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Basenji resistant bed sheets

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  • S

    Over 30 years of living with Basenjis, I have one that claws through my sheets and shreds my bed padding. Imagine sleeping on bed springs alone.

    I can get new fitted sheets and high-density egg crate foam and solve the problem.

    Both bamboo and Kevlar sheets seem to be resistant to Basenji claws.

    Any opinions?

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