Destuff dog toy

My sister told me about turning one of our existing dog toys into a toy that satisfies the destuff desire in dogs. The bucky ball looking rubber toy is easy to stuff with strips of fleece or terry cloth fabric.

Rubber dog ball stuffed with knotted strips of fleece fabric

I started with strips of fleece, and knotted two together to give a little resistance to the pull. My older dog thought this was great and liked pulling the strips out of the ball. The young one liked running around with the freed strips.

Griffin pulling out strips, Missy running around with the fleece knots

Then, it turned out, I needed all the fleece for the snuffle mat, so I cut up an old towel into strips and stuffed those into the ball. The terry cloth is a little harder to pull out, but they try!

Ball stuffed with strips of terry cloth

This is another toy that we monitor closely for loose threads and chewed off bits.