| Many people want to make sure their family pet | | | | make your own dog bed. If you've got any |
| has just the right bed, but might not be willing to | | | | sewing ability at all, (and for the most part, a dog |
| pay the (often quite hefty) price. It's actually | | | | bed is more about being comfortable and durable |
| more difficult to find designer and luxury dog beds | | | | than about looking great) you can produce an |
| especially for oversized pets than it is to find | | | | average-sized, comfortable, washable dog bed for |
| discount dog beds for average sized animals. If | | | | just a few dollars worth of fabric and filler |
| you're not too fussy about the design of the | | | | material. Cut a couple of pieces of fabric - it can |
| fabrics being used in the bed; if your dog is of | | | | be from an old sheet, a shower curtain, or a nice |
| average size and weight; and if her sleeping habits | | | | comfy old bathrobe - and sew them together to |
| are not too extreme in the curling up or | | | | make a pillow of the right size. Stuff it with filler |
| stretching out situations; you can probably save a | | | | material and you have a comfy, simple dog bed. |
| lot of money when you purchase a dog bed | | | | You may also create a fancier dog bed with an |
| that's right for her. | | | | upper ring by cutting a long rectangle of fabric |
| To begin with, a lot of the more expensive | | | | and creating a tubular pillow to go around the |
| bed-makers change their designs just like clothing | | | | edge. Then fasten the upper ring to the original |
| designers do for people, if not quite as often. The | | | | base with hand stitching. |
| changes do result in closeouts and discontinued | | | | You have just created a comfortable, washable |
| items being drastically marked down at pet shops | | | | bed for your dog made with love by your own |
| across the country and on the Internet. Then | | | | two hands using a piece of fabric you'd probably |
| there are the many pet supermarkets and | | | | throw away, some kind of filler material and a |
| discount retailers who carry a variety of | | | | little bit of your precious time. What better way |
| comfortable beds, in a variety of colors at prices | | | | to save money and take care of your loving pet |
| much reduced from the luxury beds available at | | | | at the same time? You'll enjoy the process of |
| upscale pet shops. | | | | making the bed just as much as your pet will |
| Then there is always the option to go ahead and | | | | enjoy sleeping in it. |