Two things happen when a pet blanket goes on the sofa: the pet gets warmer and the sofa stops collecting hair. This one is built with both sides in mind. One face is a printed cotton, the other is sherpa fleece, and the sherpa is the side that does the work, because its looped pile traps a layer of still air against the body rather than simply covering it. The print faces up when it is protecting your furniture, the sherpa faces up when it is a bed.

The quilting is what keeps it usable past the first few washes. Stitching through both layers stops the filling migrating into one corner and going lumpy, which is the usual end of a cheap pet quilt. It shakes free of hair well between machine washes and folds into a bag, so the same blanket can cover a crate floor and give a nervous dog something familiar on a vet table.

• Reversible: printed cotton face, sherpa fleece reverse
• Quilted through both layers to hold its shape
• Machine washable
• Four sizes: S, M, L and XL
• Prints include Candy Girl, Yellow Plaid and Blue Strawberry
• For dogs and cats, at home or in the car

On what warming means. This traps your pet's own body heat, in the same way a jumper does. There is no heating element, no battery and no self-heating foil layer, so it will not warm a cold pet who is not generating much heat themselves. For a frail or elderly animal in a cold room, a blanket is a supplement to a warm room rather than a substitute for one. Sizes vary by print, so check the size against the colour you want before ordering.

What the options mean. Sizes run from M to XL — £7.99 for the smallest, £9.99 for the largest.

Who it's for: Owners of a small or short-coated pet who feels the cold, and anyone who would rather the hair went on a washable layer than the sofa.