[shygirl]

im looking for strong hardwearing dog beds and i like the ones that are off the floor. our dogs get muddy in the winter so duvet style beds are a nightmare.

im considering these, has anyone tried them? iv one dog with arthritis and another that digs his bed with his claws.
or would a tuffies be better?

http://www.theoriginaluk.com/

[lachlanandmarcus]

I'd want to try one before buying as the hammock type design is something my dogs won't get onto because it moves (or they think it will)  as they put weight on as they get on. They also don't like the tubular bars as edging as they are hard, so would need a very large one to avoid any bits of them being on that uncomfy bit.


Personally a Tuffies would be my vote. Maybe with a heat pad for arthritic dog.

[happygolucky]

Mine tend to like their basket, we have a large plastic one that I hate the look of  but I put some nice fluffy fleece blankets and have made another cover for a dog bed that's gone shabby, we also have a wiker one that's a  bit chewed but they like that too, otherwise ours sleep in a cage, I never close it and its full or vet type bedding that washes and dry's super quick, I love the stuff !! If I had the money I would go for a Tuffies bed too, they appear strong and cosy!!

[lachlanandmarcus]

We have a giant Tuffies (the waterproof type) and they really are indestructible and you can hose them or do anything to them, they are brilliant. Not cheap, but at least they are worth the money rather than being expensive and disappointing.

[doganjo]

My old German Wire was made a raised bed by a friend.  A lovely big wooden framed one with deck chair material slung on springs.  And a vet bed on top.  It looked very comfortable.

She was encouraged onto it despite great suspicion - food the only motivation with her.  She fell asleep, rolled over, fell off, and never went back on it again.   We watched it all while chatting quietly, it was soooo funny.  I so wish we'd thought of taking a video. 

My three have a fibre glass bed with vet beds, an open cage also with vet beds, and half of my bed also with vet beds to sleep on respectively. All easily washed bedding. All very comfortable for my aging furbabies.

[jaykay]

I have giant Tuffies too. The last set lasted for 5 years through a determined chewer and a different determined 'bed scratcher'.

I've just replaced them with new ones. They are so good, I love that I can just hose them down when they get too awful.

Skerry, demonstrating 

[happygolucky]

They look comfy, our cheaper version is still going strong  but I made a fleece cover as I do have to wash them often as they get so smelly......I am holding on until we move but depends on where we live I suppose.....In the house I do use old pillows from the B&B and they love to rest there heads on them  but if they had their way, they may get de stuffed......our Yellow is the worse fidget out, she messes up all the beds, just recently changed the car and have been fed  up with any blanket in the back getting pushed into a pile so they end up on the plastic inner material, carpet would get too wet too quick so now I fill the back up with cardboard and will just throw it out when its ruined, much better at holding any moisture but our Yellow still tries to dig a nest out of it!!  Guess we had better get saving for some tuffies

[Hassle]

We have the mattress from savic dog crate Willow slept inside there when she was tiny.  We just have different covers as she doesn't like sleeping on it plain

[happygolucky]

I got a cheap used sewing machine and bought some fleece blankets from B&M and made covers,they also dry quick, I threw out all the old covers that took ages to dry.......

[in the hills]

The raised beds remind me of a trampette or trampoline. All I can say is that my Flattie loves to curl up and sleep on the trampette. Sure he would love one.


Dogs in kennels are often given palettes to sleep on and they like those .... similar principle.

[happygolucky]

I had a  bed chair from Ikea that I used when we last had pups, it was comfy but it was very hard to get out of as I sunk down with the saggy canvas.....its gone now but I now use the sponge matteress that's in small pieces covered in linen type material, to line the 3 dog cages, they wash well too surprisingly.....I suppose in some ways an old chair or sofa ould be better!! we never ever allow any dog on our sofa's!

[Rosemary]

We have Barka Parkas for ours - they are now 10 years old and still look good. They aren't waterproof though, and although you can get a waterproof cover, I find it doesn't stay on very well. You also have to top up the beans periodically.

We have two dog ones and one cat one - Meg (one of our BCs) sleeps on the cat one sometimes and the cats sleep in the dog ones during the day.

Tess has a raised bed - we call it the sofa 

[shygirl]

raised beds are really common in australia and i always liked them as they can just be hosed down but i dont think they are very cosy for the winter. i want to touch one really and see if its strong enough for a hefty labrador. (tho hes not that hefty anymore as hes been on a diet - now he can crawl under the gate and get titbits off the neighbours nextdoor! tut tut came home with gravy on his chin the other day  )
we have a sometimes urinary incontinent dog so need something easy to keep clean.
the raised bed advert looks like a new company which worries me as iv bought horse rugs off a new company before and they were expensive but useless. when you have 4 to buy its a costly mistake.
iv never heard a bad comment about tuffies so maybe try one of those first.

[sokel]

We had a Tuffie but by indestructible I don't think they included a chewing standard wire Dachshund  it lasted 11 days before the corners where all chewed off 

[jaykay]

One of my collies would bunch up anything between his front paws and chew the corner off. I got into Tuffies because, in their range, they had some oval beds with no corners to chew