Paper bedding

[cymruguy69 5]

Iv'e been told by a few people that shreded paper bedding is superb for the kennel.

 

Iv'e now put paper bedding in and the first thing my lurcher bitch does is piss!!

 

Anyway Iv'e left her in there now and she seems to have sussed it's for lying down on!

 

Anyway reason I'm here is shredded paper a good idea or should I be using something diffrent??

 

Cheers Math

[Vermin Dropper 2]

I've used it for about a year now and not had any problems,

 

Dont see why you would either as long as it's kept clean and dry,

[cymruguy69 5]

Thanks for that VD How often do you change it??

[Guest JDF]

i've used it for yrs(winter),kept getting red mite problems with straw.just change it when it gets wet or needs freshing up,you'll know by looking at it when it needs changed.

[Vermin Dropper 2]

i've used it for yrs(winter),kept getting red mite problems with straw.just change it when it gets wet or needs freshing up,you'll know by looking at it when it needs changed.

 

 

also.... when you take it out, before you put the new bedding in, squirt around the edges and corners of the bed box with flea killer just to make sure

[heart of wales 19]

Used it once the greyhound bitch I had started loosing hair off her legs never use bedding just a draught proof box and except for whelping bitches when I use straw.

[lurchers1 0]

if any one wants any let me know i can get loadssssss i work in a paper mill,but not for the next two weeks im on holiday,all the best L1

[skycat 6,174]

Used it once the greyhound bitch I had started loosing hair off her legs never use bedding just a draught proof box and except for whelping bitches when I use straw.

 

I think no bedding is acceptable if you have Collies and Shepherds which have very thick coats as you do:

I just wanted to say to anyone new to lurchers that thin coated and thin skinned sight hound types really do need bedding of one sort or another as they can develop sores and bald patches on hocks, hips and elbows if they lie on bare boards all the time. Also smooth coated dogs will suffer from the damp and cold if they have nothing to snuggle into.

Many years ago I worked for a short time at an Irish Wolfhound kennels (to notch show stuff ) and every single dog over the age of 6 months had bloody great lumps of calloused and sore skin over their elbows due to just laying on bare boards.

 

Edited to add: Lurchers1 how far are you from Cambridge? I've been looking for shredded paper round here for ages!

Edited August 15, 2007 by skycat

[inan 841]

if any one wants any let me know i can get loadssssss i work in a paper mill,but not for the next two weeks im on holiday,all the best L1

Lurchers 1,I would be interested in some,Im in kent,quite near the qe2 bridge,how far are you?

[hairyface 211]

i use paper for one of the lurchers and a terrier purely because they shred any blankets i buy and bed them down with, so they are on paper, but i dont use shredded paper, i just scrunch up a newspaper or two and they shred it themselves and they seem to be happy on it, dont see the sense in buying it in