Bedding for dogs that chew? - Page 2

I put thick rubber mats on the bottom of ALL my dog crates. I get the rubber mats at a Farm Supply

in my area. That way the cant chew it and dont have to sit on the hard crate. I also give all my dogs

Nylabones to chew on. They cant chew them up and choke on them.

Doggies guys, do you own dogs or alligators . Don't give her anything she can she can destroy in her crate. She'll be just fine lying on the metal pan.

Obnoxious brag - neither of my GSD's ever destroyed anything ever.  Blitz is soon 6 and still has the first toys he was given as a puppy and he can be contained in a mesh crate. It's so nice to own  perfect dogs ...sigh.

you know we hate you now dont  you Blitzen?

LOL. I suspected as much .

after my gsd ate two expensive crate beds in 2 wks, i finally asked my breeder about it and she said not to use anything, that they usually prefer to lay on something hard. my gsd always lays on a hard cool surface and our bel mal lays on a dog bed. i wish i'd asked before i bought the second "snack".

LOL!!  Ranger still had the first toy I ever bought him, a tennis ball wrapped around with tough cotton rope.

Then Star came into the house....took her awhile (until she got her adult teeth in) but that toy went into the garbage about a week or two ago! Once she got the twine off it, the tennis ball was toast within minutes.

The consensus here seems to be no bedding. Only one problem with that...she still isn't fully housebroken, and sometimes she pees in her crate. She's one of these dogs that can't be trusted to go when you put her out. You can do it just before you leave, be gone less than 2 hours and come back to a big mess.  At least if there is a towel or pad in the crate, it absorbs most of it, and the dog stays fairly dry. (Sometimes she'll push the bedding aside so she doesn't have to lie on it.)

Geez, trying to do everything by the book with the housebreaking, but it sure is a pain when the dog hasn't read the book!

Newspapers might help if she urinates in her crate. I can relate to housebreaking issues, my GSD boys were the most difficult dogs I ever trained in almost 50 years of dog ownership.  They never went in their crates, but I'd have a shower and they'd pee on the rug every time until they were 4, 5 months old. Once trained though they were both steadfast in their potty habits and if they did  have an accident it was only because they were not feeling well. or I was ignoring their requests to go outside. Hang in there, she'll catch on sooner or later.