Indestructible dog beds?

[foxyflugel 10]

What about the hammock beds?? Either Durabed or the hammock ones. The hammock ones are comfier without anything in them though - cos they aren't as hard on the bottom as the durabeds.

[mglrgn31 10]

our two dogs have destroyed every bed going, even undestructable ones and i am at my wits end.

they have also gone through old carpet, wood, rubber, 3 layers of lino and now into concrete. they have even gone through doors and cupboards

 

never thought about paper but i think they would just eat that as if any is on the floor from the other animals they soon get hold of it.

 

with duvets i can see them ripping it and pulling the stuffing out, as they tend to do that with every other thing similar.

 

again any ideas would be great, and at least i know it's not just ours as i was beginning to think it was

[Strix 11]

How about spraying a normal bed with an anti-chew deterrent?

 

Brude used to be a bedding chewer, but we trained him out of it - though that takes time!

[Bracko 10]

Hi all if you have a problem with your dogs with beds being destroied check these beds out. iv brought one and tested it out and now i have 4 of them in my Kennals. they are big enough to get a labrador and 2 cockers in each one.

[Bracko 10]

snoozydogbeds

[Bracko 10]

.co.uk having to put it like this cos wont let me post a web address

[H_Hounds 10]

Skye used to love ripping the stuffing out of beds and I got so fed up of it I bought her a single mattress and put a water proof sheet on it with a normal sheet on top so I can shake them out and bung them in the washer.

 

Of course a mattress isn't ideal for crates but if you are happy to give up on the crate you can get single mattresses for £40.

[Bracko 10]

these beds are made of fibreglass and aluminium so easy to wash and u can buy a mattress to go in the bottom

[tzijlstra 11]

Rekindling this thread. Our gently ageing Clumber (now 8,5 years) currently sleeps in his in-house bench with two "faux" sheepskin vet-beds, he grew up as a proper kennel working dog so he is fine with that.

 

However, I have recently (with the snow!) noticed he seems cold quite frequently, he has a tendency to scramble his vet-beds together and curl up right on top of them, I added another one but he just adds that to the pile. So I've been considering getting him a "proper" bed that lifts him off the floor a bit and will keep him warm.

 

It has to be scratch proof as he does have a tendency to scratch his bed (he destroyed his first dog-bed in about 24 hours, weirdly enough he doesn't scratch anything else). It also has to be able to deal with water because his coat has a tendency to hold water. As a consequence it has to be easy to clean, as it isn't just water his coat holds and he has a propensity for finding the muddiest puddles out there...

 

I looked at all the different 'indestructible' beds online but really don't quite know where to go. Should I just get him another bunch of the same vet-beds (which are pretty incredible, IF he didn't scramble them together) or something like a 'Tuffie' bed?

[Moonbird 10]

Rekindling this thread. Our gently ageing Clumber (now 8,5 years) currently sleeps in his in-house bench with two "faux" sheepskin vet-beds, he grew up as a proper kennel working dog so he is fine with that.

 

However, I have recently (with the snow!) noticed he seems cold quite frequently, he has a tendency to scramble his vet-beds together and curl up right on top of them, I added another one but he just adds that to the pile. So I've been considering getting him a "proper" bed that lifts him off the floor a bit and will keep him warm.

 

It has to be scratch proof as he does have a tendency to scratch his bed (he destroyed his first dog-bed in about 24 hours, weirdly enough he doesn't scratch anything else). It also has to be able to deal with water because his coat has a tendency to hold water. As a consequence it has to be easy to clean, as it isn't just water his coat holds and he has a propensity for finding the muddiest puddles out there...

 

I looked at all the different 'indestructible' beds online but really don't quite know where to go. Should I just get him another bunch of the same vet-beds (which are pretty incredible, IF he didn't scramble them together) or something like a 'Tuffie' bed?

 

Would he "kill" a duvet? they are lovely and soft and warm and you could put it in a cover to protect it a little.

[rubydo1 10]

I have Labradors I've given up trying to get an indestructible bed because they don't exist .

I just use a vet bed with fleece blankets on top .

[tzijlstra 11]

Would he "kill" a duvet? they are lovely and soft and warm and you could put it in a cover to protect it a little.

 

I'm afraid that wouldn't last a night although I think we have an old one knocking about somewhere, you can also wash them... might be worth trying!

 

@rubydo1 our clumsy isn't intent on destroying things, he is just clumsily destroying things he might have mellowed over the years, he used to eat the post quite regularly and doesn't do that at all anymore.