Doghouse bedding outside

[robbie]

Hi, just wondering what some people use for bedding in outside doghouses in the winter. I have a collie/sheltie who does not like to come in but we do make her sleep inside when its too cold. She's older and loves her doghouse. The last few years we have not had any fleas until I buy the hay for her house and seems like they come. I have an inside dog that likes to lay with her in the house during the day some. Other than blankets, any ideas? Thanks

 

[leonardtowngal]

straw...add some cedar chips as fleas hate cedar

 

[Dupontster]

I have heard the pine neetles work good....I was told that straw or hay has mites in it....That just what I heard...

 

[forever jewel]

I would never recommend hay. Bugs thrive in that! Like others have said, cedar shavings work the best! That is what we used with my dogs when I was growing up. In the winter time, we put a little extra in their houses and fluffed it up often

 

[bresamil]

Our labrador loved cedar shavings. She could burrow in and they didn't irritate her skin.

 

[SoMDGirl42]

Cedar Shavings Don't use blankets, they'll get damp or wet and won't dry then the dog will be sleeping on a wet blanket.

 

[robbie]

Thanks so much. Will try the cedar shavings. She is half collie/half sheltie so the hair is incredible. Its like lambs wool underneath and very thick. Plus the shedding. So glad she likes it outside.