Large/giant dog owners... talk to me about dog beds.

My dog is a mix, but part Bernese - he does not like soft bedding period. As a puppy he used to pull anything soft out of his crate - he is an absolute floor sleeper. He doesn't mind the elevated dog bed - Coolaroo - is the brand I think - it's basically a trampoline. We got it to teach him place, and knew there was no way a traditional dog bed would work. He still prefers the hardwood or tile if given the option - and bonus if it's near an a/c duct. I think they're just bred for the cold and summer is tough. He has zero interest in any type of soft dog bed - doesn't even lay on our wall to wall carpeting - just glanced at where he is as I'm in the family room that has carpeting and he's dozing on the hardwood as close as possible to me - but not on the carpet.

Our German Shepherd has a bed, but he doesn’t use it. He likes the floor, or at night he will lay on the couch. The couch is a central part in the house, where he can “monitor the situation” as we say. He can see our master bedroom, both doors and the stairs where my kids are. If he lays in our bedroom with us at night, it’s in the doorway.

Our 70 pound lab has a Kuranda bed with a couple of sheepskins on it in our family room. She also has a big round squishy Costco bed where she eats her bones, as the cover comes off for washing. She sleeps on our bed at night and will also snooze on the sofas.

George (100 lb Pyr mix) has a round bed from Costco that he sleeps on. The bathroom floor he sleeps on, several spots on the carpet he chooses due to his ability to keep an eye on all occupants of the house without moving more than an eyelid. Finally he’s got a super plus size bed I ordered from chewy that he likes to eat his treats on. It’s rather dilapidated, but he gets very upset when I take the cover off to wash it.

Our GSDs have all preferred the floor and our current doggie prefers the floor in the kitchen or utility room by the back door. I suppose he likes to be cooler than us. The cats love the dog beds, the dogs aren’t interested. When we put something down on the carpet it’s usually half an old duvet (I think you call them comforters) that we can throw in the wash regularly.

Otto wouldn’t sleep in comfort in the wild, let him stick with what he prefers.

Our dogs are obviously spoiled, as they all like their beds. Our current lab is the worst and needs a pillow, too.

DH found a bed like this at Costco about 10 years ago, but I don’t think ours is cooling because Emma lays on the tile when she’s hot. . She likes it so much, we went out and bought a second so that she would have one in the family room and one in my office. What dog doesn’t need her own memory foam dog bed? Or course, this is just for daytime use. We have a king sized bed because Emma sleeps with us and is a bed hog!

Our guy (bernese/lab mix) liked beds, but we couldn’t find one big enough to fit him so we used a crib mattress. It was perfect for him. 

Wow, he’s huge. And obviously the King of his domain What a cutie!!!

Tucker's bed was our living room couch.  We did get him a cooling pad for the back of the van for when we traveled, but other than that from the time he was a puppy he had zero interest in a real dog bed.

My dog ate every single bed we have bought him.  I tried blankets too.. he wants to lay on the hardwood floor. 

My dog that died in June had a really nice bed from Costco. She used it sporadically...the cat used it more. I just got a puppy and we got another Coscto dog bed, and she laid on it last night, so hopefully she will use the bed. Stella's bed was enormous. It was like a mini couch. If you have a Costco near you try checking out their beds. They are very inexpensive.

Our big guy is an equal opportunity lounger. He will sleep on one of his two Costco dog beds sometimes (one in the family room and one in our bedroom), other times he chooses the carpeted floor in the family room, the foam anti fatigue mat with a little rug over it in the kitchen, or on the foot of our bed at times at night (although he typically won’t stay there all night, he usually gets too hot and bails to sleep on the floor or the dog bed up there.

Every dog we’ve ever had LOOOOVES my chair, and I hate that they love it, ugh. In an effort to not need to reupholster it so often, I put the Invisible Fence deterrent rock next to it for a while to keep him off of it. The little dog can go on it because she won’t destroy it. He won’t go in DH’s chair because it’s a rocker recliner. Sometimes he’ll go in the other stationary chair in our family room occasionally, but I don’t really like him on the furniture.

One of our previous labs used to love to sleep in the bathtub at our old house! It was her most preferred sleeping spot in the summer when it was hot. It was so funny, we would get ready for bed, brush teeth, etc. in our tiny bathroom and then once we were done and out of there she would just hop right in the tub and go to sleep! 

ETA: I think my little dog would love one of those fluffy, beanbag looking fur covered calming dog beds that are advertised on Facebook. I think that would be right up her alley.