This is crossposted, with permission, from a dog group I'm on (for Irish Water Spaniel lovers). It seems like a great way to use up non-spinable bits of fiber:
When I was at the Canfield shows, there was a booth that sold wool toys for dogs. I bought a tug ring for Ariel and she loves it. You can put these toys in the washer and they come out like new. The same vendor was at the Cleveland shows and I bought a small ball (2.5 inch) and another tug type toy. Ariel loves the ball even though it didn't come with a squeaker inside. I searched the internet for this vendor but can't seem to find her but did find this site and they sell wool balls for dogs and cats. I ordered the 3 inch. Conall is not interested and Darby only liked one of the toys so they may not be for every IWS.
http://www.purrfect play.com/ dog-organic- wool-felt- balls.phpLaurel