The Green Pet Shop Chillz Gel Mat, Medium - Pressure-Activated Cooling Pad for Pets 0-25 lbs - Non-Toxic, No Water or Refrigeration Needed - Ideal for Home, Travel & Crates

I stole it from my cat because I'm at 'that' age that runs hot

It was great

Less than impressed honestly. I live in Southern California, where it's hot as hell on the regular, and this summer, it has been in the 90s-100s pretty regularly. I have two pugs, and not only do they overheat easily with all of their rolls, one of them can't use her back legs and get water or cool off as easily as the other, so I figured this would be the perfect solution for her.I ended up ordering two because the sizes were funky. I ordered a large for our handicapped dog, and it fit perfectly in her dog bed (i don't know the dementions of the bed, but it's an XL dog bed, usually for large dogs). I noticed when I got it that the pad wasn't cold, or even mildly cool to the touch, so I attempted to put it in the freezer, which was a mistake; it expanded and I accidently broke a part of my freezer drawer (I'm not knocking a star off for that obviously, since it was my own mistake, but I want to make sure people know what will happen!). Overall, the pad still didn't seem cool once it thawed either. We normally have to put ice packs on our handicapped pug when she overheats, and I still find myself doing that just as often as before. We still keep it on her bed out of habit, since it also stops her from peeing into the dog bed, but it isn't cold in the slightest, so now it's really just an overpriced pee pad.I also purchased an XL pad because of the great reviews. Our other dog normally likes to cool down on the tile floor in our kitchen, but she is also old and can't go down the stairs to the kitchen, so I figured I'd keep it on the carpet. She seemed totally uninterested in the thing. I'd have to bribe her with treats just to sit on the mat, but that was the only time she'd go on it. I even put her water bowl on the mat, and she'd rather whine in front of the mat for water than to go over it to drink. I'm not sure if it's the texture of the mat on her nails or if she's just picky or just doesn't see the point, but she has zero interest in it. I attached a photo of her napping, and no matter how much I tried to get her to nap or even sit on the mat, she wanted nothing to do with it.So now I have these two pads that are basically a waste of money. I feel like if you live somewhere that's already cold, the mats will also be cold. But if you live anywhere that gets warmer than 70°, it's useless. Pretty disappointed, as our family was looking forward to finding some temperature relief for our dogs.

Dog enjoyed cooling mat till he chewed a hole in it. It has a gel like liquid inside. Says it’s non- toxic but not worth the risk. Don’t use for dogs still going through puppy chew stage! Waterproof, functions as described, washable. Not durable to chewers.

First I did want to say that shipping for this product was so bad, it took about 2 and a half weeks to get here, it was just delay after delay. When I finally got fed up waiting for the mat to even just be shipped I decided to order a different mat from a different company and when I tried to cancel my order for the chillz mat, it said it couldn’t be canceled as the product was preparing to be shipped. So after waiting more than two weeks the mat wasn’t even shipped out and when I finally wanted to cancel my order, I no longer could because it finally shipped. It’s not a huge inconvenience as all I have to do is go return it but rather annoying that when I wanted to cancel my order I no longer could because they decided to finally ship it. I wouldn’t order this if you’re in a rush to get it, if you’re willing to wait by all means.I bought the medium mat because I was gonna use this for my cat, it’s a bit smaller than I expected. I added a picture of a regular 1.5 inch binder on top of the mat to give you more a visual for the size of the mat. The mat does what it says, you apply pressure and that area begins to cool gradually. My main concern was the price.I say this is overpriced because I bought a bigger mat from Rainbean (sold here on amazon) it was about $10 cheaper and got here within a day. The mat is honestly the exact same as the Chillz mat except it is much bigger and better priced. In my opinion, I would recommend the Rainbean mat over this one simply because it’s a bigger and at a better price and just from testing both of them for a day they seem to function the exact same. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to test the durability much as I am returning the mat but my cat was clawing at the Rainbean mat and it didn’t tear so that alone for me is enough to keep it.Overall, it’s not a bad mat I just wouldn’t give it five stars since I think shipping could to be improved and you could get basically the same product from a different company and for cheaper.

My dogs love em ...they hate the heat ..

Within days our dog had managed to cut a hole in it.No tape would fix it. We threw one mat away and had the other one still. 1.5 months later and there’s a hole. Dogs don’t play rough or are rough on it period. It is not durable

My golden retriever absolutely LOVES this! The down side is that he leaves my side of the bed now because he can go find a nice cool spot. I think after he has been on it for a while he no longer cools, but that is expected. He now rotates through his bed, beside me, and his cooling mat throughout the night.