Pet Approved Crafts

Once again my focus this month has been on our pets. We have been working on training with Gil, mostly to try and teach him to stay calm. He gets overly excited when we meet people and other dogs while walking and wants to jump up on everyone. He also has a tendency to run crazy in the house and we're working to show him how to relax and just hang out with us. On top of that Gil is teething so he wants to chew EVERYTHING.

With the focus on dog training and finding teething toys, the cats have been feeling a bit left out. We had to put all of their jingle bell balls away because they are small enough to be dangerous for Gil. We bought a larger cat ball with a bell inside and, of course, Gil decided he loves it. (I'm pretty sure he thinks he's at least part cat!) 

I also decide to make some special homemade cat toys using instruction I found here. They went together very easily, quickly, and are approved by ALL 4 pets. Here is video proof of how much they love them.

Baldur didn't get to play with the orange one until after Gil got ahold of it and he wasn't impressed. However, after I made him a nice blue one that matched his eyes he was much more intrigued.

I also found time to make the second bandana I had planned for Gil, using the Castle Wulfenbach insignia. I used the same method for his Easter bandana, you can check it out for more details in this post. I drew the design on with a chalk pencil and finished it with silver fabric paint and black fabric pen for details.

Much like the other bandana it seems overly large for him but he's only 5 months old and still growing so it will fit better in time.

I've also been doing a photo a day challenge which you can follow on the facebook page or my new Instagram account @eclecticotter.