I was on another forum where a lady did that with her dog's fur. She started doing it for friends on the forum too. (For a small fee.)

It was about 2001.

Then the ASPCA got some law passed in the U.S. where it is illegal to sell anything made from dog or cat fur.

We had quite the discussion about fur spinning. It is amazing how many people thought it was disgusting. There is good and bad with the law.

I really would have liked to have had a scarf made out of King's fur though. My friends thought i was nuts for saving his fluff. (It was what he shed for the week after a bath, so it was already clean.)

I think the law that outlawed it was under USDA regulations, though i could be wrong.

About to post this when i found this on the Federal Trade Commission website " Dog and Cat Protection Act of 2000 prohibits importing, exporting, selling, trading, advertising, transporting, or distributing any products made with dog or cat fur."

http://files.hsus.org/web-files/PDF/...ection_Act.pdf

I would really like to see an exemption made for spinners.

Quote Originally Posted by gnicoll
Greetings! I've had 4 beautiful Keeshonden over the past 10 years, and always wondered what to do with all that FUR!!! After our 2nd died, I swore I'd learn to spin their fur into yarn, so that I could make a beautiful keepsake of them. Now, every time I put on my scarf, which I made out of my dog's warm fur, I remember my wonderful dogs!

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