Find Your Dog's Bed

If you've asked “which dog bed should I buy?” with a dozen tabs open and the dog asleep on the floor behind you, start here. The answer lies with your dog rather than the beds, and how they settle tonight tells you more than any product photo.

Which dog bed should I buy? Four questions decide it

• How they sleep sets the shape: walls for a dog who curls into a ball, an edge for one who rests their head on something, open space for one who stretches flat out.
• Their joints, whether young and bouncy, slowing down, or stiff and older, set how much support we look for underneath.
• Their size makes sure the bed actually fits.
• Their name, if you like. It's optional, and the finder keeps it on your device.

Pick the closest answers; you can change them later. You'll get one bed in the size we'd pick, a note on why it fits and sometimes an alternative. Nothing goes in your basket unless you add it, and most beds come with our 100-night trial, so you're not staking everything on one guess. If joints are the worry, keep talking to your vet too: a bed supports, it doesn't treat.

Rather read first? The sleep-style guide and size guide go into more depth. Otherwise, start with the first question below: how do they sleep?