Ideas to help keep our dogs warm during the winter

zaksmum

zaxdog wrote: »

Our lurcher has a heated dog bed which he ignores preferring to curl up under the covers with Mr Zaxdog and I. add the two cats and it's all pretty snug :j

Where did you get the heated dog bed, zaxdog, if you don't mind me asking?

missnippy

I got my cat a self-heating bed from Home Bargains, and he loves it! It's covered in fleece and has a padded bed covered in a thermal layer of some sort. He doesn't get off it in the winter. It only cost £3.99.

RevolvingDoor

One of my dogs feels the cold and I bought her some dog jumpers to wear. I bought a heat reflecting blanket for my elderly cat and she loves it so am thinking of buying a couple more. They were on Amazon and they are made of the type of foil stuff they use to keep victims of shock warm.

lisajane8482 wrote: »

I got told off by the hubby last year for leaving the heating on 17 during the day for the cats whilst we were at work.....

:rotfl:

arbroath_lass

My cat has this

http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/dogs/dog_beds_baskets/thermal_heated_blankets/59060

It really does stay warm for hours!

aliasojo

arbroath_lass wrote: »

My cat has this

http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/dogs/dog_beds_baskets/thermal_heated_blankets/59060

It really does stay warm for hours!

We had one of those. Until I overcooked it.

OH reckons I could burn water so I guess it's not too surprising.

In my defence, it went from being fine to being overcooked in literally a second or two. The plastic all kinda bubbled up on one side.

It may have still been fine to use but I just didn't want to take the chance of the weakened part bursting open one night and mutt maybe ingesting something he shouldn't.

arbroath_lass

aliasojo wrote: »

We had one of those. Until I overcooked it.

Something to be aware of, though, thank you . Luckily I have a wussy value microwave so I hope I'm safe!