Monday, November 29, 2010

A New Bed for Oskar

Our house is built over an unheated crawl space.  Because of this, the winter temperature of the floor tends to be as much as ten degrees colder than the air.  Add to that the fact that I keep the thermostat at a conservative 60-68 degrees, and you'll realize that the floor can be darned cold!

Oskar has always preferred sleeping on the floor to being on the bed.  Except in the winter, when he climbed up on the sofa to curl up and snooze.  This year his arthritis seems to have taken his ability to clambor up.

I thought about getting him a heated dog bed, but I think it might be too much for a dog who never even had a bed of his own.  So I got him a fleecy crate liner with a padded edge.  Thought that might give him a small space heated with his own body heat.  Want to see it?

Oh, right, that's Abe.  Here's Oskar.

Yeah.  So far he has no interest in the new bed.

3 comments:

MaryEllen Schneider said...

Too funny. And don't think a different bed will necessarily work either. Can't tell you how many dog beds I've tried without success. Good luck!

Foothills Poultry said...

The more you pay for something the less they will want to use it. Try a large cardboard box and some old towels.

~~Matt~~

The JR said...

Well at least it's getting some use!