K&H Cool Bed III Cooling Dog Bed, Large, 32-Inches by 44-Inches, Gray

I have an 8 month old Lab pup who is usually too warm during the day. He slept on the bathroom tile before we got this bed a week ago. He was gradually using the Cool Bed more and more.

Then, he thought it would be amusing to pull the stopper out. He put his head under the corner of the bed, found the tab, removed the stopper, and let loose about a gallon of water. Fortunately, I was home at the time and heard the sound.

I called the manufacturer and they are sending a new stopper for free. Apparently this doesn't happen often. After putting everything back in place, we will probably put Bitter Apple or Bitter Yuck on the stopper.

One other note on this bed. The instructions say "Now pull open the air adjustment valve and gently work as much air out as you can, using sweeping motions across the Cool Bed III with your hands. Sweep the air towards the valve allowing the air to expel from the bed." That is tedious on the large bed...Read more

The K&H Cool Bed could have been a great purchase. The lining is tough and it does keep cool when filled with water. But I ended up returning mine because while moving it from outside to inside, most of the gell shifted and bunched up on one side of the bed. Try as I might, I could not get it to distribute evenly again. The instructions should shout this issue in large bold print but it makes no mention of it at all.

Here in Florida with a long-haired dog that was always panting & never cool we thought we would give this bed a try. Our dog already had a bed with bolster sides so we needed something cool to go on top and this fit perfectly. We placed a sheet on top since we had one on the bed before. It took about a week for our dog to get used to the new texture of her bed since she was used to sleeping on a firm surface.

Now a couple weeks later she sleeps on the bed like normal and is visibly cooler. There is dramatically less panting and she doesn't have the urge to roll on her back to keep cool as frequent as before, and if she does it is minimal.

The only thing with the bed is make sure not to overfill it. Get too much water in it and it's like a water bed. It made lots of noises and scared our dog a bit from getting on it, so we took a bunch of water out so it was more firm & spongy and that did the trick.

So far so good. Worth the money.