather shipment every day, and rejects about 25 % to 30 % of the leathers that arrive as they do not meet their standards. What happens to an A Grade hide that is rejected? It goes back to the vendor's warehouse and is re-marked as a "B" or "C" grade leather and sold to another manufacturer at a discount. So the leather than H&M rejected is going to wind up being made up into a piece over at Thomasville or Bernardt or other 3rd tier maker. They never buy cowhide at H&M (it stretches too much) either - only steer hides. End result is less puddling, less defects, better texture and color accuracy and in general a piece that looks good LONGER than the other makers.