Do you have dogs? If so, you probably have dog toys and accessories. Lots of dog toys and accessories. In my family, despite the fact that they seem to prefer stealing the newspaper and ripping it to shreds, everyone wants to give the dogs toys for Christmas, birthdays and everything in between. Then, each dog has to have its own brushes, combs, clippers and other gear. 
It isn’t too hard to organize the grooming equipment. I just have a metal box with a lid for each dog that holds their gear. (Red for Sophie and blue for Charlie.) The leashes go on a rack with hooks on it that is by the door. Food isn’t hard, either. I put it in front opening bins that I bought at one of the warehouse type stores. The treats go in a cookie jar on the counter that matches the rest of the room. (Bone jars from the pet store usually are in the shape of a dog bone or in garish colors that don’t match the room.)
The toys aren’t as easy to organize because I want the dogs to be able to access them. I tried a few different baskets and containers before I found one that was low enough for the dogs to get things out of and sturdy enough to make it tough for them to tip the whole thing over to get the toy on the very bottom. It is a square metal container that is about five inches deep and about 12 inches by 12 inches long. (Small trash cans and other deep containers don’t work at all. Just like kids, they want that toy instead of the 30 piled on top of it!) I also put a stack of toys in another container and stowed it away instead of leaving every toy they own out for them to toss all over the floor. Then, when they seem bored with the ones they have out, I rotate all the toys, throwing out any that seem to be verging on unsafe.
How do you organize your pet toys?
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Post from: Blisstree