Hector has had a Kong Wubba for a month and has great fun playing with it. However he can be destructive and even though this is a strong toy he has managed to dismantle it.

Why I am posting this warning is because inside the webbing casing there are two balls and not a kong shaped thing like you might expect. One ball is large and squeaks (the blue one) the other is a small tennis type ball which only measures about one and a half inches across - THIS COULD CHOKE A DOG GETTING IT STUCK IN ITS THROAT.

Here are some photos:

The toy for sale:


After Hector has chewed the casing open:




I am going to write to the manufacturers. I've taken the rest of the toy from Hector to avoid any problems.

I have looked at a couple of places selling them on the net and some do state that they are made up of "Durable Reinforced Nylon Fabric Covers Two Rubber Squeaker Balls In The Small Size and A Squeaker Ball And Solid Tennis Ball In The Large Size."

Val (and Hector)

thanks for that - i'd been looking at them in PAH, think i'll give them a miss now

Eeek - Beemie loves his baby kong wubba (he only gets to play with it with me though) We've just bought one of the water ones fo r when he gets bigger too.

Will watch the thread with interest!

Just put mine in the bin - thanks for posting this

Hx

Supervised play only from now on
Horrified at what could have happened

Thanks for the warning. Kimba has a blue one which he absolutely loves. Luckily I only use it for training.. he never has it by himself.. partly because he has a particular skill at chewing up toys

dont think you need to bin it, just play with it under supervision and if they start to destroy it, then bin it.

Barney has destroyed his Wubba too - got the small ball out first and was totally obsessed as it has all the best toys in one - a tennis ball that squeaks! Fortunatly we were around and were able to get him to hand it over. The second ball most certainly isn't a normal tennis ball either and appears quite flimsy without it's fabric cover.

It's not a toy I will be looking to replace with another one.

Doh - silly me, I just go and have a word with myself

Hx

I suppose with alot of toys many dogs will be fine but there is always going to be some who can dismantle them . I was just shocked that they would use such a small, solid ball in a toy which was obviously meant for a dog with a mouth size which could allow it to choke on it - albiet in extreme circumstances.

Poor Heckie is most put out

i just assumed there was a kong inside the wubba - I love their kongs, 15mins instant peace when needed must look at the water ones

I love the wubbas, they're the toys of joy, but they only get played with when we're in charge they're our toys not his, but I shall be really careful in case they break now, thank you

Lucy killed one in about 30 minutes while she was here with us, I was pretty horrified that it wasn't a kong shaped toy as well.

poppy and jasper have one each - not destroyed as yet
we discovered a similar ickle ball hiding inside a little sqeaky dick they had - took the ickle ball out and now they play with it minus its inards

A little squeaky what??!!!