My working cocker pup has taken to tearing off, and eating, bits of his vetbed at night.  I've taken this off him now as he was vomiting during the night as a result and he was having trouble going for a poo because of the long strips of vetbed backing that were coming out (sorry if too much information!).  As he sleeps in a crate, the lack of bedding is not very comfortable for him.  Is there any such thing as chew-proof bedding?

Tuffies advertise as almost chew proof but I haven't tried them :)

i have tuffies and even had them make a bed to fit my hounds 8foot wooden sleeping box. its the first bed i have ever had that the hounds havent destroyed. highly recommend.

I have the same problem wth our Wire. I have used old curtains, vet bed, towels, sheets. He gets through on average 3 a week. I have almost used up all my old stuff now so was wondering what to do next. Like you I hate the thought of him not having something nice to lie on in his crate at night.

tuffies here to you can buy the bed and covers sep,
the company going to discover dogs over the weekend as i have put in an order to pick up covers

We solved this as follows:
Cut a piece of chipboard just a tiny little smaller than the inside of your crate (it needs to be a fairly tight fit),
take a piece of vetbed bigger than the chipboard,
fold it over the chipboard and screw it in from one side (we also used little rings round the screw so they don't cut into the vet bed.),
Push the chipboard covered in vetbed down in the crate with the screws on the underside.
Now the weight of the chipboard as well as the screws hold the vet bed in position, and scratching and biting don't release an edge.
This has been in place for over two years without damage, despite our dog going through four beds in the preceding 6 months.
If necessary it can be unscrewed for cleaning, but generally we just hoover it off every week and sometimes i hose it down and leave in the sun or near the heater to dry, whilst still on the chipboard. Vetbed dries pretty quickly.

Mine would occasionally nibble his vet bed too but I put it down to boredom.  He was at a stage when he was waking up before us so he would fill his time reorganising his bed.  I removed the fleece for a few nights then started to get up a bit earlier so that I could take him out then put him back to bed with a kong or something just to keep him occupied for the last 30 minutes.  Gradually he started to sleep through and it was less of an issue although he will still chew a bit whilst remaking his bed - he's very particular about which way up he likes his fleece.  It's almost as if by putting it in his mouth to move it reminds him that he likes to chew it - very odd!!

We use Tuffies as house beds and neither dog seems at all interested in chewing them.  In the crates I have a simple waterproof pad under the fleece, just like anorak material over a rectangle of foam probably.  I got them from Mole Valley Farmers, but I think Scats or Countrywide farmers do them too.  The chewer doesn't bother with that either.

As long as it doesn't affect your dogs skin you could possibly spray the fleece with something that doesn't taste nice - there is something made for chewers isn't there Bitter spray or somesuch?

We have the crate carpeted with an offcut, seems to have done the trick. Wall to wall carpeted crates in a soft green (whetever next!)

We have Tuffies, the best money I've ever spent!!

Those of you that use Tuffies, have your dogs tried to chew them? My dogs also eat all bedding but I'm loathe to pay out a lot of money for something before I feel sure they CAN'T chew it.

Thanks for all your comments.  I'm going to try the bitter spray in the first instance.  If that doesn't work, will try the chipboard, and the tuffies as a last resort as they look quite pricey. 

how do you cope with all the rigmorol of unscrewing it all to wash the bed every day or two??? would drive me crazy!!! I reckon i have saved a fortune using tuffies as i was washing 8 vet beds a day....ie 8 full loads.....now i just hose off every 2 days its brilliant :)

I don't normally unscrew and wash properly.
I've only had to do that once when he was sick on it.
I vacuum it regularly, and hose it down in the garden occasionally if it looks grubby.
Your dogs must get much better treatment than mine, if you wash their beds every couple of days.
(i do keep the dog pretty clean with daily brushing and hose him down if he gets very muddy, before he gets to his bed, mind you.)