The Green Pet Shop Cool Pet Pad - Large, Blue - Self-Cooling, Pressure Activated Mat for Dogs & Cats from 46-80 lbs - Non-Toxic Gel, No Water Needed

We bought the size large that is supposed to be for a 48 lbs dog to 80 lbs I believe. Ours is 37lbs for scale and overweight due to meds. It’s a perfect size. Five months ago I took my 12ish year old dog to the vet for what I thought was an injured paw. Never did I think that it would be 5 months later and we would be fighting ITP (low platelets autoimmune). Almost every single night my dog paces due to steroids. He’s hot, restless and miserable and we are miserable watching. I can’t emphasize the level of miserable we are at and the total lack of sleep. I bought this because of the reviewer who mentioned her dog having Cushings. Mine now has steroid induced Cushings, and I thought “maybe just maybe this will work”…and THIS is an absolute win. We laid down around the mat till he walked over and got him to actually lay down. My son pushed down on it and couldn’t believe how cold it was. “Do we need to charge it mom, or put it in the fridge?”, he asks. An hour later we got off the ground and guess what? Our dog is still laying on it and the panting has stopped.Steroid dogs pant, walk around, pant, complain, get up, get down and it feels like it never stops. He’s just sleeping like he use to. I never thought I would be getting emotional over a dog mat. He’s now completely stretched out. Thank you for making this incredible product.

Got this for my 10-year-old Great Pyrenees. He has a progressive medical condition that affects his breathing, and the Midwestern heat/humidity double punch has been really hard on him this year. This mat is AMAZING. He tried it out right away (with his box fan set up next to it), and didn't move for several hours. He seeks it out regularly during the day, and sleeps on it every night (whereas before he slept on a tile bathroom floor, I think because it was cooler than carpeted areas). I am not kidding when I say that he is visibly happier and more relaxed than he's been in a while. It's going to be a valuable tool for helping us manage his health as his condition worsens.I hesitated with the price point since we needed an XL for him (and sometimes ordering on Amazon is an exercise in wasting money), but this thing is absolutely the real deal. It is worth every penny to see him so much more comfortable--I sincerely regret that I didn't get this sooner.

It does seem to be cool to the touch when pressure is applied. Unfortunately none of the dogs would lay on it. Probably because there's no cushioning on it or any sort of pillowy blanket material. Put it underneath their dog bed. Not sure if I'm convinced it cools through the dog bed. I tried putting it underneath the blanket on the end of our bed where they like to sometimes nap. They seem to be avoiding that spot, but so far it's okay underneath their large dog bed. So we'll see. Why did you pick this product vs others?:Overall I'm happy because it wasn't anywhere near as expensive as some of the other brands I see advertised and it does stay cool as far as I can tell. Not sure how it will hold up long-term in the car for road trips

Our Berner gives it 5 stars and being a double coated mountain dog he is the expert in finding the coolest spot in the house, so I trust his opinion the most! I bought two cooling pads from different brands (this one and the other was the Bedsure Cooling Mat) and even though the Bedsure one feels cooler to my human touch our pup consistently chooses to lay on this mat wherever I put it in the house.I rate it 4 stars because I wish the XL was bigger, or came in a XXL size for large breeds, and secondly it shows dirt A LOT as you can see in the photo and although you can easily wipe down the material it doesn't look clean again. I'm tempted to try it in blue to see if that one hides dirt better.It does make summer roadtrips more comfortable for him since we put it in the back of the car and even put some flat reusable icepacks underneath to keep it cool longer.

UPDATE: IT took kitty 2 weeks before we finally found him napping on the pad - and we hav found him more than once sleeping on it. Some pets might take awhile before jumping on!The item is exactly as stated - it definently has a cool touch when placing my hand on it - so the cooling works - however, we have a very stubborn street cat who is on the older side and we cannot get her to try the mat out. We've tried toys, treats on it, covered with his favorite blanket but this cat will walk away.....so in the extreem hot days this cat will follow me around meowing in the heat - constantly changing locations to keep cool as we are in an older house with no AC and temps in the 90s. I don't know what else to try here - suggestions are welcome!