The first step is to find all-weather floor mats that fit wall-to-wall. (You don't want to make a nice area for your dog only to let your carpet get stained if they accidentally use the bathroom or if their water bowl overturns.) I have three layers of floor mats covering the floor, counting the custom-fit dog bed.
The first is the OEM VX carpeted floor mat, just turned upside-down so that the rubber side faces up. (Putting this mat down first keeps the nubs on the all-weather mat from digging into your carpet.) The second layer is a Hexomat cargo mat that you can pick-up from AutoAnything. Although the picture on the website doesn't look like it would fit perfectly, I can assure you that the fit is crazy good, plus it holds like 6-8 cups of water without spilling over:
The last layer is a sheepskin bed. I tried a couple different options for the bedding, including folded up towels and a rectangular foam/cloth bed from PetSmart, but they're either not thick enough or don't fit wall-to-wall. The option that I eventually went with and that you see in the pictures was made from generic sheepskin bedding material that you can get at PetSmart. It costs about $20 and you can cut it to fit any size you want. I just took the material out of the box, used the OEM floor mat as my template, and cut away.
An important point here is that you probably want to cut holes in the Hexomat and in the bedding to allow the cargo hooks to pass through. It serves a dual purpose: you can still use your hooks without removing the bedding, and it keeps the mats from sliding around or folding under when your dog jumps up.
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