dirtychicken Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 I received a link in an email this morning (thank you again, Muriel ) to a blog containing a story about a dog who was injured after playing with a toy ball. The ball was one of the rubber, dimpled balls with a bell in the middle. The dog chewed through the rubber and a vaccuum was created, sucking his tongue into the hollow centre of the ball. The story is terrible and the link is here: Chai's Story There have been other incidences of this sort of thing happening with the same sort of toy and it appears to happen when there is only one hole in the ball. If there is another, smaller hole in the ball then the vaccuum effect is avoided. I checked through our toy box today and found that we had several of this type of toy which we had bought/been given for Bran. Some of them had the extra hole but more of them didn't and have now been binned. Please just have a quick look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranirottie Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 you can solve the problem by heating a small screwdriver, or similar, and making several small holes in the ball. This allows the air to be released when it is squashed or chewed. x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracey.s Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 That poor dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtychicken Posted August 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 you can solve the problem by heating a small screwdriver, or similar, and making several small holes in the ball. This allows the air to be released when it is squashed or chewed. x I was planning to do something similar, but I just gave up and binned it because once something gets put to the side for "something" to be done later, it just doesn't happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtychicken Posted August 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 Just getting the message across *bump* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtychicken Posted January 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 (edited) Just bumping this to post an update on this: Pimple Ball Recall Edited January 17, 2009 by dirtychicken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EAD Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 Just chucked one out after reading this, Alfie has it half chewed anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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