[Dailydrool] Dog Beds

[Swartz]

The Bad A** Basset Brothers have one bad a** bed in their room.  It is basset king size.  (get it..California king, basset king) Actually it is about the size of a twin bed (large bed becuase the boys like to sleep together) but this would also be a very comfortable bed for Mr. Cooper Sir or even Cyrus.  It is a Momma Custom made bed and it is so comfortable that if I had to sleep with the boyz becuase they got sick I would not mind sleeping on their bed with them.  So here is how I made it. (I am not any good with a sewing machine so this is a way to simple version)  I was able to get a long, thick piece of foam from one of the shipping crates from our manikins at work.  The foam is thick with an egg crate top, altogether it is about 6-7 inches thick. You can get this foam from a large craft store like JoAnn's Fabric or an Upolstorer Store.  I covered the foam with a twin size water proof zippered mattress cover to protect it from the hound dog smell. To make it a a little bit more snuggley I topped it with their old dog beds that I got from SAM's several years ago. To hold it all together I use a fitted mattress pad and then a fitted twin size sheet that I got from a thrift store for $3.00  For the winter the boys Auntie Val made them a bed/large pillow type case from an old couch cover for the bottom of the bed and a fuzzy turqouise cow pattern blanket that we found at a yard sale for $5.00 (it was for Pet Welfare so I forked over some extra moolah for it) I even add a second piece of foam as a pillow since the boyz like to lay their heads on a pillow.  Just the foam makes an excellent orthopedic bed for them...the old traditional worn down dog beds just make it like a pillow top mattress.  Top sheet or case gets washed once a week.  The mattress pad gets it every 2 weeks and the foam and 2 traditional dog beds get taken outside, sprayed with KOE and aired out in the sun at least 3-4 times a year.  The boyz love their bed and both of them inisist on finale outs and bed time cookies in their bed by 9:30. I have had this bed for almost 1 1/2 years now and today I just put a new water proof mattress cover on it.  I went too cheap on the 1st one and it dried out and started ripping.  For those of you more talented at sewing then I am you can co crazy making covers for a bed like this.

Love and drool to all.
Michele Momma to the Bad A** Basset Brothers 
Colt "Is it bed time yet?"
Ruger "Have you changed the sheets on our bed yet this weekend?"

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