Question: Beds or Blankets for their Kennel?

[Corine Pesantes]

So Penny is pretty much as perfect as a dog gets. Her only flaw is she LOVES to chew on her bed in her kennel during the day. Between the 2 of them (since July), I've bought 6 or 7 beds. Lockjaw doesn't chew his bed (anymore) so he is good in that department. So i'm wondering, should I just put a plushy blanket in there for her? What works for u guys? I also make sure they have different chew toys/ antlers in there while we're gone.


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[2BullyMama]

I've been very lucky to not have any pups that have done this.... but I do only use crate pads -- no beds.

 

[Marine91]

We use crate pads as well. Harlea has 3 quilted ones and she doesn't chew on them. If we put a regular stuffed bed in her crate she destroys it in a few days for some reason.

 

[Chunky White]

Chunky will chew up crate mats but leaves the bed alone that is in his crate. He has an oversized crate for him so I had both in the crate.

He does drag his blanket in the crate sometimes but lays on the blanket a lot in the floor

 

[Corine Pesantes]

Oh- yea I tried crate pad- and she chewed that. lol. She's about to get black listed from beds/ pads. Lol


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[2BullyMama]

Oh- yea I tried crate pad- and she chewed that. lol. She's about to get black listed from beds/ pads. Lol


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Some just can't have them

 

[natski282]

I use towels most times but the old sheets do not go to waste either
Like you tho waste not want not
I can not afford a personal bed for all , they are all started in crates , if they show that they still want the crates as there place they get them, but most do not none of My dogs at present want there crates and there all packed away till the next one comes along .
We have a store up here in Ontario Canada called Value Village and they get donations from people and hotels and you name it I try hard to get there towels as most come from hotels changing there stock dirt cheep good quality , very washable ect ect lottsa life left in them win win

 

[Corine Pesantes]

Yea- I might just load her up on towels / blankets. This is what she did to her bed:

So I cover it with a towel and blanket. But sometimes she's pulls that off and gets at it again.

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[2bulldogsstuff]

Logan destroys everything ! [emoji30]


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[PenelopeSays]

Penelope isn't much of a chewer (at least on bedding...everything else is another story), but I got her a Primo Pad for her crate and she's done great with it. It's made well and supposedly they're very hard to destroy. I think their website is PrimoPads.com

 

[KimDe]

My 9mo old gets old sheets and some fleece blankets. He chews on the bed and has destroyed the pads that I got him. He hasn't destroyed the blankets and seems to love his fleece. He will chew on them but not destroy them. I have yet to give him something with stuffing and just keep layering.

 

[Corine Pesantes]

Thanks [MENTION=15178]PenelopeSays[/MENTION]! I checked out the site. I might try it out. But if she destroys this one- it's blankets and towels from here on out. Lol


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[madie4589]

frank chewed up every bed we got him, so there was about a 4 month period where we just used a blanket that he luckily did not chew on. after he got older and seemed to mellow out I bought yet another crate pad to try. He hasn't messed with it at all thankfully! Just took some time for him to grow out of that phase I guess.

 

[nubonics]

We are fortunate enough to have been able to avoid this problem with our dogs. But from a cleaning point - blankets are so much easier to clean than bed so we've thrown out all our beds and use tones of blankets


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[NewEnglandBully]

I have not had luck w/any bedding outside the crate. Any blankets or beds inside the crate never got chewed, peed on or destroyed. One bed we got (not cheap either) for our bedroom lasted about a week.

If it's only chewed on during the day, you could try removing the bedding during the day and replacing at night…otherwise, probably just stick w/the blanket, towels and chew toys. I learned early on trial and error is a big part of their individual training process. Finding what works and sticking w/it