The following will be especially fun or those of you who enoy baking and being creative when it comes to your pets. We love this idea and are planning to do it for our own pup!

Prep Work
Preheat your over to 250 degrees
Thoroughly wash and scrub your sweet potatoes (We recommend starting with 2 big ones)
Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil
Slice your sweet potatoes into 1 inch thick circles
Use a small cookie cutter to remove the center of your sweet potatoes (the rope will go through the center!)

• Step 1: You'll Need
• Hemp or jute rope (I used 9 pieces of a thin-ish diameter braided together to make a larger rope. Approximately 2 1/2 feet works well for medium dogs, less is needed for a toy for a smaller dog and more for a larger dog)
• Step 2: Bake ‘Em Up
• Place on cookie sheet and bake for 2 1/2 hours
  
• Flip and bake for another 2 1/2 hours
• When they're done they should be totally dried out and hard – if there are any squishy bits, bake longer and keep checking every 30 minutes or so
• Step 3: Lots of Knots
• Make a knot in the end of your hemp rope
• If using multiple thinner pieces, braid them together to make stringing the pieces on easier
• String on two sweet potato rings and make a knot above them
• Add two more rings and knot
• Repeat until you reach the end of your rope
• Give this awesome new toy to your canine companion!

Now that you have the first part done you will need to know how assemble the dog toy. You can go to Instructables for that information!

By the way, the site also gives advice on how you can easily give your pup medication too. So, go on over and check it out!

When our dogs are happy we are usually pretty happy too so don’t think twice about doing something special for your pooch. Not only does he deserve it but if there are some sweet potatoes left they make great fries for you!