Hi Lesley, I think we must have got ours from the same place.
I needed a couple for my retreiver and for our Dane puppies crate, which is huge

Anyway, I didn't cut it the first time I washed it, and I don't know how many calories I burned off trying to get the bloody thing into the washing machine, so next time I cut it in half, and I did wonder whether or not I would waste it, but it's never frayed, and they wash up brill.
Sharon
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