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Why so many dogs can't settle on warm nights, and the simple fix that needs no plug, no freezer and no fan.
If your dog gets up in the middle of the night, flops down somewhere new, then does it all again an hour later, you're not imagining it.
Warm nights are when a lot of dogs struggle to get comfortable. And it usually has less to do with the air in the bedroom than with the floor he's lying on. Here's what's going on, and why so many owners now keep a Kovah Cooling Mat right next to the bed.
| Kovah mat | Gel pad | Fan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still helps in the early hours | ✓Keeps drawing heat away | ✕Warms up once full | ✕Moves air, not the floor |
| No plug or cord | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ |
| No freezer needed | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Completely silent | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ |
| Nothing inside to leak | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Machine washable | ✓ | ✕ | n/a |
A dog cools down through whatever he's lying on. Floorboards, rug, dog bed: each one soaks up his body heat until it's roughly as warm as he is. Then it stops helping.
After a warm day the house holds on to its heat long after sunset, so that happens even faster. That's the 2am shuffle. He gets up, finds a cooler patch, lies down, and starts again. And you wake up every time.
It isn't restlessness. It's the floor.
The Kovah Cooling Mat is made from a heat-conducting fabric. Instead of filling up with his warmth like a bed or a rug, it keeps moving that heat away from his belly and chest and out through the mesh underside.
It won't feel icy, and it isn't meant to. It stays noticeably cooler than the floor for as long as he's on it, so there's no reason to get up and go looking for a new spot.
A cooler surface, all night long
Nothing to switch on before bed and nothing running while you sleep. No cable to trip over on the way down the hall in the dark, and no motor noise to keep either of you awake.
You lay it down where he already likes to sleep. That's the whole set-up.
Nothing to plug in. Ever.A gel pad needs the freezer to work, and a frozen pad only holds so much cold before it warms up underneath him. That means pulling a stiff, heavy pad out every evening, and often finding it warm again by the early hours.
The Kovah mat has no gel at all, so it's ready every night without any preparation.
Ready every night, no prep
Buy 1, get 1 free
Applied automatically. One for beside the bed, one for wherever he spends the day.
Claim my 2 matsPlenty of dogs scratch their bedding into shape before they lie down, usually when nobody's watching. With a gel pad, a split seam can mean gel on the carpet.
The Kovah mat is fabric through and through: no gel, no water, no liquid inside. So there's nothing to leak onto the floor overnight.
Just fabric, top to bottom
Most dogs have two favourite places: somewhere cool during the day, and somewhere close to you at night.
Right now every Kovah Cooling Mat comes with a second one free. That's why so many owners put one in the living room and one beside the bed. Or one in each dog's spot, if there are two of them.
One for the day, one for the night
Anything a dog sleeps on gets grubby. The Kovah mat goes straight into the washing machine on a cool, gentle cycle.
The cooling comes from the fabric itself, not from a coating or a gel, so washing doesn't wear it off.
Easy to keep fresh
Put it down tonight in the spot he already chooses. Most dogs find it on their own within the first day.
If he doesn't take to it, or you don't notice a difference, you're covered by our 90-day money-back guarantee.
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Average rating from 2087 reviews left by Kovah customers. Read them on the product page.
Pick his size and colour below. You get 2 mats, and the second one is free, applied automatically.
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Most dogs do within the first day. Put it where he already chooses to lie when he's warm, for example the floor beside your bed or the hallway. He'll find it himself. No training needed.
No, and that's deliberate. It isn't frozen-cold. It stays noticeably cooler than the floor for as long as he's lying on it, instead of giving up after a while the way a gel pad does.
Flat on a hard floor, like floorboards or tiles, in the spot he likes to sleep. Avoid laying it on top of a thick rug or a soft bed, and keep it out of direct sun during the day.
Yes. There's no electricity, no gel and no liquid inside, so there's nothing to switch off and nothing to leak.
Pick a size a little larger than your dog, so he can stretch out fully. As a guide: XS 40 x 30 cm (Chihuahua), S 50 x 40 cm (Dachshund), M 62 x 50 cm (Bulldog), L 70 x 55 cm (Beagle), XL 100 x 70 cm (Labrador), 2XL 150 x 100 cm (Shepherd).
Machine wash on a cool, gentle cycle. The cooling comes from the fabric itself, not from a coating, so washing doesn't affect how it works.
Choose your size and colour and you receive 2 mats. The second one is free and the discount is applied automatically, no code needed.
You're covered by our 90-day money-back guarantee. If he doesn't take to it, get in touch with our support team and we'll sort it out.