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Question: Weimaraner trainers: is there a dog bed my weimaraners won't tear up?
(Posted by: Betty on 2008-12-01 14:19:58)
I am good trainer in every aspect but the torn dog bed. Mine are 90 pound 12 year- old dogs and they have destroyed every bed I have ever provided in spite of how much attention they receive. I cannot sleep i the same room with them and I have not slept with them since they were puppies and found that I am allergic to them and they snore. I take an allergy pill if the symptoms are too severe during the day and I keep them clean to limit their allergic qualities. Recently they went three weeks without tearing up the King sized quilted cotton bed comforter that I put on the floor for them. They are inside dogs with a dog door to go to the backyard whenever they want. They have had the outdoor kind of beds with chips in them, the cloth covered foam beds and even a twin sized mattress once. I love these two dogs and will keep them no matter what they do, but it is very expensive to protect their bones from the hard floors. When they went without a bed for a few months in the summer months they developed big callouses and scrape marks on their legs and I can't have that happen again. I can't even estimate how expensive it has been to keep these dogs comfortable. Does anyone out there have chronic dogbed destroyers that foud a soft bed solution that the dogs do NOT destroy? Even the veterinarians we have seen have run out of ideas. When they eventually die of old age I obviously will not get a large breed dog again. P.S. Their health is very good. The vet said their blood panels from their yearly exams show their health is better than most dogs half their age. They tore up a pile of towels too but not until they had them for a week. They are two 90 pound dogs, so there must be a lot of fabric between them and the hard floor to protect their joins and give some cushioning. This is a tough problem to solve, isn't it? "to protect their... " JOINTS [ sorry- - Type- O] |
