Cotton Rope Dog Toy Set

Sets of knotted cotton rope toys, in sizes from three pieces up to a full set of eight. Rope toys get destroyed, lost under furniture and dragged into the garden, so buying several at once tends to work out better than replacing them one at a time.

Key features

• Sets of three, four, six, seven or eight pieces
• Separate four and six piece sets sized for small or for medium and larger dogs
• Knotted cotton rope in a mix of shapes — balls, bones, loops and tug pieces
• Good for tug, fetch and chewing

On tug of war

Tug is a good game and does not make a dog aggressive, whatever you may have heard. Keep it low and level rather than lifting or shaking the dog's head about, and teach a reliable "drop" so the game ends when you say so rather than when your dog decides.

Important — supervise every session

Rope toys are for playing with together, not for leaving with a dog unattended. A dog that chews a rope apart swallows the strands, and swallowed rope fibres can twist in the gut and cause a blockage that needs surgery. This is the most common way rope toys go wrong.

• Stay with your dog while they have it.
• Take it away once the game is over.
• Throw it out as soon as it starts fraying badly or coming apart — a rope toy has a life, and it is shorter than most people expect.
• Never use a rope toy to tie or tether a dog.