A Gaggle of Ideas for Making Your Own Dog Toys

These are some ideas which have been sent in by readers :

Big boxes make great tunnels and lots of dogs will fit through those play tunnels which are available at children's toy stores. -from Joy in Tenn.

Work gloves make awesome toys ! Use the heavy duty ones which are pretty tough and will last a while. Take two of them, stuff them and sew them together. You can pick them up at Home Depot, Home Hardware, etc. - Kay in Tx.

Get a box, hide treats in it and drag it through the yard on a rope and watch your guy or gal tackle it for hours on end ! - from Lena in Mich.

For my puppies, I use plastic bowling pins and my puppies spend hours just spinning them around because they can't get a grip on them. Maria in Okla.

If you have small dogs, you will like this one !Get an empty 3 liter soda bottle.  Take off the label and wash it thoroughly.  Make sure the bottle is in excellent condition with no dents.  Dogs love to find a crease on their toy and use it to destroy the thing.  Get a little toy that he loves.  I usually put a raw bone that he has been chewing for hours.  Put it inside the bottle and put the cap on tightly (wash the cap too).  Make sure you don't put any pressure on the bottle as you tighten the cap.  You want the bottle to hold in as much air as possible to retain its shape and prevent the dog to find any crease when he press on it.  The weak part of this toy is the cap, he'll chew on that damn thing.  So get one of your rubber Kong toy and squeeze it to cover the cap covering it entirely.  Then throw it to your dog and watch him try to get that bone inside that bottle. Dogs love things that makes noise.  This bottle makes rattling noise from the toy you put inside it.  The plastic bottle also makes a lot of noise when being manipulated.  The reason I recommend a 3 liter bottle, is because it's too big for him to put his teeth around it. Richie  in California

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