cow/stable mats

[joe ox 2,574]

Anyone use them to bed their dogs on?

I'am thinking about getting some.

[forest of dean redneck 11,534]

Used to line floor of wooden kennels with cut down stable mat. 

[JAE B 545]

It’s decent stuff joe pretty easy on the joins also the stuff with the bubbles on it

[JAE B 545]

Just now, JAE B said:

It’s decent stuff joe pretty easy on the joins also the stuff with the bubbles on it

Joints sorry 

[jake824 517]

1 hour ago, joe ox said:

Anyone use them to bed their dogs on?

I'am thinking about getting some.

 

[jake824 517]

They re good mate . Easy to clean, dogs can t drag em around and when it’s cold just stick a heat lamp over em 

[Black neck 15,857]

[The one 8,463]

We got two one for the kennel and one for the truck bed  ex horse mats just 1" of foam covered in rubber  

[Dinosaurs 2,035]

Have a look on birds thread bout new kennels. Atb

[THE STIFFMEISTER 15,694]

I always think a dog will be uncomfortable on it so I used to bail hay on top of it , swept out weekly wasn’t too bad  

lined my ferret court with it As well. Kept them nice and neat 

[THE STIFFMEISTER 15,694]

2 hours ago, jake824 said:

 

As much as that’s very neat and clinical , I’d find that cold pal 

[MickC 1,825]

I use the type that has the dimples/bubbles on top, works fine and easy to clean .

Edited February 24, 2020 by MickC

[skycat 6,173]

Even horses get straw on top of that stuff. Seems a bit harsh for a dog as there's nothing for it to curl into or make a nest. Never mind heat lamps, dogs need to snuggle down into a bed, and not only for the warmth and comfort. Psychologically they are better off being able to arrange their own bedding as they see fit. I remember someone telling me that Brian Plummer used to have nothing but a board at the back of the kennel for his dogs to use as a bed. Smacks of laziness to me.

[jake824 517]

11 hours ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

As much as that’s very neat and clinical , I’d find that cold pal 

All the kennels are enclosed inside a building so no wind rain etc. The terriers have boxes but the lurchers sleep on raised beds . If u place blankets , carpet etc on top they ll drag em off . 

[jake824 517]

12 minutes ago, skycat said:

Even horses get straw on top of that stuff. Seems a bit harsh for a dog as there's nothing for it to curl into or make a nest. Never mind heat lamps, dogs need to snuggle down into a bed, and not only for the warmth and comfort. Psychologically they are better off being able to arrange their own bedding as they see fit. I remember someone telling me that Brian Plummer used to have nothing but a board at the back of the kennel for his dogs to use as a bed. Smacks of laziness to me.

I agree , but dogs curl up to get warm. Watch a dog in the sun or in the house they stretch out . On the raised beds under the heat lamps the lurchers lay on their backs or sides stretched out never tucked up.