Homemade dog chew toy:
Crunchy stuffed animal
by Tess
(Bainbridge Island, WA)
This is a great way to take a discarded plastic water bottle and give it a new purpose:
- Take an old stuffed animal that your kids have discarded. Be sure to check for choking hazards like button eyes or noses. Remove those and sew on felt eyes or some other safe alternative. Cut open a seam in the back and remove stuffing.
- Stuff with an empty disposable water bottle (discard its lid). You can replace some of the stuffing around the bottle to make the shape of the toy look better.
- Sew up the back seam of the stuffed animal.
When your dog bites down on the toy, it will make a pleasing crinkly sound. I have a puppy rat terrier and it is her favorite toy. I used a small monkey stuffed animal and actually cut down the bottle to fit. The plastic still makes a very nice crinkly sound.
