You know your puppy loves to play or chew or pounce with anything. You need to provide your dog a toy and all those expensive toys seem to deter you from buying. But if you don’t provide one then, imagine all your shoes, books, clothes or balls with teeth marks. If you are looking for a solution then, the best one will be make the dog’s toy yourself.
Tips for making toys for your dog
Making the dog’s toy is fun and the result is quite rewarding. It will be good for you and your dog. Homemade toys will save you lots of money and at the same you are doing something good for your dog.
There are many times when you see that when you offer your dog some expensive toys they will play with it for sometime but they will go back to the old fashion stick. Here are some tips that you can follow to make the dog’s toy.
Chewing stick
For this you can take an old t-shirt, three sticks, scissors and a duck tape. Cut the old t-shirt horizontally. Lay a stick on a strip of clothes and wrap it around. At both ends put the duck tape. Follow this same instruction with the other two sticks. Cross the wrapped sticks to make a triangle shape and stick them all on each end. Try to keep the shapes in a perfect manner. This becomes a chewing stick which your dog can play at the same time.
Stuff toys for your dog
Your dog will love to play with stuff toys. If you buy it then, it might burn a hole in your pocket but then you can always make it. Take any old pair of jeans, scissors and soft wools.
Cut the pair of jeans in any shape you want. See what size and shape you want and then cut it into equal parts. Stitch the sides but leave a small portion so that you will put the wool inside it. After you fill up the cloth bag, stitch the remaining. Your dog’s soft toy is ready now.
Toys from socks
Don’t throw away those old or single socks. Making a sock toy is extremely easy. Take at least three to four old socks and tie them all of them at each end making it into a rope. Your dog will love to play with the sock rope. There are also other shapes you can make out from your old socks. Put some wool or smaller socks in a large sock and stitch the opening. This will be a good chewing toy.
Squeaky toys
Your dog will love this squeaky toy. What you need is an old pair of jeans, soft wool and a squeaky toy. Cut the old jeans into any shape you want. Try cutting in a bone shape just for fun. Put the soft wool and the squeaky toy inside the clothe bag. After that stitch all the edges and see how your dog loves it.
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