Does your dog like to play tug of war with you or with another dog? Do you have a bunch of old towels lying around your house that you want to throw away? Dog toys can be expensive and tend to break quickly if your dog is an aggressive chewer. Dogs with high prey drives like Pit Bulls, Border Collies and Jack Russell Terriers tend to LOVE to play the tug of war game!! You can recycle those old towels, instead of putting them into landfill, to make a fun toy for you and your dog to play with!
Supplies
-An old bath towel or tea towel,
-An old tennis ball,
-Scissors OR a drill,
Instructions
STEP 1 - Carefully cut, with the scissors, or drill a large hole through the tennis ball.
STEP 2 - Cut 3 2" strips from the bath towel or tea towel, down the long end.
STEP 3 - Bundle the 3 strips together and tie a knot about 2" down from the end.
STEP 4 - String the strips through the tennis ball & tie another knot as close to the tennis ball as you can. Braid the rest of the length of the towels & when you get about 3" away from the end, knot the strips together to finish the braid.
TADA now you have a finished dog toy! You made it yourself, you made it with items that you recycled from around your house AND you made it for the colossal cost of ZERO dollars!! If you want, you can substitute the bath towel with polar fleece fabric. A great variation on the toy is to make the non-braided end of the toy with extra long dangling ends to give your dog more play stimulation.
Once you get proficient at making this toy, you can make them for friends that own dogs and give them away as gifts OR donate them to shelter dogs, they need toys, too :)
Karen Friesecke is the author of Bloggie Stylish a new blog dedicated to recipes and free projects for dogs. Please visit Tennis Ball Tug Toy Tutorial to see this tutorial, complete with pictures.
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