My older female pup is starting to experience some trouble with incontinence. She doesn’t always wake up in time to realize she needs to go, so she doesn’t quite make it to her “potty place.” Since she spends most of the day lounging in my bed while I’m at work, I was returning home to find that I had to change the sheets some evenings. If I forgot to check, I had the unpleasant experience of starting to get into bed late at night, only to have to get up again to change the bedding. This blanket allows her to lounge on the bed as much as she’d like without messing up my bedding. It appears sturdy, and so far she hasn’t leaked through it. It survived a couple of washings so far, and has retained its shape and waterproof quality. It’s nice enough I can throw it over the couch as well if I need to.