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Before choosing a large memory foam dog bed for your large dog, you need to measure your dog and consider a few other things.

You measure your dog by measuring him or her from the tip of the nose to the base of the tail and from the floor to the head. From here you will then have an idea of the dimensions required of a suitably sized dog bed.

After this you then need to pay attention to your dog’s sleeping profile. Dogs usually prefer to curl themselves up or stretch themselves out while sleeping? This is important, most beds cater for one of the two sleeping styles. If your dog tends to sleep in both stretch and curl styles, then opt for a sofa style bed. Sofa styled large dog beds are both long and wide to accommodate a stretch sleeping style, sofa style beds also have bolstered sides to support the curling sleeper.

Instead of using the dog’s physical dimensions, use its diameter while sleeping if he or she prefers to sleep in a curl style. When purchasing a curl style bed, the diameter will help you identify the correct bed size.

Using the measurements from earlier, you can now size the stretch style dog bed. Allow an extra 12 inches in addition to your dogs body size on both dimensions to ensure the bed is large enough to comfortably accommodate your pet. A curl style bed should have an extra 8 inches on its diameter.

You should know your material. There are a variety of orthopedic dog beds with all kinds of material filler used. How do you know which has the best quality? Look at the equivalent material used in human mattresses. For their mattress, memory foam is chosen for maximum comfort and support. Egg crate or convoluted foam is only seen in toppers. In other words if it is not good enough for humans, why give your dog second best. Maximum support for a large and heavy dog is needed.

With the above simple criteria you should now be able to better identify suitable orthopedic dog beds for your dog.