Cotton rope, knotted by hand into a bone.
One length of rope, worked into a shank with a double knot at each end. The knots are the point — they give a dog something to close a jaw around and give you something to hold when the game turns into tug.
Cotton rather than nylon, so it is soft against gums and softens further as it is worked. Grey throughout, undyed at the ends.
It floats, which is worth knowing if there is water in your dog's life.
Rope needs watchingEvery rope toy frays, and long strands are the thing to be careful about — swallowed rope does not pass the way food does. Trim loose ends as they appear and retire it once the shank is coming undone. Rope is a supervised toy, not a leave-out one.
Specifications
- Material
- Cotton rope, hand-knotted
- Form
- Bone, with a double knot at each end
- Color
- Grey
- Made for
- Tug, carrying and gum work
- Suits
- Puppies through adult dogs, supervised
- Care
- Hand wash, air dry fully
Using it
Washing
Hand wash in warm water and let it dry all the way through before it goes back into rotation. Rope holds damp in the core long after the outside feels dry, and damp rope is where the smell comes from.
When to retire it
When the knots have loosened or the shank has started to unwind. A rope toy at that stage is a length of string, and a length of string is not a toy.
From the founder
The knot at each end is the whole design. Everything else about a rope toy is rope.
— Mariam