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DIY Homemade Dog Rope Toy
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Two different sites for today’s feature tip, first from HGTV with instructions for Homemade Fleece Rope Dog Toys:
Weave a sturdy rope toy that’s comfortable for you to tug and perfect for your dog to sink his or her teeth into. This rope is especially soft for dogs with new or sensitive teeth, but can be braided tightly for strong chewers.
They suggest “3 1/4 yard pieces of different colored or patterned fleece” and I read that as 3 & 1/4 yards, so I had to sit and look at that for a few minutes because that just didn’t make any sense to me. Just in case you read it the same way–it’s 3 pieces of fleece, each a 1/4 yard. Using their instructions to cut 4″ strips and braid three of the 4″ strips together–a 1/4 yard of three different fabrics will make two dog rope toys.
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The other instruction set is from Real Simple with Make a Dog Toy Out of Dish Towels:
It’s hard to decide which is more painful: paying for a dog toy that’s going to be destroyed in no time flat or living with a gnarled pig’s ear on the sofa. Take dish towels that look as if they’ve lived in an auto shop for the last decade and make them into chew toys that won’t cost you a penny.
Very cool idea and no Crafty-Guru experience needed to whip together this rope toy treat for our little friends 
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You can also use any old sheet or longer scraps of material. Just cut to desired length and width then braid knotting both ends.
Example: twin flat sheet cut into 6 long strips, fold each strip in half length wise turn right side out (or just fold so there are no rough edges) knot 3 strips braid tightly knot to end. Toe 2 or 3 knots in the braided section. Making these are great for larger dogs. They can also go into the washer or dryer.
Great info Andrea, thanks for sharing that
This is a great idea, I agree I hate spending money on things that will be destroyed in a matter of minutes,, and they might get choaked on the pieces.. or if its something really big and hard and the lawn mower catches it its not going to break a blade or be shot out of the side of the lawn mower like a rocket, haha.. these left in the yard very long will simply rot away.. good compost. haha.. great tip. thanks.