We need PT prayers and HELP

[Kfamr]

Originally posted by Samantha Puppy
That was my train of thought. She loves laying on her beds when she chews her bones and it's where she sleeps once she has enough of getting kicked by Josh and I at the bottom of our bed each night. She loves it. She's always had a big pillow bed ever since I got her. I know that just not getting another one is the simple answer... but yeah - I thought what Kay thought - poor Samantha shouldn't be punished because two of my cats all of a sudden decided they wanted to pee on it...

Yeah, my dogs would HATE being without a bed. A lot of times even if they have enough room it gets too hot for them to be in bed with one of us, so they simply move to their comfy dog beds.
Whenever I get out Greenies or rawhides each one of them knows that it's time to run to their beds and wait there until I give them their bone. That's where they sleep, that's where they get special treats, and often times if they aren't right behind me I can find them laying in their beds.

[just me]

Dont they sell extra large protective pillow covers?
There made out of plastic, or Vinyl?
Im sure they do. Maybe putting a cover on would protect
the pillow. You can always wash the pillow case.
I just dont feel that samantha should lose her bed.
Just me...

[popcornbird]

How about this? Get rid of Samantha's bed, and get her something.....different? Something different to sleep on that the cats wouldn't recognize as the same thing. Put it in a different place too. I don't think a dog or any animal would have the NEED of having a 'particular' type of bed. Would it bother her if you got something different?

[Kfamr]

I was going to mention maybe a raised dog bed, Something similar to http://www.petedge.com/shopping/prod...ProductID=4622 However, I know Jaime is on a tight budget and as you can see it really isn't all that cheap especially if the kitty still has problems with it afterwards.

[Samantha Puppy]

Kay's right. With the baby's arrival getting nearer and nearer every day, Josh and I barely have enough money to do anything - muchless "test" a new kind of dog bed that Kimi could still very well soil. *I* couldn't even afford the new bed Kimi soiled yesterday - my mother had to get it for me/Samantha. Unfortunately, oversized pillow beds is about all we can do right now... though at the moment, Sam will have to do without one as I can't spend that much on something that isn't an absolute necessity AND I'm not about to ask my mom to pony up $40 more...

[jazzcat]

I'm sorry you are having this problem. I wish I new something that would help. I went through something similar with a cat we fostered for a few weeks. The rescue let us foster her as a trial basis for adoption. It didn't work out for several reason but mainly because she decided bedding was to be marked with her pee. She first peed in the middle of a papasan chair that Ripley used to sleep in all the time, then she started peeing on Disney's blankets in her dog bed and then she peed in the middle of our bed. I took her to the rescue's clinic to be tested for a UTI but it was negative. I tried keeping her in the guest room for a few days to "retrain" her on the litterbox and it went well but as soon as I let her back out she headed straight for Disney's bed and peed it in. She was also very dominant with Ripley and Disney (my only other pets at the time). She scratched poor Disney on the nose.

After talking to the rescue group we decided she may need to be an only cat so I returned her. She was adopted a few weeks later and it worked out well.

I'm by no means saying you should rehome your kitties, I'm just saying I can understand your frustration. I hope you can get it resolved soon.