A dog who abandons her bed in July for the kitchen tiles is telling you something simple: the floor takes heat away from her faster than the bed does. That is the whole principle at work here. The woven ice-silk panel conducts warmth away from the body on contact, so the surface feels cool the moment she lies down, with nothing to freeze, fill or plug in.

The centre panel is the cooling surface and the raised edge around it is padded, so a dog who likes to rest her chin on something still can and the mat keeps the shape of a bed rather than a bare pad. The cover is smooth and wipes down, which matters more in summer than winter, since grass, pollen and damp paws all end up on it. It is thin enough to lie flat in a crate or across an existing bed.

• Six sizes, from 45 x 35 cm up to 120 x 80 cm
• Cool-touch woven centre panel with a padded bolster edge
• No freezing, refrigerating, water filling or power needed
• Colours include blue, light blue, pink and brown
• Between 2 cm and 6 cm thick depending on size
• Weighs from 300 g to 1.9 kg by size

Two things worth knowing. Ice silk cools by moving heat away from your dog rather than by making cold, so once the fabric has warmed to her temperature it stops feeling cool until she moves off and it sheds that heat again. Expect relief, not air conditioning. And a determined chewer will get through a thin woven cover, so this is a mat for a dog who lies on things rather than dismantles them.

What the options mean. Sold in sizes from 45X35CM to 120X80CM — £12.99 to £41.99.

Who it's for: Dogs who struggle in warm weather, whether thick-coated, flat-faced or simply elderly, and homes with a sunny room that becomes uncomfortable by mid-afternoon.