Large Breed Dog Bed Hack – Making the best dog bed, even better!

Posted June 14, 2019

As most of you know, our family has a Doberman Pinscher. He was my first baby, and I’m basically obsessed with him. Being 110 pounds, he is the world’s best cuddler! BUT the stipulation with that, is that he MUST be in the bed, between your legs, under the covers. I know.. needy! Nevertheless, he is still my little angel. But the other person that I share a bed with was NOT happy about this way of sleeping. We finally found a compromise for the best dog bed hack.

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The thing about his dog bed, is that he actually loves it. SO NATURALLY, he ruined it the first 5 minutes it was in our home. Since then, I’ve bought countless expensive beds and he only wants the best dog bed that we’ve been able to find.

BUT HE STILL WON’T SLEEP IN IT AT NIGHT.

We finally have an infant with wonderful sleep patterns, and what happens? Our doberman keeps me up all night – go figure!

He paces.. he cries.. he paws at my face.. anything for me to give into the inevitable 3 AM cuddle session he so desperately longs for. (Ugh I just love him)

SO I IMPLEMENTED ONE SUPER EASY CHANGE, AND MADE THE BEST DOG BED, EVEN BETTER!

I can’t believe I hadn’t thought of this before… face palm!

CRIB. SHEET.

We had to find a dog bed hack to make this work. I’ve put flat sheets, queen sheets, twin sheets, etc. on his bed before because I KNOW he loves sleeping one top of a sheet (hence why he’s ALWAYS in our bed). But they would always fall off before he could even get comfortable! The bottom line was, there were no sheets that had the right snug fit for him, to move around in bed, and remain comfortable on top of his sheet.

Until now.

Here’s a shot of my little (big) guy, in all his glory, in his new crib-sheet-ed bed 😉

He’s a happy little guy, and so is my other half!

Although I can’t promise this will keep him out of my bed forever (maybe because I am obsessed with him and cuddling) BUT he actually enjoys sleeping in his bed now, too!

Momma made the best dog bed, even better!

Win, win!

Does your dog have trouble sleeping in their own bed? What have you tried, if anything, to fix it?

Until next time!

-Amanda