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Measure the dog curled up, nose to the base of the tail, and buy the bed that gives that room to turn inside three walls: under about 28 cm the XS, under 35 cm the Small, under 45 cm the Medium. As a guide that is cats and dogs to about 4 kg, 4 to 8 kg, and 8 to 12 kg or two toy dogs; one verified buyer's 3 kg Yorkie is in the Small. Between sizes, go up, and past 12 kg go to the SNÜZ Vet Orthopedic Bed. A dog that sleeps flat out on its side wants the Furry Corduroy Sleeping Mat instead.

No. There is no foam listed anywhere in this bed; the walls and the cushion are a soft fill under corduroy and fur, which is comfortable for a healthy dog or cat and does nothing for a sore joint. What the bed does have is a lower front, which takes one small jump out of an old dog's day. A dog that gets up stiff, a dog after surgery or an old dog that struggles to rise belongs on the SNÜZ Vet Orthopedic Bed or the SNÖR Vet Orthopedic Bed, which have published two-layer memory foam; the SNÖR has a low entrance too.

Three walls stand at the bed's full height, 17 to 19 cm by size, and the front drops to a step the dog walks over; in every photograph it sits well below the three walls, a step rather than a climb. It is for the dogs a vet would rather not see jumping: Dachshunds, Corgis, Bassets and other long backs, small dogs past ten, puppies whose growth plates are still open, and any dog recovering from a procedure once your vet says a step is fine. It is also a good cat bed: walls to lean on, no lid, and a front a cat can see the room over.

Same idea, different skin, different size. This one is corduroy outside and fur inside, has a rubber-dot base and comes in three small sizes to 70 cm and four colours. The Furry Curves Open Front Rectangle Bed is fur inside and out, one size at 90 x 60 cm for a dog to about 15 kg, no grip base listed. Hard floors, a crate, a claw-happy dog or a dog under 12 kg: this one. Carpet, a bigger dog and a fur lover: the curves. A dog that sleeps in a tight ball rather than against a wall wants the Furry Corduroy Round Bed, which is this corduroy as a donut.

No, and yes. The base is rubber dots, so it stays put on tiles, floorboards and laminate, and it does not bunch on a plastic crate tray the way a fur bed does. Crates: the XS fits a 24 or 30 inch tray, the Small a 36, the Medium a 42; measure the tray before you order, because a walled bed spends floor on its walls. In a crate put the low front towards the door.

In one specific way: three walls and a familiar bed that smells of home make a nervous dog feel safer in a strange room, a crate or a holiday rental, and that is real. It is not a treatment. A dog that panics when left, or in a crate or a car, panting, drooling, pacing, scratching to get out, has a fear that needs training, sometimes medication, and a vet; a softer bed will not fix it.

Wipe it clean with pet wipes. There are no zips, the cover does not come off, and it is not machine or hand washable: the fill would hold the water and be very hard to dry. Corduroy holds less hair than fur and a rubber glove lifts what it holds; the fur inside wants a slicker brush once a week. White shows dirt first; the Brown, which is a light tan, hides tan hair.

Damaged on arrival or faulty: email hello@woopf.com with a photo and your order number as soon as you notice, and it is covered. Wrong size and it is unused in its packaging: email within 14 days and we will consider a return. A bed a dog has slept on cannot come back for hygiene reasons, so measure the curl before you order rather than after.