Orthopaedic Dog Beds
52 beds · 100-night trial on every one
Who it's for
What they need
Shape
Material
Budget
Low stockHawkshead Herringbone Pillow Dog Mattress
Title Medium: Springer Spaniel | Cockapoo | Staffie · Large: Golden Retriever | Labrador | German Shepherd
Low stockHelvellyn Corner Orthopaedic Dog Bed
One size
Dog Beds > Bolster & Nest BedsKentmere Houndstooth Bolster Dog Bed
Sizes Small: Yorkshire Terrier | Chihuahua | Pomeranian · Medium: Pug | French Bulldog | Dachshund · Large: Cocker Spaniel | Cockapoo | Staffie · XL: Golden Retriever | Labrador | Border Collie
Low stockLongsleddale XXL Memory Foam Bolster Dog Bed
One size
Low stockLoweswater Sherpa Pillow Dog Mattress
Sizes Medium: Springer Spaniel | Cockapoo | Staffie · Large: Golden Retriever | Labrador | German Shepherd
Narrow it down
Three questions about how your dog sleeps, how their joints are and how big they are. We will point you at one bed instead of twenty.
Find their bed
Dog Beds > Bolster & Nest BedsLoweswater Stonewashed Bolster Dog Bed
Sizes XS: Small Puppies | Toy Breeds · Small: Yorkshire Terrier | Chihuahua | Pomeranian · Medium: Pug | French Bulldog | Dachshund · Large: Cocker Spaniel | Cockapoo | Staffie · XL: Golden Retriever | Labrador | Border Collie
Low stockMardale XXL Memory Foam Bolster Dog Bed
One size
Low stockMartindale Memory Foam Bolster Dog Bed
One size
Low stockNewlands Orthopaedic Dog Sofa Bed
One size
Low stockPatterdale Tweed Orthopaedic Dog Mattress
Sizes Medium: Springer Spaniel | Cockapoo | Staffie · Large: Golden Retriever | Labrador | German Shepherd
Low stockRosthwaite Memory Foam Bolster Dog Bed
One size
Low stockScafell XL Orthopaedic Dog Sofa Bed
One size
Low stockStaveley Orthopaedic Bolster Dog Bed
One size
Low stockWastwater Memory Foam Dog Mattress
One size
Low stockWatendlath Velvet Memory Foam Dog Bed
One size
Low stockSkelwith Memory Foam Nest Dog Sofa
One size
Why a dog sofa bed works when a flat bed doesn't
Watch where the head goes. Almost every dog hooks a chin over something before they properly settle the sofa arm, a cushion, the edge of a step. Raising the head slightly opens the airway and takes rotational strain off the neck and shoulder, which is why a dog offered a flat mattress will often drag a toy under their head rather than lie completely level.
A sofa bed gives them that edge deliberately. The bolsters do the head and back; the base does the hips and elbows for the hours they spend flat out between position changes. One bed, both halves of the night.
The difference between a sofa-shaped bed and an orthopaedic one
Most dog sofas on the market are shape without substance a good-looking frame around a bag of fibre that has collapsed by spring. Your dog gets the geometry they wanted for about eight weeks, then ends up lying in a dip with a bolster under their shoulder instead of their chin.
Everything in this collection has a memory foam core, so the sofa shape is still a sofa shape in year two. If softness rather than support is what you're after, the Ullswater four-sided bolster sofa is fibre-filled and sits outside this collection on purpose.
Which one for your dog
- A dog who sleeps with their head on something — the Haweswater, cushioned armrests on a wide lounge base.
- A dog who needs support and a headrest in one — the Windsor, orthopaedic bolsters, four colourways.
- A large dog who overhangs everything — the Grasmere, up to 135 × 100cm with a walk-in front.
- A giant breed — the Mardale XXL, three walls and an open front, because a Dane walks into a bed rather than stepping over into it.
How to actually move a dog off your sofa
Buying the bed is the easy part. Three things decide whether they use it:
- Put it where the sofa is. Not across the room. They chose that spot for the sightline as much as the cushion.
- Add something that already smells of home an unwashed throw, a worn t-shirt for the first week.
- Give it a fortnight. Dogs commit to a new surface slowly, and a firm supportive base feels wrong on night one and right by night ten.
Getting the size right
Measure your dog nose to base of tail while they're lying stretched out, add 15–20cm, then allow for the bolsters taking part of that footprint. Sofa beds fail on size more than on anything else the dog overhangs, the bolster ends up under a shoulder, and they go back to yours within a week. Where your dog falls between two sizes, size up.
Questions owners ask
Will an orthopaedic sofa bed help my dog's arthritis?
It changes the surface they spend fourteen hours a day on, which is a real part of daily comfort for a dog with worn joints. It is not a treatment and doesn't replace veterinary care, so keep your vet in the conversation.
My dog is a sprawler. Do the bolsters get in the way?
Take a size up and they won't. If your dog never rests their head on anything and lies flat in the middle of the floor, a flat memory foam mattress will suit them better than a sofa shape.
What if they don't take to it?
You get 100 nights. If they don't settle on it, we arrange free UK collection and refund you in full you're not paying to send it back.
Free UK delivery over. Dispatched within 1–2 working days.
The part you cannot see
What 50kg/m³ actually means.
Every memory foam bed on this page runs on the same core. Density is the weight of a cubic metre of foam, and it is not the same thing as firmness — which is why a cheap bed can feel solid in the shop and still be flat by March.
Most dog beds use shredded offcuts or foam somewhere between 18 and 25kg/m³. Ours is 50. It is the reason the guarantee is on the foam rather than on the stitching.
CertiPUR-US certified foam, tested free of the usual flame retardants and heavy metals.
The trial
100 nights to make
their mind up.
If your dog is not visibly more comfortable on it, tell us and we will arrange the collection and refund you in full.
Every memory foam bed also carries the 5-year foam guarantee.
Before you decide
The questions we get asked most.
Measure nose to base of tail while they are lying down, then add 15–20cm. Where a dog falls between two sizes, go up. The size and firmness guide has it breed by breed, and the 100-night trial covers you if it is still wrong.
It is how much foam is packed into a cubic metre. Density and firmness are different things — low-density foam can feel firm in week one and be flat by month six. High-density foam keeps its structure under a dog getting on and off it all day, which is why the guarantee is on the foam.
These beds spread weight so pressure is not concentrated on hips, elbows and shoulders — the part that makes lying down and getting up harder as joints wear. A bed is not a treatment and will not replace veterinary care, so keep talking to your vet.
Yes, properly — not spot-clean only. The cover unzips and goes in the machine at 30°C, over a waterproof liner that keeps everything off the foam.
UK delivery is free on every order, with no minimum spend. Standard is 3 to 5 working days; Express is £6.99 at checkout if you want it sooner. You get tracking as soon as it leaves us.
Then it goes back and you are not out of pocket. Get in touch inside the 100 nights and we will arrange the return and refund you. Full terms in the returns policy.
Fourteen hours a day, on the same surface.
It is worth getting that surface right. Three questions and we will tell you which of ours fits.
100-night sleep trial · 5-year foam guarantee · Free UK delivery, no minimum