Cinder and Smoke, you guys tell quite a good story :D
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Cinder and Smoke, you guys tell quite a good story :D
not much for my pups, maybe a couple of rawhides, and nylabone or something, we cant afford anything extravagent, dog beds-completly usless in my house, and way to expensive, toys-its soooooo hard to find a toy that the dogs will LIKE and that will last, all our dogs are really toy obsessive, and as soon as one gets ahold of a toy say bye-bye, we have plenty of tugs, a crate is to expensive, we will probibly spend $20 max on all the dogs together, cant afford more then that. now after chrismas with my chrismas money is a whole nuther story! :p
Just wanted to mention, i too couldnt really be spending $60-$80 on a dog bed right now, being that Dale will need the largest size out there, so i made him one...and it turned out great! He prefers the sofa anyway, so this is only for him to use when we are out of the house and he is in the kitchen. Anyhow, what i did was go online and get the measurements for a dog bed his size (or soon to be full grown size), and went out to the fabric store and bought a nice fleecy fabric. I got it so cheap, b/c they happened to have a 50% off sale. Anyway, i had an old comforter from a twin bed...folded it up a few times and made a slip cover for it with the fleece fabric in the size bed he needs. And all i do is take off the slip cover to wash when needed. I am rather proud of it and i saved myself tons of money!Quote:
Originally posted by K9soul
I wish I could afford two nice big dog beds now that I'm pretty sure the dogs are old enough and wouldn't chew them up, but my husband and I are still paying off hefty college loans and we have to limit what we spend carefully. I may try to improvise and make something for them though, I'm still brainstorming.
For Christmas...he is getting stuffed toys...he likes them best, maybe a greenie or two!
Robyn
Ohh - Robyn - that is a great idea. Then you can actually buy fabric that matches your decor. I don't think I am going to have time before Christmas - maybe after. Did you use a zipper? or did you put in buttons?Quote:
Originally posted by Christiansmommy
Just wanted to mention, i too couldnt really be spending $60-$80 on a dog bed right now, being that Dale will need the largest size out there, so i made him one...and it turned out great! He prefers the sofa anyway, so this is only for him to use when we are out of the house and he is in the kitchen. Anyhow, what i did was go online and get the measurements for a dog bed his size (or soon to be full grown size), and went out to the fabric store and bought a nice fleecy fabric. I got it so cheap, b/c they happened to have a 50% off sale. Anyway, i had an old comforter from a twin bed...folded it up a few times and made a slip cover for it with the fleece fabric in the size bed he needs. And all i do is take off the slip cover to wash when needed. I am rather proud of it and i saved myself tons of money!
For Christmas...he is getting stuffed toys...he likes them best, maybe a greenie or two!
Robyn
I had made one for him when he was a puppy (much smaller)...and i used a zipper on that...but if your dogs are chewers, i wouldnt use a zipper, and they may chew the buttons too. What i did was made flaps that overlap in the back...some decorative pillows are made like this, so you can take it off and wash the cover and then put it back on...if you are unsure of what i am trying to explain...i can take a pic...but this way...there isnt anything on it for them to chew...i suppose you could use velcro too, instead of buttons...b/c they really can't chew it off...Quote:
Originally posted by clara4457
Ohh - Robyn - that is a great idea. Then you can actually buy fabric that matches your decor. I don't think I am going to have time before Christmas - maybe after. Did you use a zipper? or did you put in buttons?
Anyway, i can post a pic later on...
I bought Tiny the small rubber balls, she likes and made her some little clothes. I haven't found Jojo the perfect gift yet. I was going to get her a pillow. she likes pillows.
My trouble is , I end up giving them, their presents before Christmas! :rolleyes:
I just wrapped Sylvia and Harley's gifts. So far three each, but I told my mom we need more so they can open some on Christmas Eve too! :) We got Harley a Homer Simpson head that had a tub rope in Homer's mouth so Harley can tug the other end, Grandpa Simpson teeth with a bell in it (when he grabs them it will look like the teeth are Harley's, and another rubber chew toy. Sylvia is getting a rubber clown with a robe chew attached, a ball that makes weird noises, and another rubber chew. Actually it doesn't matter whose name is on the package they share everything :D I still want to get them a Kong, believe it or not these little guys destroy everything. And I need to get some edible treats. I think they are getting more gifts than me! When I die I want to come back as a dog to a family like mine ;). My mom and I also need to get a gift for my fiance's Akita, Grizz, and our Shih Tzu cousin Teddy.
Robyn, that sounds like a really good idea on how you made the dog bed. Thanks for posting how you did it! :)