Large Orthopedic Dog Beds

Before choosing a large memory foam dog bed for your large dog, you need to measure your dog and consider a few other things.

Measure your dog from tip of nose to base of tail and from floor to head. This gives you an idea of how large the diameter of the dog bed should be.

Notice whether your dog prefers to curl or stretch when sleeping. Notice whether your dog stretches out or curls up while sleeping? This is important, most beds cater only for curl or stretch sleeping styles. If your dog tends to switch between curl and stretch sleeping styles, then you can purchase a sofa style bed. Sofa styled large dog beds are both long and wide to accommodate a stretch sleeping style, sofa style beds also have bolstered sides to support the curling sleeper.

For dogs that sleep in a curl or ball style, measure its diameter while it sleeps. When purchasing a curl style bed, the diameter will help you identify the correct bed size.

For stretch sleeping style dogs, you now need to size the bed taking the measurements that you obtained earlier. A long stretch bed should have an extra 12 inches to your dog’s size on both dimensions to ensure your pet has enough room to sleep comfortably. Allow an extra 8 inches on the diameter of a curl style bed.

Know the material used. Orthopedic dog beds are available with a variety of different fillers. How do you know which has the best quality? Consider the material that is used in the human mattress equivalent. For comfort and support of high quality, memory foam is the material of choice for their mattress. Egg crate or convoluted foam is only seen in toppers. In other words if it is not good enough for humans, why give your dog second best. Large dogs are usually heavy and maximum support is needed for their weight and body.

With the above simple criteria you should now be able to better identify great orthopedic dog beds for your dog.

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