Just spoke with my son. Should have checked here first. I like the idea of the carpet runners. Not sure my son would though. He says Hoody stays in his own bed at night or when he is home. But when he's not Hoody sleeps on the bed. He doesn't think Hoody can be trained at his age. I don't know since I haven't had dogs in 40 years. He did say that he has these heavy Hispanic blankets that a very dense that Hoody has not seemed to poke through. He thinks he's going to give that a try -- he'll buy a king size one for about $40 and it will do double duty. Thanks for your helpful ideas. I will continue to pass them on.