When is a bed a bed?

@jarn The trainer said most dogs grow out of shredding them around 2-3 years old so I thought I’d give it a try. So far so good - just a few half-hearted attempts but a stern “no” and he stopped and hasn’t tried since.

WNGD said:

Time to get one twice that size, I'd shred it too
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It’s actually a large! He does fit in when he’s not rolling around on it lol! Plus I have a Kuranda for him. I will probably get a mattress type bed though as he tends to like to stretch out rather than curl up. It was more of an experiment in seeing if it would survive.

saharaell said:

well, your trainer’s wrong. Probably best to educate yourself on how to properly use an e collar before making statements like they’re fact.

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The e-collar for this would not have been good when my dog was younger. He’s very reactive and also slow to mature. I use one now but for very specific purposes and only after having good instruction. He’s 2 and the e-collar is a great tool but he also has zero interest in wrecking things. The trainer that helped get us on track said wait until age 2 and she was right and all she does is train with reactive dogs, and generally GSDs. He was simply on a slow track to maturing. In the last 6 months he’s become a completely different dog. Sometimes you have to pick your battles. The bed was not one of them - he has a Kuranda and is crate trained so it simply wasn’t a big issue when I had bigger hurdles to overcome.