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Kjs
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Yes - I make doggie toys. Chloe loved her toys and would play and squeek them for many months. Then came this little dog. At first I thought the toys were just worn out and broke. Then I would spend the money on a new one only to realize that it is the dogs goal to look like she is playing, but really she is working very hard on getting the stuffing out and breaking that squeeker. Once the toy is broken, stuffing all over the room she is happy and just trots away like she did a good deed.
So, instead of buying toys I bought hundreds of squeekers on ebay. Went to the fabric store and bought some heavy fleece, stuffing. Doggie print fleece. I traced an old toy (bone shape) and I made many, many toys. Now I use old jeans too. The denim seems to last longer than the fleece. I also make a toy that has elastic in it. Stretch it out so when it is sewed it shrinks up with a ball on each end with a squeeker. I gave some to neighbors and co-workers. All say there dogs eventually get the squeeker out of the other, but all dogs love the stretchy toy. Like a weiner dog looking toy.
I wish I could sell them. I can make them look really nice if I take the time. But for my dogs I realized that they don't care what it looks like. They just like the squeeky toy. When I give them away, I do make them look nice.
I have many all cut out so when I feel like sewing I can zip one up in 10 minutes. I bet I have 30 toys laying around my living room right now.
I can make about 20 toys for the price of ONE at the store. AND I enjoy it.
So, instead of buying toys I bought hundreds of squeekers on ebay. Went to the fabric store and bought some heavy fleece, stuffing. Doggie print fleece. I traced an old toy (bone shape) and I made many, many toys. Now I use old jeans too. The denim seems to last longer than the fleece. I also make a toy that has elastic in it. Stretch it out so when it is sewed it shrinks up with a ball on each end with a squeeker. I gave some to neighbors and co-workers. All say there dogs eventually get the squeeker out of the other, but all dogs love the stretchy toy. Like a weiner dog looking toy.
I wish I could sell them. I can make them look really nice if I take the time. But for my dogs I realized that they don't care what it looks like. They just like the squeeky toy. When I give them away, I do make them look nice.
I have many all cut out so when I feel like sewing I can zip one up in 10 minutes. I bet I have 30 toys laying around my living room right now.
I can make about 20 toys for the price of ONE at the store. AND I enjoy it.