Abstract: A pet bed having a base 1, a removable cushion 3 of sufficient dimensions to fit substantially snugly within the base, a wall 2 looping around the base 1 to the extent that when the cushion 3 is fitted within the base 1 the wall provides an upstanding boundary substantially around the cushion 3. The cushion has an opening which enables access to inner parts of the cushion. The bed has heating means 4 able to safely and substantially heat the cushion and/or having magnetic therapy means 4 able to apply magnetic therapy to an animal when laying on the cushion.