Jun 14, 2016

What Style Cat Bed is Best For you?

Cat Canoe

The Cat Canoe® is an open style modern cat bed that looks a bit like a boat. The padded panels are flexible and have a tendency to wrap around your cat, creating a cozy nest. Need a wider bed for your cat? Turn your Cat Canoe® inside out and the bed will have a more open shape. We've learned that some pets respond better to this. Turning the bed inside out is also a trick to try if your cat has not started using the bed yet. Here is a studio photo without a cat model to demonstrate how the shape changes when the bed is inverted:

In review, the Cat Canoe® is:

our original pet bed design
made with flexible components that allow many sleeping positions
fits into many cat carriers
not a flotation device
fits pets to about 19 pounds
cats or dogs can use this bed
our standard size is about 24" long and about 8" wide

The Cat Canoe® sometimes looks small to people, but cats seem to like the small size and we see big cats cramming themselves into the bed, like this large tabby:

A large tabby cat asleep in the Cat Canoe cat bed. Photo by @doublethecattrouble on Instagram

We have also seen two cats sharing the Cat Canoe® so if your cats are already sharing beds they may use the Cat Canoe together, like these kitties are:

Two cats are sharing a Cat Canoe cat bed, photo by @crazycatmish

Here we see two cats sharing a Cat Canoe. The bed is turned inside out. photo by Instagram user @crazycatmish.

The soft panels of the Cat Canoe® tend to bend back over the bed, creating kind of a covered effect. This customer photo will help to demonstrate that effect.

A cat inside a Cat Canoe® cat bed. Photo by @otiandmarv

The flexible panels of the Cat Canoe tend to bend back over the bed, kind of covering the opening. Photo by Instagram user @otiandmarv.

Some people think that the Cat Canoe® isn't big enough for their cats, but remember that cats often like to cram themselves into small spaces. The cool thing about this bed is it will expand and flex, accommodating their bodies and whatever weird position they decide to sleep in. This is Retro, and he weighed about 15 pounds when this photo was taken. He's a tall and muscular cat who likes to kick his leg out of the bed, but he can fit all the way inside.

A large Siamese tabby cat lounging in a Cat Canoe bed

A fifteen pound cat uses the Cat Canoe modern pet bed

Here's a fun photo of Retro pausing to groom during a photo session. See how flexible the bed is?

Cat grooming during photo shoot for the Cat Canoe cat bed

"I do what I want, when I want" - Retro

Cat Ball

The Cat Ball® cat bed is an enclosed, cave style pet bed with two openings. We always say "your cat will figure it out" because they usually do! Typically, you can just place your new Cat Ball® on the floor and your cat will come over and check it out.

our original design
thick padded walls
flexible, cave-style bed allows your cat to sleep in different positions
seams are finished with bias tape for a tailored look
cats and dogs can use this pet bed
fits pets to about 19 pounds
the small opening is about 6" diameter and the larger one is about 10"
the diameter is about 17", the height is about 16"
not suitable for claustrophobic pets

Shark Cat Ball

The shark Cat Ball® is a funny, shark shaped cat bed. It's actually just a Cat Ball®, and we added the scary teeth and creepy shark eyes because we were pretty sure you'd want to see your cat get eaten by a shark, and why leave the house for this spectacle?