When the heat gets to you, you have the option of turning on the air conditioner or go for a cooling swim. But what does your pet dog do when the heat is too much to bear? Most dogs will simply give up the comfort of their cozy beds (all that soft bedding really does add to the warmth) and take to lying on the bare floor where it is much cooler. However, the hardness of the floor can really be murder on their joints. So what is a loving dog owner supposed to do in such situations? Fortunately for you, cooling dog beds come to the rescue.

As the name suggests, cooling dog beds are those beds which help to keep your pooch cool. This can be done in one of several ways depending on the type of the cooling bed.

Common Cooling Pet Bed Types

1. Cooling water bed: Beds filled with water provide great relief to dogs in the summer months. In fact, if you live in a place where the weather is always hot, such beds could easily be used all year round. The fabric of these beds is tough and durable so that it does not get punctured by your dog. In addition to being great for cooling off, the fact that these beds are filled with water makes them very comfy too.
2. Cooling pads: These kinds of dog beds are more like a thick mat that a fluffy mattress. The cooling pads are designed in such a way that they do not absorb heat thereby making the bed hot, but repel the heat so that your pet can always stay cool. Some of these pads are also the thermo-regulating kind, which means that they can be used as cooling dog beds in the summer, as well as heated dog beds come winter time.

The K&H Cool Bed II

This cool bed is featured at www.petcarecentral.com Here are the features and benefits of this dog bed.

• The bed is made with a water saturated Cool Core, which is a patented filling for this bed. This filling stops heat from being absorbed into the bed, but helps to radiate it back into the environment. Thus, when your pet uses this bed, its body heat too will dissipate, thereby cooling it considerably.
• As dogs do not sweat, the only way they can lower their body temperature is by panting. But when they do this, they tend to drool which can spoil their dog bed. However, this cooling dog bed can easily be wiped clean, which means you can wipe away all traces of drool. What’s more, as the bed helps to lower your pet’s body heat, they will not even drool as much.

Too much heat can be very bad for your dog, which is why you should get a cooling dog bed today! www.orvis.com also has a great selection of cooling pet beds.

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