Christmas has come early this year for the dogs of Kaiapoi in north Canterbury.
After noticing a shortage of great sticks while walking his dog Bella at a recently opened park, local man Andrew Taylor, decided to create a “stick library” for furry four-legged friends that frequent the park.
To create the stick library, Taylor chopped down a number of tree branches and cut them down to the perfect “stick” size. After using tools to smooth away rough edges, Taylor then built a box to hold the stick and engraved the words “Stick Library” and “Please Return” on the box.
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“While trimming the trees, my dad found himself with a lot of dead branches, and knowing from experience how hard it can be to find a good stick, and that the new dog park was opening soon, he had the idea that he would save them and put them in some kind of box,” Reece told Metro.
“When the park opened … Mum and Dad took Bella and sure enough there were no good sticks. Dad is the type of guy that is always thinking of things to make, so the next day he found a suitable crate and made the sign for the top. He decided to call it the stick library because it implied that you return the stick once you’re finished with it.”
According to Reece the stick library was a hit with around 50 dogs using regularly.
