Our Story

Snoring Beagle is named after the best sound in the house: a dog so deeply asleep they’ve started to snore.

How it started

It started with Keely. When she came home as a puppy, she brought a sound with her we’d never heard before. Not a whimper, not a sleepy puppy sigh: a real snore, deep and rumbling and far bigger than the dog making it. It was a first for us, and unlike anything we’d ever heard from a puppy.

She hasn’t stopped since, and it’s still the best sound in the house.

Listening to her, and watching the rest of our dogs, we noticed that dogs don’t just sleep. They curl into a donut, stretch out flat on one side, flop belly-up with their paws in the air, or press up against whoever’s closest. Most dog beds are made for just one of those.

So that’s what Snoring Beagle does: we find a bed for each way a dog sleeps, in every size, from makers who build them to last. The first was American Dog, which sews every bed it makes in the USA. Paw.com came next, with PupRug® memory foam beds that look like faux fur rugs, and waterproof blankets and car beds to go with them. Then Bowsers, which has made its Donut Bed to order in Canada since 1997, Modern Beast, whose POD is a fluffy faux fur nest, Cycle Dog, which sews waterproof beds by hand in Portland, Oregon, DGS Pet Products, whose stay-clean chenille and plush Dirty Dog microfiber beds keep the mess off, Cuddl, which sews its beds by hand in California in French toiles, ginghams and buffalo check, Fatboy, the Dutch design brand behind the Original beanbag, whose Doggielounge is a beanbag for dogs, and 4Legs4Pets, a family business in Van Buren, Arkansas, that makes raised cot beds from American materials. Tell the bed finder how your dog sleeps and what they weigh, and it matches their bed and their size.

Who’s behind it

A small team, most of them dogs. Keely Jean, our beagle, is head of product testing. She takes the job very seriously, mostly with her eyes closed. She works alongside a crew of professional misfits, who take their sleep just as seriously. Meet the testing team.

The humans mostly answer email, refill the water bowls and, of course, hand out treats on the dogs’ schedule.

What you can count on

• A bed for how your dog actually sleeps, not just how big they are.
• Free shipping on bigger orders. Each brand’s amount is on our Shipping page.
• Real people who answer your email, usually within 1–2 business days. Contact us.

Thanks for stopping by. Now, if you’ll excuse us, it’s nap time.