[SallyintNorth]

er bed, blanket dog 
My dog has never chewed his bedding, but then I've never seen a dog eat straw 

Oh, well call in if you're passing and I'll show you two collies who love to chew up their straw 

[SallyintNorth]

just wondering if they ever get any health issues from straw, ie mites or anything.
 

One of ours does, I have to give him Frontline through the summer.  The others are fine, and he's fine the rest of the year.

[in the hills]

Shygirl, we only used straw if the weather was really bad .... think it can harbour crawlies. Kennels were well insulated and ventilated so they didn't need bedding most of the time. Also made it harder to keep clean. We always rubbed the dogs down well if they had been exercised or out picking up ... never put away soaking wet.


SITN - this lab pup would eat anything, inluding straw  .

[happygolucky]

I notice a lot of working dogs have straw beds as it  helps absorb moisture better than blankets.....I did think about stuffing a zipped dog bed with straw and changing it but then I thought about dust and other crawlies...and my yard.........newspaper is also good shredded to absorb water again, did that once in a zipped dog bed but not for long!

[AndynJ]

We use hay in the summer and straw in the winter, 1) because that was what a farmer told me to do and 2) I have very little straw, I have lots of hay. we haven't had any health problems though our hay & straw is loose in dumpy bags. next year it'll be in bales 

[in the hills]

Well folks, the vetbed has arrived and true-to-form, Kate is doing her best to test it to the full.


The texture seems to fascinate  . Will let you know whether or not it survives.


She has finally collapsed on it for a snooze after ..... "helping" with the poultry, walking in the wood, playing in the stream, stealing several cuddly toys and jumping on and off the beds. Oh, to have that much energy.

[ZaktheLad]

I just love puppies - they keep you so entertained.  And that puppy smell - nothing quite like it 

[happygolucky]

  , our pups are off to their new homes at the weekend and are pulling bedding around everywhere......

Kate is doing her best to test it to the full.

so I do understand!