A 6-month-old beagle who never gave up.
We are not pretending to be the best dog training in the world, in fact, as trainers, we’re great dog lovers. Yes, he has us around his little paw.
I had commented that if he wasn’t so cute, he could be dead, or sold by now but he’s still here. YAY!
The challenge was, within three months we’d gone through three beds.
He shares with Angus our 10-year-old basset, happily most of the time – at least for Jasper.
He thinks Angus, like his beds, the lie trees, the garden plants and our house are all just his chew toys.
He particularly loves the game of grabbing Angus’ tail and yanking it as hard as he can.
But back to the beds.
After the initial bed was destroyed, we wrote that off to it being a little old and Jasper being a little new. Not used to the surroundings, he managed to get his claws into the mesh and then his teeth, and within a week, it was pretty useless.
One very wet day, after having a few beers the night before I went to the pet store to get a new bed. The one I wanted was sold out, so I got a sturdier looking bed. Within two days, Jasper had shredded this one. It cost over $150 and two days. So fast we didn’t get a photo.
Back to the shop, credit was offered. Thank you to ‘Best of Friends.’
What I wanted, was another bed, but looking at the range, the only one that I saw with any hope of lasting was out of stock. So we waited.
We put the old bed back, it was more a shell with a bit of fabric hanging off, but the dogs seemed to like having a frame to sleep in.
Two weeks later, still no bed from the store; we managed to find what we were after online. Yay!!! Even better, not $119, only $78 – Winning!!!
Until – within ten days, the corners were frayed.
A week later, there was a small tear in one corner.
Within the month from the arrival of the bed, once again we were the proud owners of a frame with fabric hanging off the sides. Shredded, again.
OMG – How many people are going through this?
How many are giving up in frustration?
I started looking online for indestructible dog beds. Chew Proof dog Beds. Nothing came up within Australia.
I had to keep modifying my search and eventually found a couple in the US. By the time I’d converted the US price to Australian Dollars and then added the cost of shipping – wow, that not feasible.
So I talked to a friend about importing some, just a small shipment, and seeing if there was demand for a quality indestructible dog bed.
Let’s face it; every little angel has a bit of devil in them.
That’s how we started ChewProof – Tough stuff for devilish dogs.
