Furry Curves Open Front Rectangle Bed

One size, 90 x 60 x 23 cm outside. Measure the dog curled up, nose to the base of the tail: under about 50 cm fits curled against a bolster with room to turn, which as a guide is a dog to about 15 kg, a Cavalier, a Cavoodle, a Frenchie, a Corgi. Stretched flat along the back bolster, under about 65 cm fits, which is a dachshund flat out. Two small dogs that sleep together fit side by side, as in every photograph. A bigger dog that sleeps flat out wants the Furry Curves Sleeping Mat, which is this fur as a flat mat in four sizes to 118 cm, and a dog that needs a bed for stiff hips wants the SNÜZ Vet Orthopedic Bed. If you need this shape smaller, the Furry Corduroy Open Front Rectangle Bed comes in three sizes from 50 cm.

Memory foam, yes: a memory foam insert in the centre, with soft bolster material round the outside, and you unzip the bottom and take it all out to wash the cover. Orthopedic, this page does not say: nothing published gives the foam's thickness or density. Buy it as a fur sofa with a low front, which is the point for an arthritic, weak-legged or old dog that cannot manage four walls, and buy a dog that needs firm support under stiff hips the SNÜZ Vet Orthopedic Bed or the SNÖR Vet Orthopedic Bed, whose memory foam is published; the SNÖR has a low front of its own.

Three bolsters stand at the full 23 cm and the front drops to a low fur roll the dog walks over; in every photograph it sits well below the bolsters, a step rather than a climb. It is for the dogs and cats that cannot manage a four-walled bed, and the dogs a vet would rather not see jumping: arthritic dogs, dogs with weak back legs or hind-limb paralysis, very weak dogs, Dachshunds, Corgis, Bassets and other long backs, Frenchies and Pugs, small dogs past ten, puppies whose growth plates are still open or who cannot climb into a bigger bed, and any dog recovering from a procedure once your vet says a step is fine; the walls still give the feeling of comfort. 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 and different floor. This one is fur inside and out, one size at 90 x 60 cm for a dog to about 15 kg, with grippy rubber dots underneath that take hold on tiles and wood over time, not on carpet. The Furry Corduroy Open Front Rectangle Bed is corduroy outside and fur inside, has a rubber-dot base too and comes in three smaller sizes to 70 cm and four colours. A bigger small dog, two dogs, a fur lover: this one. A smaller crate, a claw-happy dog or a dog under 8 kg: the corduroy. A dog that half-curls and wants a low edge rather than a bolster wants the Furry Curves Rectangle Bed, and a tight curler the Furry Curves Round Bed, both this fur.

In one specific way: a bolster at the back and a familiar bed that smells of home make a nervous dog feel safer in a strange room 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, and the listing should not have said it would.

Less and less. There are grippy rubber dots on the base; they do not take hold straight away, and on carpet or fabric they do not really grip, but on floorboards, tiles or any smooth surface they stick over time as the dog's weight presses them down, well enough that you peel the bed off: not a suction-cup grip, just enough to keep it in one place. For the first days on a hard floor a wall behind it does the job. At 90 x 60 cm outside it needs a 42 inch tray at least; for a smaller crate the Furry Corduroy Open Front Rectangle Bed comes in three sizes from 50 cm. Measure the tray either way.

Unzip the bottom and take all the foam out, then the cover alone goes in the machine: cold, gentle cycle, no softener, air dry out of the sun, then brush the fur back up. No tumble dryer and no iron: heat mats faux fur for good. Yes, a long fur holds hair: a slicker brush or a rubber glove once a week lifts it; the Cream, which is a light latte, hides tan hair and the White shows everything.

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 look at a swap. A bed a dog has slept on cannot come back for hygiene reasons, so measure the curl before you order rather than after.