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Check out Wolfgang, the Obese Beagle on the Today Show...on his very own Big Barker bed!

Check out the winners of our 2020 Sleeping Dog Contest!

I think we can all agree that there isn't much out there cuter than a sleeping dog. Learn how to enter our Sleeping Dogs contest for a chance to win cool prizes!

A couple months back, we got an interesting offer. We got the chance to partner with the Dodo for the Best Dog Day Ever, a month-long event designed for dogs and their pet parents to have the best day ever – together. When an opportunity like that comes your way, you jump in with both feet! 

Learn more about Big Barker's partnership with the PSPCA.

If you’ve been a part of the Big Barker pack for a while, you may remember that a year or so ago we worked with the PSPCA and love it! Keep reading to learn more about a new project Big Barker has been working on with the PSPCA.

For Thanksgiving 2017, we asked our fans to post a special picture of their dog or dogs that shows why they’re so thankful for their best buds. The pet parent posting our favorite big dog photo won a Big Barker of their choice, and our favorite little dog pic won a Barker Jr! We got so many cute submissions that we thought we’d share the honorable mentions along with the two winners.

While we feel that all dogs deserve to sleep on a Big Barker, shelter dogs really need the extra comfort of a supportive bed to call their own. Read more about the donation event which was in honor of the 150-year anniversary of the Philadelphia SPCA.

The intrepid Big Barker team has gotten lots of accolades as of late. Not to toot our own horn or anything, but the awards have really been piling up! We had a big honor over the summer when we were...

Today, we received a few goodies in the mail that we wanted to share. After we donated some Big Barkers to the Allentown Police K9s last year, we were surprised and excited to receive the some amazing honors in the mail.

Here at Big Barker, we feel a natural affinity with dog rescue organizations. All of us spoil our dogs like crazy, and it breaks our hearts to know that not every dog is as safe and comfortable as our own. So on Wednesday, we loaded up the van with 26 beds and headed out to a local rescue organization for one of our biggest donation events ever.

Big Barker had the opportunity to donate some of our beds to deserving K-9 officers. We do one of these events every month, and this was one of our largest, with 23 active and retired K-9 heroes taking home a new Big Barker bed.

Big dog owners know that it’s a challenge to find good-quality products that can stand up to the rough and tumble ways of big-breed dogs. Read through Big Barker's top ten holiday gifts for your big dog.

The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) is one of the world’s premier veterinary education, research, and clinical care facilities. Since Big Barker designs and manufactures the world’s premier dog bed, we thought it might be a good idea to help their patients recover and rest on them!

Ever since the scandals in 2007 and 2011 involving Chinese-made pet food and treats that killed thousands of dogs and cats, vigilant pet owners have avoided Chinese dog food like the plague. Some of America’s favorite brands—such as Iams, Purina,...

Big Barker was delighted to donate one of our beds for auction at the annual gala for Intermountain Therapy Animals, which took place last weekend. Intermountain Therapy Animals is an organization that provides animal-assisted therapy in the areas of physical, occupational, speech, and psychotherapy, as well as special education.

Recently, a few of us on the Big Barker team had the privilege to spend the afternoon at the Allentown Police Academy in Allentown, PA, where we donated beds to ten deserving K9s and their handlers from Allentown, Bethlehem Township, Colonial Regional, Salisbury, and Lower Saucon police departments.

Few breeds inspire as much emotion as the pit bull. Once revered as loving “nanny dogs,” pit bulls have lost their favored status of late. While some people consider them to be the goofiest, most affectionate breeds on the planet, others insist that they are killers and fear the very sight of them.

Penn Vet rolled out its first-ever red carpet last night to celebrate the premiere of Animal Planet’s new reality series, Life at Vet U. The series follows six Penn Vet students as they complete their demanding fourth year of vet school and takes us behind the scenes of the lives of the dedicated professionals.

Captain Clowser added, “Having the ability for them to go home and have these beds to relax on and get re-energized is huge. Again, Finding Shelter and Big Barker, thank you for what you’ve done to help us keep our K9 police dogs healthy.” Read the full story about this special donation.

“Receiving this award is bittersweet,” Officer Ryan Davis of the Canton, Ohio Police Department said on Saturday when he accepted the Medal of Valor on behalf of his fallen K-9 partner, Jethro.