I bought this same Moose Theme dog bed from another store 1st. My dog fell in love with it right away! I loved the look of the bed so much & since my dog really loved it too, I felt I had found the perfect dog bed. So, I also ordered another Moose Theme & 2 of the Lake Theme dog beds, one for each room in my house!
The Moose Theme dog bed looks great with blues, pinks, sage, greens, tans or neutral color rooms & the Lake Theme dog bed fits in great with the traditional colors of red & green mountain cabin themes!
While the other 3 dog beds were on their way by shipping, I started noticing problems with the one I already had. Some of the decorative top stitching was coming out. No biggie...I just tied it off & sewed some more back in.
Then I noticed that my dog appeared to be bottoming out on the bed. He is an Australian Cattle Dog mix & he weights about 32 lbs. Anyway, I bought some stuffing from a craft store & filled his bed a little thicker. That is when I really noticed that the fabric seemed very thin for use on a dog bed. The sewing quality seemed sort of poor too. Because of these things, I was very careful not to over stuff the dog bed.
I must say; I expected these dog beds to have been made much better then they were because the company, "Petmate," was supposed to be a good ole, "American" company, from Texas!
When my new order arrived, I decided to just open one of the Lake Theme dog beds & then use it & the Moose Theme that I already had. Good thing I did that because I ended up returning the other 2 beds due to the poor quality issues.
About a week after I had received my other 3 beds, My poor dog somehow tore one of the little quilted squares on the Moose Theme dog bed. Upon examination of the bed, I found that a few more of the squares were coming apart from their seams & that my dog had probably got his foot slid in between the one of them & that was how he tore it. My dog is a very well behaved dog & is not a destroyer at all. He is very gentle with his things.
Conclusion:
All the beds are extremely attractive for a country home or cabin theme home.
BUT...the cotton fabric the dog beds are made of is way too thin & flimsy for daily doggie usage! The fabric is thinner than a cheap bed sheet or a low quality cotton shirt!
That cute "decorative" stitching is actually part of the quilting but, since the stitches are large, "handcrafted" stitching, they tend to catch on doggie nails, even short, nicely groomed & trimmed ones!
The stuffing, (filling) is quite skimpy & both beds needed additional stuffing after about 2 weeks of daily use by a 32 lb dog.
If you have a dog who is not real active & only gets in & out of the bed a few times a day, these beds might be fine. But, for normally active, mid size dogs, these beds don't seem to hold up for very long. I now have the Moose Theme Dog Bed set aside until I ever come across another piece of fabric suitable in color for me to replace the little square that got torn.
Note: I almost kept the other 2 beds just to use them as big "human" throw pillows, (they are that cute!) But, in the long run, I needed to buy a more durable dog bed & I figured I should return the other 2 & then put that money toward a better quality bed. Why reward some company for making such flimsy products from, you guessed it...China!