bedding for out door kennels

[runforyourlife 361]

What kind of outdoor bedding do you use?? paper? carpet? foam? cushions? straw? etc... I worry about fleas, ticks, smell, and general dirt, what do you lads find the best stuff?

[Guest little lurcher]

i have outdoor kennels with raised sleeping benches, the bottom layer is now a rubber backed thin carpet matting , the type you find in entrances to shops, thanks shop man!!! then they have old sleeping bags or duvets inside covers , then they are washed at 60 deg to kill fleas, however my dad uses shavings also on raised eds and finds just cleaning out weekly and burning or disposing on our paddock also doesnt allow a build up of fleas , i also have heat lamps in mine whereas dad has heating rods under the ply which keeps everywhere very toasty

 

along with my working whippets and lurchers , i show italian greyhounds which are very thin skinned and wimpy little things at times but its warmer in there than it is indoors in winter!!! and i have no worries aout any of mine being kept outside as long as they are warm

 

running dogs after a hard night need comfort and warmth and i find this is a cheap and easy way of doing that , they work hard for us , so its only what they deserve

[socks 32,253]

i have in the past used all types of bedding from vet bed to straw to old duvets etc etc etc ... but i have recently changed over to the brown shredded paper that is used by greyhound tracks and i have found this to be top stuff ... it stays nice and fluffed up when the dogs bed down in it there is no risk of fleas or ticks being paper it is obviously nice and warm and the dogs are comfertable on it ... disposing of it every few weeks is easy because you either throw it out with the rubbish or burn it .... and best of all it is cheap as chips ...........

[Corkonian 44]

Edited June 9, 2009 by Corkonian

[TOMO 27,092]

same as little lurcher, just add one little bit of info, after wahing duvets , put them in the tumble dryer, its the dryer that realy kills the fleas and eggs. the dry heat cracks the hard shell of the fleas body.

 

 

heres a pic of mine again

 

 

[Guest G.Mac]

I get a bale of shredded paper at the track,its a fiver a bale out of the heavy paper bag material,great stuff for the winter.

Most of the greyhound guys snap it up real quick,so must be widely used.

[alimac 882]

cardboard squares ( small ) buy them by the bale

[Guest SHOT]

shavings

[valentino 0]

dogs look really content there Tomo.......reminds me of a sauna that

[Guest little lurcher]

same as little lurcher, just add one little bit of info, after wahing duvets , put them in the tumble dryer, its the dryer that realy kills the fleas and eggs. the dry heat cracks the hard shell of the fleas body.

 

 

heres a pic of mine again

 

 

 

washing above 60 degs kills larva too, high temps will kill anything lol , dogs look comfy in there mate , will take some of mine for you