Chew proof dog bed?

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HRL

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3,341 posts

219 months

Saturday 27th June 2020
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Are these even a thing?

Got through half a dozen dog beds in the past few months and it’s getting a bit expensive!

Looking for a pair of very tough flat beds for two cocker spaniels.

moorx

3,513 posts

114 months

Saturday 27th June 2020
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Consensus on a similar previous topic was that there is no such thing.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

My suggestion of folded cheap duvets/covers stands. We have a couple of raised beds (metal frames/mesh covers) but they are covered with dog beds/duvets.

Brads67

3,199 posts

98 months

Saturday 27th June 2020
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Good luck with that.

I've had a dog that could destroy a steel bed if it put it's mind to it.

Turn7

23,608 posts

221 months

Saturday 27th June 2020
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Tuffies.....

dhutch

14,388 posts

197 months

Sunday 28th June 2020
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Turn7 said:
Tuffies.....
Mad price, dog if they chew will eat it anyway.

dhutch

14,388 posts

197 months

Sunday 28th June 2020
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Do you have any history as to why they are chewing so much? Teething? Rescues? Maybe time to learn how to say 'leave it' or 'no' in a firm voice!

Turn7

23,608 posts

221 months

Sunday 28th June 2020
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dhutch said:
Turn7 said:
Tuffies.....
Mad price, dog if they chew will eat it anyway.
Worked for our 2 Smooth Fox Terriers......


HRL

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3,341 posts

219 months

Sunday 28th June 2020
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dhutch said:
Do you have any history as to why they are chewing so much? Teething? Rescues? Maybe time to learn how to say 'leave it' or 'no' in a firm voice!
Youngest of the two is teething.

dhutch

14,388 posts

197 months

Sunday 28th June 2020
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I feel your pain! However it will pass and they won't really mind sleeping on what's left of it! Just don't buy a beanbag!

Presume they have plenty of bones/antler/sticks to chew. Better a bed than the kitchen, unless they have had the corners off that too!

Daniel

HRL

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3,341 posts

219 months

Sunday 28th June 2020
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Yeah, there are a billion things to chew but beds seem high on her list at present.

She’s even chewed the wall in a couple of spots this week which is great!

Looked at those Tuffies beds and although the price is a little off putting the fact she’s a digger means I’d be forever replacing parts too.

Was thinking of something flat and very tough but I’ve yet to find anything suitable.

dhutch

14,388 posts

197 months

Sunday 28th June 2020
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One of our dog beds is a flat pad which went a bit flat, so filled it with carpet offcuts. Dogs seem as happy on that as doubled over vet bed and it was free. Might work well till the teething passes?

Who me ?

7,455 posts

212 months

Sunday 28th June 2020
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chew proof dog bed ?? Is there such a thing if the dog/breed/sex thinks otherwise.
Dog 1, I had as a child- present from my aunt . Large male Cairn Terror. Dad bought him a cane bed raised on legs. Sandy decided it was a good place to cut his teeth.
Dog2- was bitsa (this and that), but he had no bed. Lucky decided that at my feet (in middle of night ) was his place.
Dog 3 ( I'll skip over the pack I had in Africa, when boy met girl and we had pups galore), had a bed, but only used it at night. Daytime, her place was on the sofa protecting WM junior from falling off.
Dog4- she had a bed but only used in the day. At night her place was on the sofa.
Dog5- Toby- a very dark male Cairn-, rescue (although he'd been "done") , his bed was the "bh" he'd been denied. We bought him a bed with a cushion. But all he wanted to do was to pul the cushion out, attack the bed ( he did manage to cut a hole in the base) and mount the base. He decided that his place was on the sofa, although when Swimbo sat down in her spot, Toby would move.
Dog6- Shona- another Cairn, but a loverly lady .Wheaten, she could not climb on the sofa. Her bed sat under the writing bureau my dad bought 50 years ago, and where on of his dogs loved to sit. Another cause for a past- did Shona sense the past presence of another dog that used to love sitting under the Bureau.I'never know, but Shona always loved that spot.
Dog7- possibly my last one. Lexi. A cross JRT/Yorky. Bed is under the bureau, and when Lexi is stressed ( she is an ex rescue very timid little dog) , she heads to the bed under the bureau. Coming out,she's very relaxed. But her main place of rest is on the sofa.
Dog beds- do we need them ,when all they want to do is cuddle up on our laps.

Howitzer

2,835 posts

216 months

Sunday 28th June 2020
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Our dog Flash is a 51kg Rottweiler, lives a pre-sleep dig and is far from gentle. He has had a Tuffies for 2 years now and it’s great. It has been peed on by the cats, vomited on, hair balls, left in the garden for days on end in all weather and 5 minutes with a bottle of fairy liquid and a hose and it’s ready to roll.
Not even the stuffing has moved at all.

He is 6, had about 10 beds in total but this bed will see him out I think.

Its a dark green one, no fluff and good padding.

Dave!

HRL

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3,341 posts

219 months

Monday 29th June 2020
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Sounds very good TBH.

I will need two of them but will see what the wife thinks as they’re not exactly “pretty”.

Turn7

23,608 posts

221 months

Monday 29th June 2020
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HRL said:
Sounds very good TBH.

I will need two of them but will see what the wife thinks as they’re not exactly “pretty”.
Get a cover made up and they look fine......
Its a dog bed not a Van Gogh....

rxe

6,700 posts

103 months

Wednesday 1st July 2020
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If your dog is minded to destroy it, then it will do so - a dog will happily demolish a cow femur, so anything weaker than that is just the warm up act.

A piece of vet bed is all a dog needs - double it over if you think they need more comfort, but really they don’t. 17 quid for a square, ours don’t consider it worthy of attack, and you can bung it in the machine and have it dry again in half an hour.

riosyd

611 posts

201 months

Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Kuranda dog beds are popular with my retrievers


https://www.kurandadogbeds.co.uk/