Nice and durable and can pick colors my daughter made one a few summers ago and it?s still around http://dalmatiandiy.blogspot.com/2015/09/diy-for-dogs-square-knot-fleece-loop.html?m=1

 

Just something to think about and keep in mind

http://www.germanshepherds.com/foru...forum/health-issues/188603-beware-rope-toys-more-things-you-havent-thought.html

 

If its something they can consume that they shouldn't, like rope. I don't give it to them to chew.

 

My trainer makes rope toys out of fleece strips. I wouldn't leave them around personally for long term chewing but they work well for playing. You could do something like this?

http://www.foxvalleypets.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Fleece_Tug_toys_for_dogs.pdf

 

I have used fleece rope toys with puppies for tugging. I don't use them as chew toys though since there is too much risk involved if the puppy decides to swallow a piece. The toys I have tend to fall into one of two categories. Toys that are used when I want to be part of the interaction and toys I let my dog or puppy play with by themselves. Toys that fall into the later category tend to be food dispensing or something sturdy a puppy or dog can't easily destroy. If my dog was consistently destroying a toy in the later category I'd likely stop buying since it isn't sturdy enough to be a good chew, or else move it to the first category.

 

I have had no issues with them chewing it and use like a tug toy but if you have a chewers and a dog who likes to swallows things beware a good point.

 

For supervised play (tugging games), take an old pair of jeans, 1 leg should do, cut in 3 strips, knot the top, braid super duper tight, knot the bottom, fun.

You can also make twists. To make a twist, you twist two strands of something (half a pant leg, for instance) in opposite directions, twist up so tight they make bundles almost, put them together, pull them into straight lines (without letting them untwist), and wind them around. Not a great description, experiment, and you`ll see what I mean.

For the safety conscious, of course don`t leave any toy with a dog that might actually ingest what they chew., and to leave no safety stone un turned, of course if you are using a pair of jeans, you are not including the metal bits like buttons, grommets & zippers.

Fleece is good for the lesser tuggers.