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Post by AnnaAmber on Apr 10, 2013 20:36:37 GMT
AA; well, I was talking about tennis looking balls, dog or tennis, but why shouldn't I let you off? I mean the Kong Air Squeaky tennis balls
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Post by SarahHound on Apr 10, 2013 21:08:44 GMT
Nope, Katy is really good to her balls. Kong AirSqueaker balls are her favourite. We still have to buy a good supply of them though, as she looses them so often! Never destroyed though.
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Post by charlottte on Apr 11, 2013 6:33:11 GMT
I just realised, I clicked that I use both, but I think I use dog? A dog that walks down the alley behind my house often drops a ball under our gate and we don't know who it is to return them. We have about 7 or 8 now lol
Jasper often trots in with it from the garden and they're blue, red or green so they're not TENNIS balls.
I tend to buy the rubbery foam type ones as they don't get as slimy and the mud washes off. All that being said, jasper would rather chase a frisbee (or a sock on a rope. He loooves a sock)
Jaspers not a massive chewer and would rather chew on a softer toy or his Stagbar. His Stagbar gets a really good hammering!
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Post by scallywag on Apr 11, 2013 7:29:44 GMT
[quote source="/post/6527/thread" timestamp="1365624348" Hopefully you do not pick up with your ESS! Not sure what you are saying here smokeybear ?
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Post by BorderTerrier on Apr 11, 2013 8:17:26 GMT
AA; Tennis ball? Its in
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Post by gladys on Apr 11, 2013 15:32:06 GMT
We use Tennis balls as they fit in the ball chucked nicely, which I have to use if on my own as my back injury complains because of the amount of times Cooper wants to play fetch. And there is no way Cooper would be able to swallow one!! The tennis balls for dog last about 2 throws before they are flattened?? So I don't both with them anymore. We also use a ball that use to be a ball on a rope, but the rope gave in years ago. Cooper loves this ball and it's very good for piggy in the middle fetch game, which is Coopers favourite game. Like collieslave we also buy JW balls and they go on FOREVER. The cuz ball it still squeaking after 3 years.
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Post by BorderTerrier on Apr 11, 2013 16:01:04 GMT
Those ball chuckers are handy aren't they Gladys!! I am not so keen when Earl chooses to play fetch with a ball out of its size max
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Post by gladys on Apr 11, 2013 17:53:38 GMT
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Post by SarahHound on Apr 11, 2013 17:56:12 GMT
We love our ball thrower too And when Katy is bored of her ball, she uses it as a stick
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Post by orpheous87 on Apr 11, 2013 19:00:45 GMT
Another ball thrower fan here. The way that Ellie plays fetch, a thrower is essential! We have to use two balls at once and as soon as she sees the thrower being lifted up, Ellie will drop the ball she's carrying and race off for the next ball before it's even thrown!
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Post by gladys on Apr 11, 2013 19:20:37 GMT
Yeah they are a fantastic invention!! Couldn't find ours today, think it was in hubbys car and he was out seeing clients so I had to just chuck the ball. The result is half the distance and now I have a back thats moaning. Hopefully Cooper appreciates the things I do for him to keep him fit and happy.
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Post by orpheous87 on Apr 11, 2013 19:53:37 GMT
We have two - one with a long handle and one with a short handle! The short one sometimes gets more distance than the long one, but obviously the long one is better to pick the ball up with! Oh no, your poor back! Haha, I'm sure he does! He'll have had a great time, no matter how far you were throwing the ball for him.
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Post by BorderTerrier on Apr 11, 2013 19:55:31 GMT
Haha, I think the small handles may be for small people like myself - even though I have a long
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Post by gladys on Apr 12, 2013 20:04:03 GMT
orpheous87 - He gave me lots of snuggles so I think he does. BorderTerrier - If thats the case I would need an extra long handled one then??
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Post by brandy on Apr 12, 2013 22:34:30 GMT
Proper tennis balls all the way! I do flyball and agility with both my dogs, and flyball by its nature means they play with real tennis balls (its a rule in competition), and my Staffy cross has a real tennis ball on a tuggy as her reward for training and agility. I don't think real tennis balls are dangerous at all, dogs should be supervised and played with, while a ball is out that's the whole point of a ball isn't it? I have 'play time' where the ball comes out the cupboard and gets played with, then when I've had enough it gets put away again, and then they have good old tuggies and bones to play with on their own. They are much easier to buy in bulk and I stick mine in a pillow case and wack them in the washing machine with no powder now and then to get them looking new (we do this for all our competition tennis balls in flyball before every comp). No harm has ever come to any of my dogs or any dogs that I know through flyball because they play with real tennis balls.
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