How To Make A Tennis Ball Tug Toy For Cheap

WIth a few everyday household items, you can make a tennis ball tug toy for your dog.

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Step 1 Tools And Supplies You Will Need

Your need an old dish towel, a tennis ball and a pair of scissors to cut a hole in the ball. You can use a drill if you have it. The hemostat clamps are optional, but it makes pulling the strips through the ball easier. If you don't have a pair of hemostats, you can use a screw driver to push the dish towel strips through the ball.

Comments

[terrycrissman]

Look guys. just think about it, if tennis balls were harmful to your dog big stores like PetSmart & Petco would not put them in there stores. They are extremely careful, putting every toy they sell, through more test than you can count. They have all kind of professional, such as Vets, that study each toy before it goes to their stores. The liability would be to great to put toys in their stores that are not safe. You can probably find on the packaging for these toys a warning not to leave your dog unattended while playing with the toy. If you don't follow the directions then you may have a problem. Not the manufacturers fault, it's yours. So follow the direction on the package.

[ac1D]

tennis ball is really a BAD idea for your dog. It's bad for their tooth.

[jet_ski]

Not sure what type of dog you have but mine has been playing with tennis balls for 4 years with no ill effects!

[ac1D]

no visible effect.

[ac1D]

http://manteega.com/packlunch/articles/tennisballteeth.htm
http://www.dogsincanada.com/tennis-ball-hazards
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080623132452AAxL9Ei
http://tennis.about.com/od/faqballs/f/faqballs13.htm

This website suggest it might not be the ball itself, but the dirt it collect:
http://sitk9sit.blogspot.com/2009/10/are-tennis-balls-good-for-your-dog.html

[cool wasp]

 Is that a Visla in the picture, I have one!!

[Scott_Tx]

You can get plenty of free tennis balls by walking around the outside of your local tennis court

[Doggie Stylish]

forgot about that! when i was a kid i lived next to a tennis court, free balls all the time, well...sort of.