With some fleece and a few simple steps you can make pom pom balls for your dainty chihuahua or a thick braided tug rope for your active labrador.
Fleece dog toys.
Begin the toy as you would the regular box knot rope toy knotting the strips together and making one box knot.
About 2 wide and 45 long is ideal for a medium sized dog.
Pull the knot tight.
Diy fleece dog toy tutorial 1.
While your pet store offers a large variety of dog toys making your own toys out of fleece allows you to customize them to your pooch.
I find it helpful to tape the braid down onto a table or put it between your knees.
The first rope style diy fleece dog toy is super simple.
To make this one you will need.
For the remaining box knots loop the up and down strips diagonally corner to corner.
Tie a regular overhand knot at one end leaving a few inches of fabric as a tail.
This will create the spiral effect as you knot the toy.
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Tie your square knots.
Unfortunately though many commercial tug toys are made only for medium to large dogs and are of materials that can often be hard on your dog s teeth.
Tug toys can be great fun and many dogs really enjoy the interaction of tugging with you.
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It s a basic braid.
After a few less robust attempts i finally made with a toy that both dogs enjoy and is able to survive for weeks of vigorous play.
Continue making box knots in this manner until you reach the desired length for your toy.
The fundamentals are the same for toys.
Lay the 6 fabric strips on top of each other and tie a knot in one end.
I am in no way a pioneer of fleece dog toys but i did weave a pretty mean gimp bracelet way back in the day.
6 1 inch x 18 inch pieces of fleece fabric.
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