NGKUR - Dog bed help

[daisy818]

Hi ladies!

So waking up to a dog crate covered in puked up fluff from yet another chewed up bed has me in search of a more resilient dog bed.  We have a crate cushion that seems fine, but we are looking for a small bed to go in the living room.  So far, in a year sweet Daisy has eaten 4 beds.  My mom and sister both have this L.L. Bean bed (www.llbean.com/llb/shop/44559?feat=507408-GN2&page=premium-denim-dog-bed-set-round), which I'm contemplating - originally I hadn't wanted to spend that much, but now I've spent that much on 4 cheap beds.

Anyone have any recommendations for dog beds that can stand up to chewing? Thanks!

[teraiin]

I'm no help here. My lab has destroyed every single bed I've ever gotten him. Whether it was in the crate with him or not. Now he just sleeps on the couch LOL

However, I'll be curious to see what others say! Hopefully you can find some good options.

[pismoduo]

We have one similar to this one from Costco.

Well, technically we have two - one for each dog. But they've had them for almost 2 years now, and they've held up well despite being used as a playground. They've even held up well to the JRT's habit of digging in the middle of the bed when she gets frustrated about something. They're a little bulky, so I wouldn't use them in the kennel, but if you just want something for the living room they do well.

[LadyNymeria]

daisy818 - We have this bed (www.llbean.com/llb/shop/83860?feat=507408-GN2&page=premium-fleece-dog-bed-set-rectangular) for our dog and it has held up well. It's on the floor in our bedroom closet and he sleeps on it every night. He doesn't chew it though so I can't say how it would hold up to that.

We also have this bed (www.orvis.com/p/deep-dish-dog-bed/2c9j) on the first floor of our house for during the day. Orvis is more expensive than LLBean, and again, he doesn't chew it so I can't speak to that.

For his crate, we just put a bunch of blankets in there and that has been good enough for him. On warm days he pushes them aside and lays right on the plastic tray so we never felt he needed a real bed in there.

[kayladawn91]

We have Kuranda beds for our dogs and they love them! kuranda.com. We are considering buying the fleece covers for them so they're soft, but we haven't yet. They're a little pricey, but after spending the amount I did on beds they just tore up, it was totally worth it to buy these!

[LadyNymeria]

kayladawn91 - I love your floors!!

[mustloveerica]

Nov 18, 2015 11:55:18 GMT -5 kayladawn91 said:

We have Kuranda beds for our dogs and they love them! kuranda.com. We are considering buying the fleece covers for them so they're soft, but we haven't yet. They're a little pricey, but after spending the amount I did on beds they just tore up, it was totally worth it to buy these!

Those are the beds I want. I'm a little concerned about weight since we have a 90 pound dog and a puppy that should be around 180 full grown.

[thechickencoop]

Nov 18, 2015 11:32:31 GMT -5 teraiin said:

I'm no help here. My lab has destroyed every single bed I've ever gotten him. Whether it was in the crate with him or not. Now he just sleeps on the couch LOL

However, I'll be curious to see what others say! Hopefully you can find some good options.

+1 when we had our husky he had chewed up every single bed, blanket, etc. So he was crated with nothing. He survived.

[ourcrazynavylife]

Our dog has been through several dog beds. Including two of the K9 Ballistics beds that are supposed to be bulletproof basically.

We ended up getting her this one last year for Christmas
m.petsmart.com/h5/hub?id=dog%2Fbeds-blankets%2Ftop-paw-trade-lattice-jacquard-bolstered-cuddler-dog-bed-zid36-30117%2Fcat-36-catid-100009%3Fvar_id%3D36-30117
And she hasn't chewed it one bit. We think her issue is she prefers a ridiculously fluffy bed (she's super spoiled) and the other ones weren't thick enough.
This one has been washed several times and moved across the country with us and so far I'm pretty impressed.

[pismoduo]

Nov 18, 2015 12:14:10 GMT -5 thechickencoop said:

Nov 18, 2015 11:32:31 GMT -5 teraiin said:

I'm no help here. My lab has destroyed every single bed I've ever gotten him. Whether it was in the crate with him or not. Now he just sleeps on the couch LOL

However, I'll be curious to see what others say! Hopefully you can find some good options.

+1 when we had our husky he had chewed up every single bed, blanket, etc. So he was crated with nothing. He survived.

Yea, our JRT is the same way. So she gets crated with one (hard, non destructible) toy and an old towel.

[kayladawn91]

Nov 18, 2015 12:13:59 GMT -5 mustloveerica said:

Nov 18, 2015 11:55:18 GMT -5 kayladawn91 said:

We have Kuranda beds for our dogs and they love them! kuranda.com. We are considering buying the fleece covers for them so they're soft, but we haven't yet. They're a little pricey, but after spending the amount I did on beds they just tore up, it was totally worth it to buy these!

Those are the beds I want. I'm a little concerned about weight since we have a 90 pound dog and a puppy that should be around 180 full grown.

My dogs have the standard beds and do fine. They are 65 lbs and 75 lbs though, so not quite as big as yours. But on the website, it says the standard beds are for dogs up to 125 lbs and they have aluminum beds with a 250 lb weight limit.

[lovetruly2015]

You could try looking into Kong dog beds. Its the same brand that makes the kong dog toys. They arent cheep but it might be worth it. Hope only ever sleeps in her bed when we're watching tv in the living room and she doesnt chew so we have a cheapy meijer bed.

[Andrea]

Nov 18, 2015 12:54:19 GMT -5 lovetruly2015 said:

You could try looking into Kong dog beds. Its the same brand that makes the kong dog toys. They arent cheep but it might be worth it. Hope only ever sleeps in her bed when we're watching tv in the living room and she doesnt chew so we have a cheapy meijer bed.

:::lurking::::

My Charlie ate through his Kong bed in about 15 minutes. They are not worth it.

He pretty much lost comfy bed privileges until his destructive phase ends.

[Andrea]

LOOK MA! I made snow!!!

[kayladawn91]

Nov 18, 2015 14:06:45 GMT -5 Andrea said:

Nov 18, 2015 12:54:19 GMT -5 lovetruly2015 said:

You could try looking into Kong dog beds. Its the same brand that makes the kong dog toys. They arent cheep but it might be worth it. Hope only ever sleeps in her bed when we're watching tv in the living room and she doesnt chew so we have a cheapy meijer bed.

:::lurking::::

My Charlie ate through his Kong bed in about 15 minutes. They are not worth it.

He pretty much lost comfy bed privileges until his destructive phase ends.

My dogs also ate through their "indestructible" Kong beds. They're monsters!

[daisy818]

Nov 18, 2015 14:07:03 GMT -5 Andrea said:

LOOK MA! I made snow!!!

/ded

[daisy818]

Thanks for all the feedback, y'all! I really like the look of the Kuranda bed, and since she only weighs 15 lbs. I can get the cheapest size

DH had sent me this yesterday when we started searching for indestructible beds. I can totally see our little girl doing this:

[pismoduo]

Nov 18, 2015 15:18:25 GMT -5 daisy818 said:

Thanks for all the feedback, y'all! I really like the look of the Kuranda bed, and since she only weighs 15 lbs. I can get the cheapest size

DH had sent me this yesterday when we started searching for indestructible beds. I can totally see our little girl doing this:

Yea, something similar happened to our door trim the one time we tried to lock the JRT in the master bathroom when she was little.

We spent a LOT of time training not to touch the doors and trim after that. So much so that when we got our shih tzu, the first time he pawed at a door wanting to come into the bathroom at me, the JRT tackled him.

[DanaScullyX]

Lurking, but I recommend this brand. My dog who destroys everything hasn't touched this one and it holds up outside for us.

www.chewy.com/dog/coolaroo-steel-framed-charcoal/dp/116721