Need a really TOUGH dog bed-Chewer

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by MaggieMae on 17 February 2011 - 01:02

In the garage in the winter and house in the summer (for the AC). My garage is part of the house. The inside door between the living area and garage is left open at night.

by gck on 17 February 2011 - 02:02

My dogs love the Kuranda beds (all aluminum and with their toughest bed material). Pups cluster on them as soon as leaving the whelping box. All of my dogs are chewers. All of the Kuranda beds are in very good shape, now 5 years later. Originally, we had PVC legs on the aluminum frames. Those are caput, but the aluminum replacements are indestructable. The outside pens have Kuranda beds in the rain, snow, sleet . Apart from needing to be emptied of rain, they are also in excellent condition after 5 years of heavy abuse.

by laura271 on 17 February 2011 - 18:02

I just ordered a kuranda bed for my 8 month old female GSD's outdoor kennel. She'll only go into her dog house when it's below -12 C (10 F) or pouring rain, otherwise she prefers to lay on the ground (carefully avoiding the stall mat that we bought her). She promptly drags out and eats any bedding we put in her dog house. The kennel (countrypaws.com/) we board her at uses kuranda beds and she likes them. It's interesting to note that we crate her in the house at night and she doesn't chew her fleece blanket (put one in her outdoor kennel and it's promptly eaten). I don't like to see her laying on the cold ground so I ordered a kuranda bed.

by LynOD on 17 February 2011 - 19:02

My dogs all had crates pads in their crates until they chewed it . Then no more pad poof gone. Surprisingly I only had one out of 4 that chewed their crate pads. My 6 month old Border Coliie puppy still has a pad in her crate as she has not chewed it, if she does it will go bye bye. I would not feel guilty about no crate pad as it is for their own good. I wouldnt want to come home and find a dead or very sick dog because of a crate pad. Most dogs will enjoy the coolness of the palstic/metal pan anyway. I just use fleece pads, the very thick ones. Cool in summer warm in winter.

Lyn

by Renofan2 on 18 February 2011 - 01:02

I put a Kuranda bed in with my 1 year old Brenna and she shredded the material. Molly had it in her kennel for over a year and used it all the time. No chewing from her.

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by vom ost see on 18 February 2011 - 15:02

seaecho...surely you have a valid reason for useing pads in your crates,i might use one for an older,more settled dog,but those little butthead youngsters are always looking for something to play with....kennel pads seem like fair game to them,which is why i don't use them,before the big trucks went to less material fo their mudflaps,i had a couple of these,cut them down with very little effort and a perfect fit for a #500 crate,tight enough so the little monsters couldn't lift a corner and start their own "chewin' party"...you could use "cow mat" from tractor supply,and with carefull cutting have a suitable crate mat..but i prefer nothing.

by gck on 20 February 2011 - 02:02

Kuranda bed material comes in several strengths. Mine are the heaviest duty. The dogs cannot chew the material (thanks to the design). What they will do is dig at the bed until they can penetrate the fabric. THEN the chewing begins. In my experience, only 1 Kuranda cover has fallen to the beasts. And that cover is easily replaced.

by Rik on 20 February 2011 - 15:02

I use horse stall mat if they are going to lie on a hard surface. Don't use anything in the crate.

by wlpool on 21 February 2011 - 14:02

I also use the 3/4 inch rubber mat sold at Tractor supply. It is VERY durable. It can be cut to size with a straight blade. But, it is heavy in the size it comes in. They are hard to move around unless you have a second person. They are soft enough yet not so fun to chew. I think on sale they run 30. or so at tractor supply and again, you can cut it to size.
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by laura271 on 19 April 2011 - 16:04

We finally got around to trying out a Kuranda bed. I just spent a hilarious hour watching Senta try to destroy it- she really, really applied herself without any success (she tried chewing the legs, the corners, stood on top and searched for edges, tried to dig the fabric, dragged it a foot, etc.). Only time will tell if it will out last her but it's held up to her intial attempt. She doesn't use her dog house so we wanted something to get her out of the snow and off wet ground (she lays outside in the rain now).

I ordered: all aluminum, x-large size (44 x 27), 40 oz. burgundy vinyl.

Here's a picture of her giving up in defeat.

kuranda bed

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