A little extra effort yields big dividends....I received the bed a couple of hours ago, read the instructions, and thought there would be a better way to get it to a useful state. The instructions say shake it, let it sit for a day, and that it would be fully ready to use in three days. I carefully removed the vacuum compression plastic wrap, shook it, and it was still a compressed mess. I then found the zippers and removed all the foam inserts; one for the middle and three for the edges. I let it sit for an hour and they still looked like an elephant had sat on them. I CAREFULLY AND GENTLY HANDSTRETCHED the foam pieces and they expanded to the intended shapes. Now the fun part, reinserting them was a little bit of a wrestling match, but when done it looked great. Penny my 55 pound sheepadoodle seems to enjoy it...see photo. Good luck.
