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Where to get indestructible rubber ball?

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#1 ·
Bomber loves to play with balls the size of basketballs and volleyballs. The neighbors have thrown a couple in my yard and hes in heaven. They dont last long though. Ive gotten him one of those rubber holee-rollers and it lasted a little longer but he still killed it. All the indestructible ones I could find are a hard plastic, and he likes to play catch with it and I dont want a ball that will knock his teeth out.

I checked out the Jolly-balls also, they make them for horses and dogs, way too hard, he could never catch one without hurting himself.

Thanks.
 
#3 · (Edited)
Jollyballs have worn down Karlo's canines. My dogs can carry them around easily. I've bought the ones with the rope handle, the horse one with the rubber handle...they can crush them easily. THe harder the ball, the more wear and tear on the teeth. I have limited play to cuzballs, they are strong, the dog can't choke on them due to the feet and they bounce fine. Orbee ball is a second, but still prefer Cuz's(you can kill the squeaker if the dog doesn't first). Karlo absolutely loves his teaserball, bestball, eggeball but he injures himself out of his obsession.Tractor suppy has the best prices on jollyballs! or Elitek9 for the other big ones.
 
#5 ·
We have 2 dogs a 9 yr old GSD and a 9 month old GSD/Mastiff x. They love the jolly balls....however indestructible they are not. It is not a week before they have teeth marks all over them and with in 3 weeks they are gone...as in deflated, falling apart, etc. When we only had one dog they would last 4-6 weeks...now 3 is about the maximum. So it is an expensive little habit. Someone on here posted a ball made for pitbulls that is supposed to be guaranteed for 90 days with no damage...I will be looking at those next. Can't remember the name of the ball now....I will do some looking and let you know.
 
#6 ·
Just remember, teeth can be damaged by the 'indestructable' balls.
For parrots, our mantra was toys are made to be destroyed! You know they're playing with it, if it shows some wear and tear.
 
#7 ·
Mac loves his horse size Jolly Balls ... Both the flat ones I've accidentally run over and the ones that are still inflated!!! Slider likes the flat ones best. Bruiser & Faith don't like them!
 
#11 ·
I know I responded last night but I guess I should have read the title...

NO ball, or toy, is indestructible. Jane is absolutely correct that the harder the toy, the more it will wear teeth down.

Jax likes her Kong frisbee better than anything else. She's torn the center out of it and it still flies...a bit crooked but she doesn't care. She has Gappay balls that she really likes and her mouth is small enough that I don't worry about her swallowing it. Please keep that in mind when buying toys. Jane also poiinted out the Cuz toys have feet so can not become an airway restriction because they can't swallow them.

Jolly Balls - Have NEVER knocked any teeth out around here. Neither have kongs, ruffwear toys or frisbee's.
 
#12 ·
He wants me to throw the ball so he can run out and catch it.....one of those jolly balls are too heavy and hard to throw and have him catch across the yard..... surely hard on his teeth.
 
#13 ·
You can find smaller jolly balls in feed stores..

I have two sizes, and let me tell ya, they don't last long with "jaws" here..

She got a BIG one for xmas, and the handle is already half chewed off, and this is not from her laying around chewing on it..she is TOUGH on stuff,,I chuck the thing across the yard and she chases, soccer balls it,

One thing to keep in mind, I've read a few horror stories about dogs catching regular sized balls, and getting them STUCK down their throat..that makes me paranoid, especially if it was made of something 'slippery' like the indestructable/hard/jolly ball type material..
 
#14 ·
I would go get a Cuz they hold up really well are not gonna knock the dogs teeth out not a real choking hazard especially while playing fetch AND the dogs go crazy over the stupid things (trust me they become "stupid things" after 5 hours of non stop squeeking from the super happy dog lol) Also try a different holee roller. I bought one for Jinx and it fell apart pretty quick (not completely but has tears EVEYRWHERE) however the second one we tug like crazy with and she is always playing with it and it doesn't even have teeth marks. I think sometimes the rubber is just old or something when you buy them and you get a "bad" toy
 
#17 ·
I like to place a smaller holee roller into a larger one, it makes it more fun for the dog...though they don't hold up that great and tossing them is a dud when they land. My dogs love the bouncier balls.