Tennis balls

suvla_2

Where is the cheapest for tennis balls in quantitys over 20? Cheapest I can find them at is £0.50 a ball I'm sure there's cheaper somewhere else it's just our collie gets through them so quickly bless him

krlyr

Be careful buying cheap regular tennis balls if your dog chews them up - the coating can be more abrasive than on those designs specifically for dogs
http://www.avds-online.org/info/wornteeth.html
http://www.petmeds.org/petmeds-spotlight/tennis-balls-and-your-dog%E2%80%99s-teeth/#.U0qMVFfDtcA

System

Any UK based info on this rather than 2 US ones?

krlyr

There's plenty available on Google, I just grabbed the first two.

http://www.dentalvets.co.uk/docs/Toys%20for%20Dogs%20from%20a%20Dental%20Perspective.pdf
http://www.vetdentalspecialist.co.uk/useful-information.php

I know many dogs play with tennis balls all their life and are fine, but where there are risks of choking, and there are other alternative toys available, I personally choose not to take the risk any more.

My Rottie x did get lots of tennis balls when younger, and some of her teeth are quite worn - don't know whether it's related or not, but she doesn't get tennis balls anymore. Infact, I don't tend to play chase much with my dogs either, although it's good for physically wearing them out, I find it can be a bit of a detrimental form of exercise - gets them fuelled with adrenaline which can cause/aggravate behavioural issues (it certainly helped Kiki's separation anxiety to quit the chasing games), the sudden starts and stops aren't good for their joints, and so on. I prefer now to play games that involve brain power as well as physical exercise.

Shoshannah

Please be really careful with tennis balls - they are like sandpaper for teeth! I don't recommend them.

zaksmum

I don't buy tennis balls any more for my dogs.

When Jack was a puppy he chewed and ate half a tennis ball and was horribly sick.

The inside of the ball reeked - a strong glue/rubber smell - definitely NOT what I want in my dogs' tums!

Apart from that, they don't last two minutes once the dogs get their jaws around them. I buy the more solid balls to throw for them now.

suvla_2

Ok cheers for the advice would you recommend the foam balls instead as they are not quite as solid , only thing I worry about with the foam ones is he will rip them to shreds and eat them my dog just loves fetch

Lieja

What about one of the heavy rubber balls? Providing you don't give him something small enough to swallow/choke on I assume they're alright?

getcarter

Ebay for branded balls, tennis clubs? failing that contact a flyball club, they might be willing to sell you some.


Always get the branded ones though not the cheap 'pet' ones

mtbbuxton

Have you tried the Kong tennis balls?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kong-Squeakair-Ball-Medium-Pack/dp/B000A8CUSM/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1397588322&sr=8-4&keywords=kong+toys+dog

They do them in different sizes or there is also a hard rubber ball made by Kong.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kong-KB1-Ball-Medium/dp/B0002DHOJA/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&qid=1397588442&sr=8-20&keywords=kong+toys+dog

Copied the first link I saw on Amazon so you'd probably want to have a look round to compare prices.

M x