Registered: Sep 2007
Location: central MO
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What do most people use for dog bedding in the summer
so dogs don't get to hot? Thanks for all replies.

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I use rubber stall mats from tractor supply.Use a jig saw to cut them to fit your box.When they get dirty take them out and hose them down.

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I switch from clean straw to wood chips ceader or pine either is fine the dogs seem to like it alot better

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Registered: Apr 2007
Location: Oxford, N.C.
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i thought about stall mats but they really dont seem softer than the bottom of the dog house.

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i use ceadar chips it keeps fleas off them to

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I switch to cedar for summer bedding..They seem to like it and they also smell like big hampsters all summer...LOL

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mine lays on the kennell floor.i try to spray it dwn
during the hot part of the day makes it cooler under
the canopy.

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I usually use straw during the summer because it doesn't hold as much heat as pine & cedar chips.

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Good pasture hay or cedar chips, straw turns to dust and isnt good for hounds nose, could you breathe that stuff very long without getting a stuffy nose ?

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NOTHING IS COOL AS DIRT, MOISTEN IT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE AND ITS LIKE A CELLAR

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i go to a saw mill down the road and get wood shavings they work really well. good to put down on the kennels floors, make kennel cleaning a piece of cake. and even better its FREE

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I usually switch to cedar or pine shavings in the summer, just
didn't know if there was anything out there that was cooler
for the dogs. Thanks for all the replies. Keep'm coming.

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