An Important Warning . . .
If you are a dog lover who spends any amount of time on the Internet, you might have already seen the warning about the danger of “one hole” rubber balls, that are such popular “fetch” balls. If you haven’t please read The Chai Story, which was posted by Chai’s owner on a Blogspot entry. It tells the horrifying tale of what happened to Chai, a 10-year-old lab-mix, who was severely injured when his tongue was sucked into the interior hole of a rubber ball that he had chewed through into the hole. The ball’s design created, in effect, a vacuum action that trapped the dog’s tongue. The image below shows the ball, after it was surgically removed from Chai’s mouth because his tongue became so swollen, that it could not be removed without anesthesia. After tremendous suffering, and $5,000 worth of medical care, the poor Chai’s tongue had to be amputated because the ball had cut off blood flow for too long a time.
Chai’s owner has not had much luck getting the attention of the company that manufacture the poorly designed ball. The toy, which was manufactured by Four Paws Inc, is called “Pimple Ball with Bell (Item #20227=001, UPC Code 0 4566320117 9). Chances are good that other similar balls might be on the market as well, so please check your dog toys and protect your pet from such a terrible injury. And read the blog item to learn more about Chai’s ordeal and about other dogs who were injured by this toy.
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