Zippered pet bed covers are usually cheap, not sewn well and too often, if you are not careful, the zipper pull slides off the end of the zipper and then what do you do? Throw out the pet bed! We’re not opposed to zippered covers to hold the bed together, but they are annoying to […]
Washable Dog Bed Covers Aren’t Really Washable
We all think we have washable dog bed covers, but in reality, we don’t because we never wash them. It’s too much trouble. Maybe when the in-laws are coming over, or before a little dinner party, or after Fido has covered it in unspeakable amounts of dirt, but otherwise – nada. Who has time to wrestle […]
5 Reasons for Replacement Dog Bed Covers
Replacement dog bed covers are the answer for all the right reasons: You can keep your old dog bed and you don’t have to be a polluter and fill the landfill. Pollution is oh, so yesterday and goodness knows we need less waste in our world. Somewhere out there is a spotted owl or polar bear […]
Power Paws Assistance Dogs Receiving Donated BarkBed Covers
We’re donating dog bed covers to Power Paws Assistance Dogs in February and March since it is no secret that we love service dogs. Our co-founder, Anna is currently raising her 5th guide dog for the blind and she absolutely melts whenever she sees any working dog. We were lucky to learn about Power Paws Assistance […]
Love is All You Need
Love is All You Need How can any self-respecting Baby Boomer not like the Beatles? I mean, really. Already enrolled in three puppy obedience and agility classes, Miss Elsa was a busy girl while I devoured the puppy training manual from Guide Dogs of the Desert and the puppy training manual from another guide dog […]
Being Still is Work, Too
Elsa, our 4 month old, high-drive, German Shepherd guide-dog-in-training lays quietly at my feet as I type. She’s not happy about it, but it finally happened. Finally. You see, when a high-drive puppy training to do important work meets a high drive handler intent on training a dog to do important work, the combination can […]