I often wonder if my lab is comfortable in her crate, she has plenty of room in there and lots of toys but I wonder about what she actually sleeps on, after having crawled in myself the other day to see whether or not it was comfortable.  She has a large piece of vet bedding in there and a pillow at one end.  When she gets in she lies with her head on the pillow and the rest of her body on the vet bed.  When I tried it I could feel the bottom of the crate under the vet bedding and I don't think I would be comfortable to sleep in there!!!!!  I have thought about getting her a padded cushion or beanbag to fill the whole of the bottom of the crate and just wondered what others do, what do your dogs enjoy sleeping on?  Mine also in the middle of the night pushes the vet bed away from her and moves the pillow around and ends up sleeping on the plastic floor of the crate!

In the day mine all piley on the couch and in the night they sleep in the kitchen on padded dog beds in their plastic baskets.

Warm regards Susan

In the day mine sleep where they want :-) and at night my pup sleeps in his crate with his bed in there (big cuddly cushion) and my german shep sleeps in my room at the bottom of my bed on his big cuddly cushion :-)

At the moment Kayla is sprawled out on the rug in fron of the fire -i know its June but its cold in here :D And Chloe and Idõ are on the carpet, and as the crate is already in the car for tomorrows show Idõ will be sleeping on my bed with me and the girls, as always, will be in the kitchen where they have plastic beds with a piece of covered foam and vet bed, covered over with a fleece blanket(pink with appliqued butterfly to be specific!) Vizslak like to be cozy at night, and they are usually still covered up when I come down in the morning!

During the day Chloe and Kayla like to lie on the settee in the conservatory, its too hot for humans so its really just a glorified dog bed! Idõ will sleep anywhere, in a bed, on a settee, on the tiles in the kitchen, under a desk, in a corner, on the floor of a sports hall at a show, in his crate...anywhere, he doesn't mind! They all also like the leather settees in the living room, spoiled dogs!!!

Just edited to say, when the crate is in here he just has a pice of vet bed ontop of the tray and a big fleece blanket at night to make it a bit cozier. When we travele anywhere I put a folded up single crate in the car as it absorbs the cars vibrations hence he travels better. But it's a royal pain in the bum if he happens to wee on it....I had to wash the damn thing in the garden the other day...thankfully it was warm and sunny so it dried in a day :D What we do for our dogs!!!

2 on the bed and one in a crate on vetbed :)

One in a foam/fabric dog bed with a piece of vet bed. The other in her crate (door open) with a double piece of vet bed.

Daisy

during the day, mine  have run of the ground floor and usually sleep on the sofas, at bedtime they sleep with my daughters either on the beds or in plastic beds. Last week I found a lab sleeping in a sleeping bag!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mine sleep either on the bed with us or in their own beds (soft, cotton type square pet beds)

I think if your dog sleeps fine in the crate as it is then there is no need to worry, im sure she would let you know if she wasnt happy :D

My Dobe will sleep pretty much anywhere, depending on where I am!

He has a padded cushion in the bathroom so will doze on there whilst I'm washing etc. When I shower he has a snooze on my parents' bed as the shower is in their en-suite. During the day if I'm on the computer in my room he will lay behind my desk chair just on the carpet. Downstairs if it's a hot day he'll lay on the kitchen or hall floor tiles. When I sit down in the kitchen to eat he'll go into his plastic bed with padded cushion and vet bed. In the living room during the evening he moves between 2 sofas, an armchair, and then the carpet if he gets too hot. At night he sleeps either in his cushion dog bed at the end of my bed or, more often, in bed with me :D

When we go out he's crated and sleeps on a giant thick cushion in velvety leopard print :D I got it online a while back, after I tested out his crate and could feel my hip bones digging into the tray at the bottom! It's excellent quality, much better than I could find in the pet shops, and hasn't flattened at all. There were loads of different cushion cover designs to choose from and you specify the measurements you want. I could give you the link if interested...not sure if I'm allowed to post it here..?

During the day they are normally to be found on the sofas when we are at home, the rest of the time they have two high sided oval shaped foam beds lined with fur and a piece of vet bed in each.  They seem to like the way the foam gives and they can sprawl with limbs hanging in all directions........

My dogs are usually always on my bed for their afternoon kip and at night when we go to bed,and up on the lounge in the evening when were watching tv.

I think it would be a good idea to put in as much padding in the crate as you can,so your dog doesnt have to lie on the wire,wouldnt be very comfortable for him Good on you for climbing in and testing it out,most people wouldnt even think of doing that!

Mine have duvets, 1 in Charlies cage folded in half fits perfect (it's a large cage) and Casey a duvet folded in half on the floor in the living room although they do share beds quite often.
At bed time the same 2 more duvets folded in half upstairs in my bedroom on the floor.
Very easy to just whip the covers off every other day and put in the wash and very comfortable for them.

I use duvets too - really easy to look after and change cover. Relatives know where to bring any unwanted duvets. When I first got my dog I bought a beanbag for him - I felt awful that I didn't think about teething/chewing. The contents were all over next morning. I was really lucky that he didn't eat the contents.

My two have cushion type beds  n the living room. Lola also has a fleece blanket and a pillow covered with a lilac fleece baby blanket on hers. She's lying on it right now. Despite the fact that Shay also has his cushion, he sleeps pretty much wherever he likes!! Usually on the bed in the spare room or on the leather sofas (I know, I know!! He's spoilt). Presuming Lola will also choose where she wants to sleep once she's older but is too little yet to get on/off the sofas and up/down stairs by herself.

They also have a kennel each in the back garden. Lola has a large piece of vet bed in hers and a couple of fleece blankets. Shay has a waterproof matress covered by a couple of fleece blankets. Oh, and there's another big cushion in the utility room but its never really used as they seem to prefer their kennels when outside. We installed a dog door (at great expense) into the uPVC door. Mind you, given that we have a large breed and (soon to be) giant breed, I think it would have been easier just to hinge the door at the top so that the whole thing would swing!! Luckily you can't access the rest of the house from the utility room so it's not a big security risk as an average sized adult can fit through!!

Mine both just sleep on the floor :)

Roxy sleeps on her doggie mattress.  Lennon sleeps on one of the sheepskin rugs (when he's not killing toys, that is LOL)

My yorkie Arthur sleeps on my bed (actually on my pillow wrapped round my head).  I thought this was really frowned upon with dogs. But it seems a few of us let them on our beds.  My puppy trainer said if he was allowed on the bed he would see himself as an equal and not respect me, also that if he slept at the top of my head he saw himself as higher than me.  He does all I ask of him and never bites me so I cant see it myself but im defo no expert. Do you think this is true?

Saffy follows me around the house, so even when she had a bed she never used it.  She sleeps upstairs on the landing at night - just on the carpet, although have noticed sometimes lately she goes downstairs halfway through and sleeps on the tiles (must be cooler). 

Mine sleep anywhere really, mostly on the sofa, but at night they all have there own big piece of fleece.

by day, except when i'm at work, my oldest has the run of upstairs and normally chooses the bed-my side of course, by night either at the bottom of our bed, her plastic bed which has a folded duvet topped with vetbed, or the floorwhichever takes her fancy. The new pup sleeps in a crate with a piece of vetbed across the bottom, then a pillow at one end wrapped in a fleecey blanket by night / when i leave him, and by day, anywhere-normally on a beag bag thing....although hes sprawled on the laminate at the mo....

doesnt matter what I give my 2 to sleep on within minutes they have played tug of war with it and ripped it to shreds, have tried vet bed, fleece blankets and quilts, now they have carpet in their beds which is getting ripped up.

anyone know what I can do to stop them eating their bedding

Francess, Can't give you any advice!!!!! But you are not alone, my two goldies do the same thing, I have given up, they get a plastic bed and thats its.

Lynn

meg sleeps in her padded bed in the living room but if the oh is sitting next to me then you can guarantie she is on the leather couch btween us.i think she gets jelous lol.she dusnt wanna know wen hes not there! :) and of a night meg sleeps in her crate with a folded up cot quilt and a fleece on top,very snug! :) if your worried about it you could just get a doggy been bag for her/him to sleep on.but im sure your lab is comfy enough! :)

My big two sleep wherever they happen to be, puppy sleeps in a crate :)

Missie sleeps on a nice padded bed bought from crufts, the other two prefer to sleep on the cold floor, they just play with the vet bed :)

Dee

Two laryers of vetbed in a cage, and a large bit of a thin peice of wood over cage botton so all smooth.  Dogs sleep on laminate flooring, under staires is a peice of carpet and between 1-4 layers of vetbed depenind on how much is out their at one time!!!!

Cage for shows had 1 peice of vetbed otherwise it doesn't fold too well!

Roxy sleeps on a pillow - mine! :rolleyes:  Thankfully as she's a toy poodle, I get a little corner of it too. :D

Mine sleep in the kitchen on a mat or in the conservatory with the door open in the summer, none of them like the heat, three are out in kennels this is there choice,  when they are in the house they pant all the time.

Lynn

Mine sleep on blankets in their kennel, Taz sleeps on a pad in the porch... Most of the time they sleep on my stool or on the hardwood floor. Don't understand the hardwood maybe because it is more cool, I dunno weird dogs lol

on his back with his legs up in the air on the WHOLE 3 seater sofa!! he believes in comfort at night :-)

Mine sleeps on our bed at night, in the middle of us lol,
Any where in the day, or where ever i am :)

Poppy has a plastic bed with a cot sheet, a cushion and a piece of vetbed. She goes in there during the day for naps, so it must be comfy!

During the day,  both of mine settle on my feet wherever I happen to be working. But Murf sleeps on me at night, literally, all 8 stone of him :rolleyes: good job it's never hot (well........outside) where I live :rolleyes:  It had never dawned on me before why OH often decamps to the vetbed in the office :P

Callia sleeps in her crate because she's a fidget and wont settle anywhere else ;)

Just a question, how does any of you cope when bitch in season?
Mine sleeps on our bed, but i never no what to put underneath her when in season.
Jane

Try putting an old duvet cover over your duvet i.e. lay it over so it is double thickness and this will help mop up any spills!!! Easily washed also.

Mine sleeps on the kids bed.

When in season we buy a couple of duvet covers from oxfam & chuck them away after :-)

Sounds gross now I have wrote it down - lol

Sounds totally sensible to me Tennostaffs :D

Ours sleep in bed at night,and on the garden swing if the weathers ok or the floor in the day they dont bother with their own cosy beds.

Sheila

my girls sleep in the kitchen either on the floor or in thier crates thier choice !!!
My old boy sleeps either in the hall at the bottom  of the stairs or I leave the lounge door open and he gets on the couch.
My 4 cats all have thier own beds only one sleeps at the top of my pillow and we call her my hat!!!

ours sleeps between us in the bed with her head on either one of the pillows

At the moment my labs are happily asleep in the middle of the kitchen floor in a pool of water that they have deposited from the water bowl, I keep having to step over them but dont have the heart to move them in this weather - perhaps I should buy that paddling pool.

Otherwise they will sleep anywhere that we are, dont think they really understand comfort in the same way we do as my youngest until recently made a point of piling her (human) quilt in one corner and then wedging her head so it was at right angles to her body. Even on a flat space like my bed she tends to sleep with what we call a 'flip top head'.

Thanks for the replys :)
I have a few charity shops by me so will go and look on the weekend.
Very good idea thanks, duh to me for not thinking of that lol.
Jane

In our area most of the charity shops dont really have bedding but if you have a dunelm or similar their quilts are almost as cheep as getting them from a charity shop. I normally wait till the sales and pick up the ones with damaged packaging, a single normally costs around £4 -£6, mind then I go and buy a cover to match the decor so you could add another £5 for that - still way cheeper than a cheep dog bed and it will all go in the wash.

i ended up buying a paddling pool a couple of weeks ago Bluebell, and its been a godsend in this weather! Teka is always having a splodge in it, and the pup's started going in it too. The only downside is the constant puddles all over the house. I've given up mopping the floor now...i just wear plastic bags on my feet!

LOL That is just what I was afraid of, although I suppose it could be worse if they over heat at the moment Truffle always heads for the bog garden so we get muddy body prints everywhere - Here do you think I could sell it as art, maybe get her to lay in a waterbased paint and then on paper? OK perhaps Im over heating. Its OK for the dogs they spend all day lazing around and only put in any movement if there is a chance of food. 

Asda is selling a 5 ft ridget paddling pool £4.44.
Bought one my self for the dog, good outside bath for her too lol.

Bluebell, i do have a dunelm near me, thanks for advise will go tomorrow and see what they have.
Jane