Bed for an epileptic dog

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Since my golden retriever started having seizures nearly 6 months ago, she has slept in our bedroom so we can be there for her if she seizes in the night. She's on medication (which is being tinkered with) and has had one cluster a month (we are hopeful this will improve).

The problem is that she is happiest sleeping between our feet on the bed. We have a really thick, heavy (& beautiful) wool blanket that is in danger of being ruined. It will also be way too warm come the summer.

Fortunately she has only had 1 seizure while actually on the bed and didn't lose control of her bladder or bowels on that occasion. But I feel like we're playing Russian Roulette here!

She needs a bed so comfortable that she will be happy not to jump up and join us! It also has to be machine washable.

She's not chewy so we don't need it to be tough. I'd love the Orvis deep dish but am struggling to justify the cost. Have also looked at muddypaws but she likes to sprawl and doesn't always sleep curled up.

Any recommendations please?

Has anyone with a goldie shelled out for the Orvis? I would hope to get away with the medium based on the reviews. Does that sound reasonable?

Have you thought about buying a second hand toddler bed? That way it can be just as comfy with a mattress and duvet to lay on but not massive to take up a lot of room?

Some of my dog's beds (they have a lot) are Orvis. I do like them and think the quality is good but then I have to say they have been superceded in my opinion by these www.dfordog.co.uk/luxury-bolster-dog-bed.html

My dogs have 4 of these now - two in stripes, one in a plain charcoal and one in a sage with pattern.

The shape is good for curling up and stretching out and as my dogs are both elderly, the waterproof liner inside the cotton outer cover is a god send. The bed bases are very thick too - none of this 1 inch base rubbish.

Our epileptic dog sleeps in a soft crate with lots of single quilts to make it soft. He not allowed to sleep on the bed now because of the dangers of falling of the bed when he's fitting.

We invested in an Orvis bed when our lab got arthritis, I'd never spent so much on a dog bed before but I felt I would do anything to help him feel more comfortable. It is really personal choice, the soft crate suggested above sounds a good idea as well.

Yes, one of our elderly dogs has started having some odd kind of startle, meaning he wakes suddenly from sleep and dashes off. He has hit the coffee table, fallen off our bed, crashed into things etc... He has one of those fold away puppy pens. It is quite large and hexagonal shaped. I put a big round dog bed in it. In the day he likes his Hugo and Hennie bolster bed (above) but at night he likes his puppy play pen set up and I feel he is safer in there too.

Thank you, lots of food for thought there. She's never had a crate so don't know how she'd react to that. Going to investigate the dfordog site!