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You shouldn’t think of a designer dog bed simply as the sort of bed that goes a little over the top or makes the “pampering” factor its most important consideration. Some specially designed dog beds are made the way they are to fulfill an important purpose. While it’s true that the majority of designer beds are luxury dog beds, some manufacturers create unique designs for therapeutic reasons, catering to the health needs of certain types of dogs.
One of the most stunning examples of a posh designer dog bed is found at the Swank Pets (www.swankpets.com) website. The name of the site alone should tell you something. And here you will find the Fab Imperial Dog Bed, shaped like an egg on its side, so the dog enters a cushioned enclosure to lie down. This exquisite pet bed is meant to resemble a Faberge egg, in fact. Its exterior is of royal red velvet, with an interior of gold velour, and the outside is crisscrossed with gold threads and jewels.
But a designer bed for your pooch isn’t automatically a bed that screams “luxury” at you. There can be special designs that concentrate on other things as well. Some beds have a much more “down home” feel to them, made to resemble country style, four-poster beds or big, puffy arm chairs. Others go a more eccentric route, so you end up with your dog sleeping in a car, a wicker basket or a gazebo. And don’t forget that memory foam beds, which are more orthopedic dog beds than anything else, are also considered designer beds because they add something special to the normal design.
Remember that functionality is sometimes what a designer dog bed is all about, rather than form. This means that you might consider plain rectangle dog beds with sustainable hemp covers and cushions made from recycled plastic bottles to be just as much designer beds as four-poster beds with canopies. The common denominator among all beds of special design is that they go a little beyond the usual standards and create something different, whether that involves visual effect or function.
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