Coolin' Bed in Hot Weather for Dog

I bought my 4th small size Cool Bed this week. The first one was purchased in 2007 for my Border Collie who was prone to heat strokes and who had to travel long distances in my AC less Echo to go to Agility Trials and Flyball tournaments. It worked so well that my husband bought 2 for his dogs. Unfortunately, all 3 were left on the roof of the truck one night and ended up run over by tractor trailers for a whole night. We found them on the side of the road the morning after. Only one survived, despite being slightly damaged. It's now 12 years old and starting to delaminate. It's the one that you see in this picture, in a flowered pillow case, under a teddy bear :) This is my 4 y.o. boy's bed. It's narrower than a twin size. Our youngest boy has a very light sleep and the heat really bothers him. We were contemplating just going for it and installing the AC in our house... When I thought about our valiant CoolBed... So we tried it: when Nico is hot, he lays on the cool bed. When he is cool enough, he lays on the other half of his bed. Works like a charm, he sleeps through the night. Yay! But as I was saying, the CoolBed is now starting to die... And even though there is a pad under the bedsheet in case of "accidents", we wanted a new one. Now be aware, these are not for puppies or dog with anxiety issues who could chew or scratch the bed. It won't survive. But with dogs who understand a bed's purpose, it's awesome. Fill it with water and the remove the excess air with the valve until water want to come out and that's it. I regularly change the pillow case, and clean the outside of the cool bed with soapy water now and then. Another tip... You don't need a huge cool bed for your dog. 17"x24" was perfect for Border Collies... And it fits in a pillow case :)

Too small. And my water started leaking after a few days of use. Could not use it for even 15 days. Complete waste:(

This is the third cool bed I purchased! It works well, easy to fill up with water. It stays cool, but not on direct sunlight. It's a bit flat and not cushiony. Small ones are easy to move around, but the big ones get really heavy to move, and not advisable to move around. My dogs loved chewing and pulling off the cap, that's the only problem I encountered. Gotten very affordable as compared 20 years ago.

Einfach etwas kaltes Wasser einfüllen, umdrehen und entlüften, achließend wieder umdrehen, fertig. Der Hund hat einen kühlen Schlafplatz. Den Ventilen habe ich zu Beginn nicht vertraut, aber alles bleibt dicht.

Yes! My initial problem with my puppy is how he would always get up everything 10min and move about, then fall back asleep. And it'll always be on my wood flooring, we live Hawaii so it can kind of get hot here, especially doing the summer. However, with this just for one day, his naps were much longer. He wouldn't even want to get up. My baby was such a light sleeper, until I have this...actually he still might be, but instead of getting up to see whatever it is that made the sound, he'll look and doze right off. XD I guess it might be confortable. At first I made the bed, more firmer, cause I thought if he sleeps in the floor, perhaps he likes a more tougher surface. He went on it for a while...then Got off and went back to the floor. At first I just thought that maybe the bed overall sucked, but they said the more water the more comfortable. So I figured my pup, who has practically been on hard surfaces since we got him, even if I laid blankets and bought a bed, might actually like a squishy surface that keeps cool unlike a soft surface that's warm or a floor that's cool but hard. I was right! It definetly was the heat that kept him off of soft surfaces. Cause, now with his waterbed, my baby is sleeping like a rock. I'm so sorry that I had made my baby sleep on such uncountable surfaces, cause it was too hot here -_-' mommy loves you, that's why you get this God sent gift :) I just hope it lasts, unlike some of the reviews here, and because we have hard wood flooring, the darn thing better not leak lol I filled it up with Luke warm water, I thinks it's pretty cool, but next time he gets up, maybe I'll make it a tad bit more cooler by adding more chilled water to his bed. Regarding my photos: An additional problem was the crate I got him would get kind of warm, especially with the covers over it, but he likes his privacy though. He didn't really sleep in there, until I added the bed :) now he's all belly up, comfy XD yay!