Best dog bed for a Pointer in a high-rise flat

Large breed dogs need beds built for their weight and sprawling style — most standard beds collapse under a heavy dog or aren't wide enough to actually let them stretch out. Before I point you toward anything, I want to make sure it fits your dog and your home: what breed and approximate weight is your dog, how do they tend to sleep (curled up, fully stretched, on their side), and are there any joint issues I should factor in? One more thing worth knowing upfront — if you're in a flat with a lift and narrow hallways, the size and packability of the bed matters just as much as the bed itself.

Got it — a fully stretched Pointer at 28kg is a real sprawler, so you need something at least 100cm long to give her the room she actually uses. The lift and hallway constraint is the tricky part with big dog beds, because a lot of the ortho options come in rigid foam frames that are genuinely awkward to manoeuvre. Can I ask — do you have a sense of your hallway width, and is the bed going to live in one spot permanently, or does it move around the flat at all?

That's exactly what I needed to know. Here's my recommendation: the PetFusion Ultimate Dog Bed in the Large size (90 x 70 x 23cm). It uses a solid 10cm memory foam base — good supportive density for a 28kg dog — topped with a bolster surround that she can lean against or completely ignore when she wants to fully stretch. The cover zips off fully and is machine washable. The key thing for your situation is that it arrives rolled and bagged, which means getting it through a narrow lift and hallway is straightforward — once it's in the room, it expands and firms up within a few hours. It's not a floppy bed, but it's not a rigid frame either, so shifting it occasionally for cleaning is manageable. At her age with no joint problems, you don't need a clinical ortho setup, but the memory foam base is worth having because it'll serve her well as she gets older too.

Fair challenge — at 90 x 70cm the sleeping surface inside the bolster is closer to 75 x 55cm, which is on the snug side for a fully splayed Pointer. In that case, go for the XL size (107 x 91 x 25cm). That gives her the full-stretch room she needs, the foam base is thicker, and it still ships compressed so the delivery and hallway problem is solved the same way. The XL is the one to get — don't compromise on the size just to make life easier on arrival day, because a compressed XL bag will still fit through an 80cm hallway without any trouble.

Good call. It should serve her really well — and the washable cover will matter more than you think once she starts using it daily. Let it decompress fully before she gets on it, usually a couple of hours, and you're good to go.