Pennyhal

Each dog is different and likes different kinds of beds. Some dogs like to bunch things up and lay on it or snuggle into it. Fleece mats/blankets are good for those dogs. But dog hair can stick into the fleece. So before they go in the washer, I take masking tape and go over them first. It doesn't remove all the hair, but reduces the load for the machine. The trick is to wash them frequently!

I've made quilts for my dogs and for my friends' dogs. Commonly, some of the dogs like to bite at the fabric and take the batting out. Taking batting out of dog toys seems to be a favorite thing for many dogs. As a result, I don't reccommend anything with bat in it unless it has a really tough cover.

For my dogs' beds, I get the sheepskin (fake) beds for them, but I don't wash them at home. They are too heavy when they get wet so I use the heavy machines at the laundry mat for them. I keep a counterpane, or summer, quilt on the spot on my bed where they sleep. It just gets shakened and goes in the washing machine.

The heavy undercoat of your dog will give you more hair than most dogs. I brush my dogs (corgis) every day. When they blow coat, I get a trash can full of fur every day for two weeks. The key is frequent grooming.

Butterfli19

Sue, omg, lol! I'll have to show dd this pic, she's quite knowledgeable about her Siberian, she's wanted one since high school, but she'll love this!

What do you DO with all that?

Butterfli19

Lucio, I'm not familiar with Ross...

Penny, the laundramat is a good idea. DD just bought a foam bed with removable, washable, sheepskin cover.

ann31039

We've made our girls several beds. They are not picky, they just want the one the other has. The only problem we had was when their cousin chester lived with us for awhile. He ate everything, even their toys. He ate his rubber crate bottom. And his dad's couch.

KerryK

My Gracie, Maltese, is a single coat baby and does not have an undercoat, so she does not shed. However, she will lose a few hairs a day just like we do. Before I wash anything of hers, I use a lint roller to pick up any stray hairs, and it works really, really well.

ocydroma

Just a tidbit about using carpet as crate pads. If you choose to use carpet make sure it's not looped like Berber carpet, because if you have a coated breed the carpet will pull hair out of your dog producing more hair ball about your house. If your dog can be destructive you can use upholstery material for the outside part of the crate pad. I have a few that has lasted 10 years and are used daily. Please post your creations when you have finished them. I always like to see new ideas!! Btw, your puppy is adorable!!!

DOTTYMO

I have 3 dogs and have experimented with batting/ wadding in the quilts I make for them . They love the poly best. They also like a cotton top with a fleece backing with or without poly.
Being small dogs 2 bishion and a cairn, they roll them up and run round with them placing them where they think they should sleep ie on a chair.
They loved the one in my avatar,which after 12months of them sleeping on in under went into a quilt show. Comment I'd missed a strip of quilting. It never was for showing just me and the dogs and it's big enough for that.

litacats

I make cat blankets for cat shows and use cotton fabric, BUT I also have a puppy and he has shreded the blanket we gave him the compforter we gave him so I made a large pillow case with shade cloth and put the left over bits of compfotor in that ans sewed it up, no more problem

lclang

Some dogs, especially puppies, are chewers, so I wouldn't give them a mat with a filling in it. Double denim would probably suffice. We have a dachshund and her favorites are an old really thick baby blanket and a down filled comforter which is left across the foot of my bed. Se doesn't chew them and although she does shed some, it's not problem. Her one vice is she chews any knobby eyes off her dog toys and then I just sew up the hole so it's not to attractive any more. She's such a sweet dog I would keep her if she ate everything in the house!

Caswews

Cute puppy ! Hope you find a solution that fits your furbaby ~!