Even though I'm a dog person, I agree with the cat people. The quilt should hold up quite well as long as the dog is out of the chewing stage. I have 5 dogs and my first couple of quilts were made just for them. (Practice, you know.) The only problem that I have is the puppies (2 of them) have chewed one up. They seem to love the raggedy edges. The other quilt is not a raggedy but has the corners chewed off too. The older dogs just love to curl up on or under the quilts and sleep. The quilts have held up well under weekly washing and even tug-of-war! Love my dogs.