Egg-crate foam is the detail worth understanding here. A flat slab supports evenly, which sounds ideal until you remember a dog's weight is not distributed evenly at all, going down through the hips, the elbows and one shoulder. A profiled surface lets those points sink in while everything around them stays supported, so the pressure spreads out instead of concentrating exactly where it already aches.

Bolstered sides run around the back and edges like a small sofa, giving somewhere to lay a head above body level, which for a dog with a stiff neck is often the difference between dozing and properly sleeping. The cover is an Arctic velvet, soft-faced but dense enough to take being kneaded at, and the base has a drop-plastic backing so the whole thing stays where you put it on a wooden floor rather than travelling across the room overnight.

• Egg-crate profiled foam core for pressure relief
• Bolstered sides for head and neck support
• Arctic velvet cover over a plastic-backed base
• Sizes M, L, XL and XXL in dark grey
• Suitable for cats as well as dogs
• Product weight 1.45kg to 4.5kg depending on size

Two things worth knowing. Older copy for this line calls it waterproof, but the specification we actually hold does not confirm any waterproof membrane, so treat the cover as wipe-clean rather than leak-proof and put a washable pad underneath for an incontinent dog.

Who it's for: Owners of an older or larger dog who needs pressure relief and a raised edge to rest a head on, in a room where the bed has to look presentable.