The Destruction of the Virtually Indestructable Ball!!

[3MTA3]

First, start off with a new ball.
As you can see, though, the early stages of destruction are visible on this ball. Since the destruction is in its early stages, there’s no interest in carrying it outside. Let's call this stage I.
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OK, Hopscotch, show ‘em how it’s done!
Stage II includes plug removal.
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As you can see, the destruction is quite obvious!
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Stage III: Destruction is more than obvious, but the ball is still functional!
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...and Stage IV: Destruction is almost complete. Ball no longer rolls.
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Er…..ball no longer rolls….
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OK, OK! Dexter says a half a ball is better no balls!!
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[CASH]

make a nice water dish now....lol

[CHATNJACK]

Go to your local Goodwill, Thrift Shop, Flea-Market, ect and buy a used bowling ball, then take it to your local bowling alley and have them fill the holes. I have numerous and my dogs have hours of fun with them, especially in the kennels. The last ball I bought I paid $3 for at Goodwill, then $ 2 total to fill and sand/smooth the holes out at the bowling alley. Tada! Perfect indestructible safe ball for you dog to play with. Those plastic balls and Kong’s can kill your dog if they accidentally swallow a piece of rubber when they chew it off. If you don’t believe me call and ask your vet what can happen if your dog accidentally swallows a piece of rubber and it gets lodged somewhere in his intestinal tract or stomach and what exploratory surgery will cost you to find and remove it before it rots or rotten’s any worse and kills your dog! I say “rotten’s any worse” because normally your dog doesn’t show any signs of being sick until it’s almost to late in cases like I’ve just described. As most of you already know, my best friend is a veterinarian and I’ve seen so many cases of people’s dogs who’ve swallowed a piece off a Kong or some type of rubber chew toy.

CHATNJACK

[Peanutsmommy]

we have had good luck with the egge and the boomer ball.

[green machine]

Jack is right, At the vet where my wife works at the minimum they charge for exploratory surgery is $900.

[Peanutsmommy]

toys should always be supervised. we never leave peanut alone with anything. he gets an empty hallway and a water bowl. toys are only when we are with him.

[CHATNJACK]

toys should always be supervised. we never leave peanut alone with anything. he gets an empty hallway and a water bowl. toys are only when we are with him.

Please do not take offense to this Peanutsmommy and by no means am I trying to insult, belittle or hurt your feelings but… you’ve totally missed my point just like so many other owners do until it’s to late and their dog is dead. I stand by what I said 100%. “Those plastic balls and Kong’s can kill your dog if they accidentally swallow a piece of rubber when they chew it off.” NOTICE that I said accidentally and that includes even when your dog is being supervised. Accidents happen. Ask Pat Patrick It only takes a very small piece of plastic or rubber to kill your dog and it is absolutely physically impossible for you to see the inside of your dogs mouth while it’s chewing on and swallowing something. Absolutely impossible! Pat Patrick had a (most all of the oldtimers know this story and it‘s even been posted numerous times online but I‘m honestly to tired right now to search for it, try doing a search on the story for yourself) famous Tombstone/Bolio dog who got sick and almost died and for the life of them (his vet’s) none could figure out what was wrong with the dog. He spent a few grand, around eight thousand I think but don’t quote me on that but eventually they finally saved the dog. The veterinarians did x-ray’s after x-ray’s, exploratory surgery after surgery… nothing. Then right when the dog was inches from death and what Pat Patrick himself said was, “the last go at it”, one of the veterinarians found stuck up somewhere in between the dogs intestines and stomach (I’m not really sure where and don’t remember the exact details but….) was a very small piece off of the rubber tire swing that the dog used as a toy. After the dog made a full recovery Pat retired him to stud, breeding him only the best Tombstone/Bolio bitches on his yard (Heck, I’d of bred that little sucker too to try and recover some of the expenses he’d caused me if I was in Pat Patrick’s shoe’s). A lot of people and probably some of you who own a Tombstone/Bolio dog bred by Pat Patrick who are members of this forum owe him a lot of gratitude because a lot of very good dogs today wouldn’t even exist if he hadn’t have saved that dog. Take the chance with your dog if you want to after all, it is your dog but, the old saying has never been so true especially in situations like this… BETTER SAFE, THAN SORRY!

Kindest regards & God bless!
CHATNJACK

[Dansgrizz]

Maverick swallowed a peice of plastic and went down hill FAST!! they said leave him here and wait a day and we will see if the plastic dislodges itself. 6 hours later we got a call and they asked for permission to rush him into surgery and i was giving an $800 credit card deposit over the phone. That specific surgery cost about $2000 and they didnt even breach the intestine. they were able to milk it out the intestine(they squeezed the intestine til it shot out his butthole lol).

[George Bailey]

Removing a blockage from the intestine always leaves the dog at risk for sepsis, I've known a couple of dogs who got through the surgery and went septic and died, despite the best vet care.

George Bailey

[RileyRoo]

Go to your local Goodwill, Thrift Shop, Flea-Market, ect and buy a used bowling ball, then take it to your local bowling alley and have them fill the holes. I have numerous and my dogs have hours of fun with them, especially in the kennels. The last ball I bought I paid $3 for at Goodwill, then $ 2 total to fill and sand/smooth the holes out at the bowling alley. Tada! Perfect indestructible safe ball for you dog to play with. Those plastic balls and Kong’s can kill your dog if they accidentally swallow a piece of rubber when they chew it off. If you don’t believe me call and ask your vet what can happen if your dog accidentally swallows a piece of rubber and it gets lodged somewhere in his intestinal tract or stomach and what exploratory surgery will cost you to find and remove it before it rots or rotten’s any worse and kills your dog! I say “rotten’s any worse” because normally your dog doesn’t show any signs of being sick until it’s almost to late in cases like I’ve just described. As most of you already know, my best friend is a veterinarian and I’ve seen so many cases of people’s dogs who’ve swallowed a piece off a Kong or some type of rubber chew toy.

CHATNJACK

do you have some pics of the bowling balls? new and played with? I think I may look around for some and would or could it bust out teeth? just a quick question sorry.

[green machine]

Great posts Jack, very well said. I couldn't agree more, With my wife working in a vets office, you wouldn't believe the amount of dogs that come in due to intestinal blockage. dog got into something, swallowed part of their toy, and to think it could have all been avoided. I know accidents happen, but like it was said above. better safe than sorry.

[Peanutsmommy]

i do agree with you Chatnjack it does happen (btw i didnt take offense :)) and it just takes a blink of an eye. basically what i ment though is we have a routine in our house all toys are picked up and put in his box before they are given they get looked at any damage (even tiny damage) the toy is gone then when the toy is being picked up we look again to make sure nothing is missing. we tend to buy toys that are too big to fit in Peanuts mouth like the egge or the boomer ball. anyways, i was just meaning our routine with toys and the toys we do choose are not as easily destroyed due to size/shape of the toy.

[smith family kennels]

I will have to say this just doesnt go for toys lol. If you have a chewer that can literally destory anything in sight just for shits n giggles you have to be careful. I have two that will do that. One has eatten every crate in my house and the other one has eatten 3 dogs house just this past winter. And just this past winter I thought I was going to lose his stupid butt because I figured a piece of his house got lodged inside him from him eatting it. I was lucky to find out the little shit just caught anumonia because he no longer had a roof on his dog house. Either way he got really sick and required care.