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~ Dangerous dog toys ~ (23 replies)
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I received this today on one of my dog lists, and it is so sad!
Last year I was talking with Bill Forbes of Ruff LIfe and he was telling me that he had a friend with a dobbie who had a larger size ball with the same type of issue, however the dog had the ball while she was at work, she came home and the dog had bled to death trying to get the ball off of his tongue.
Something that I always look for when letting my dogs have a toy to play with. You will find squeaky balls have this issue if the piece that makes the noise comes out of the ball. Another reason not to have these annoying toys!
http://www.thechaistory.blogspot.com/
Another reason to be careful what types of toys you give your dogs.
~Kari |
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Sad and I do use this same ball! My question is though, why would you leave a dog unattended with this type of toy anyway? I guess anything can happen though. I have a string on my ball for 2 reasons, 1.) if they partially swallow it you have a handle to pull it out and 2.) I have a handle on the ball for training and that provides a better target of the ball, and my dogs only get to play with this ball durring training, otherwise, it is MY ball!
Vickie
www.PowerHausKennels.com
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For those of you that are looking for good quality balls for your dog, go to sports authority and get one for lacross its just awesome all my dogs love it beats kongs at 1.99 each. |
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Kari,
I made the mistake one day of buying a cheap toy from dog display at wally world. It didn't advertise the fact that it had a noise maker in it. It looked sturdy but the dog's had it tore open within minute's and the device came out. Small and metal it would have easily lodged in a dog's intestine's. Made in China. Buyer beware they do the same thing with toy's for children.
My dog's favorite toy is a deflated (torn) basket ball. The wore out kind I get for free. Actually we find ton's of them on the river bank every spring amoung all the rest of the trash that's floating down the river every year.
You alway's have to wonder what's in a stuffed toy. Lucky I was there watching my dog's when they tore open that cheap little tug.
Brent. |
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Vickie I think my dog would not like you ;) she likes her ball too much :) |
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This type of accident can happen with you standing in front of your dog, I let my dogs chew on toys all of the time in the lliving room while I am on the computer or watching TV, one suction of the tongue and what are you going to do if you can't get it off? If it's late on a Saturday night and the ER Vet is half an hour away??
So it's just a matter of being aware that there are these types of dangers in balls that only have one whole in them and squeaker balls seem to be just that.
I am sure the lady with the dobbie felt like she left her dog with a big ball that couldn't be swallowed and set off about her day. This type of accident is not something that most people think can happen.
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I think that the lesson here is to make SURE there is a hole on EACH end, so that a vacuum cannot be created. Fortunately, Kongs have the smaller hole onthe other end, or we would have heard of this type of injury way before now.
I am so sorry for Chai, though. Kari, is this a friend of yours. A $5k hit is nothing for most of us to sneeze at. |
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That's horribly sad. The smallest thing I leave my dogs with is a kong an I am even rethinking that. Last week I had my female get it lodged in her jaw so she couldn't spit it out, I had to open her mouth a bit more myself (no doubt that hurt) but saw the paniced look in her eye when she brought it back and tried to drop it and it didn't come out. Luckily I was playing fetch with her and was right there to help. I like the really big toys for leaving in kennels. The Joly balls stay intact well enough except the rope can be chewed off by aggressive chewers. I just throw that away when my pup did so. The ball is now harmless, nothing inside and no pieces to fall out, waaaay too big to choke on. I don't buy the kind with handles as I suspect my dogs would chew those off as well. |
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I thought that was the sole purpose of the water bowl. You fill it, leave and while you're gone they have hours of fun. |
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Try water trough Don, a bowl they have fun with all right. Empty and upside down, it makes for hours of fun on the concrete to my neighbors annoyment, not t mention my own. God thats a terrible noise. |
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Even tennis balls can kill. I used to have a link to a story by a guy whose golden nearly choked to death when a tennis ball lodged in its throat. Luckily, he was able to remove it once the dog lost consciousness. When he took the dog to the vet afterwards, the vet complimented him, and said most dogs who choke on tennis balls are dead by the time he sees them. He also said it happened quite frequently, especially with retrievers, and other dogs who like to play fetch!
Who would have thought, eh? |
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My dogs are never allowed to play with balls by themselves. Balls are too high value, I want that game to always be associated with me, never alone. They have other toys, but balls and tugs, nooooooo waaaaaay by themselves EVER!! |
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Sueincc,
Exactly what I was trying to say! The ball is a favorite toy and it is MY BALL but I let them play with me and MY BALL!
Vickie
www.PowerHausKennels.com
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I don't use tenns balls period (my dogs can pop them in half in about 15 seconds) and also do not leave dogs unattended with balls for throwing. That is for training time only. |
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Balls are too high value
this can be taken so many different ways sue! lol
i never allow my dogs to have any toy unless we are playing together. that goes for chew bones and the like.
i do find it interesting that people who train and work dogs all know this, yet the majority of pet owners havent a clue.
john |
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CATS.
small sharp parts can remove an eye!!
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I have working dogs, and they get to have their chew toys and their kongs to keep them statisfied, I use a tug for training so this makes the difference I suppose.
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I didn't think tennis balls were good for a dog anyhow. Supposedly, the glue on the ball is bad for the dogs enamal on the teeth. |
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RESPONSE LETTER FROM FOUR PAWS (In reference to "boycott" letter provided in the blog by the owner of the poor dog that got his tongue stuck....the link provided by KariM. )(I'm sure that besides me, there were a lot of them sent in! So here it is for what it's worth....)
Thank you for your recent note expressing concern over the Four Paws® Pimple Ball with Bell. We were equally alarmed to learn that a dog may have injured himself while playing with this toy.
Dogs have been enjoying the Pimple Ball with Bell for more than a decade with over 500,000 units sold. In all the years this product has been on the market, this is the first injury of this nature that we are aware of. Unfortunately, accidents sometimes happen. That’s why we recommend that dogs always be supervised when they are playing with any toy. We take great care in developing safe products for pets and their owners.
At this point we have identified the problem and are not shipping any more Pimple Balls. We have contacted customers that carry this product and have asked them to immediately return their inventory.
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cont. from above.....
Thank you for your concern and feedback. Please know that we are in direct communication with the pet owner whose dog was injured. At Four Paws, happy pets and satisfied pet owners are our number one priority. Rest assured we will continue to work hard to deliver on our priority.
Sincerely,
Allen Simon
President, CEO
Four Paws Products
Sent by Haley Birk on behalf of Allen Simon
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I know of someone that had a Corgi and she got her head stuck in a potato chip bag and suffocated, so now I rip mine before throwing them away.
I also had a shepherd that got a peice of bone wedged in the roof of his mouth, I had to pop it out with a screwdriver, he was very uncomfortable, but allowed me to do it. I have no idea how long he was like that. He had a big knuckle bone and must have gotten a peice off of it.
KIM
www.justk9s.com
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After reading this article I went outside to pick up and dispose of my puppy's Pimple Ball but it does have a hole at both ends, so I guess that makes it OK.
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My Dogs never have any toys in there kennels unsupervised,
They only get them in the Garden or after training, then i take them away For me its never worth the risk
Just recently a 10 month old pup belonging to a girl had to have an operation to remove a lump of rubber but the Dog went down hill before they realised what had gone wrong
Steve |
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These balls with the vacuum thing can happen when you are watching your dog, this is just an advisory that if you have these balls or something to put a second hole in it. Even if you are playing with your dog, and this happens it's gonna hurt even IF you are able to get it off! |
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