WARNING! Four Paws Pimple Ball Poses Dangers to Pets!  

This is an awful story! I have seen the sort of ball you're talking about. I always worried that the dog would somehow swallow the bell inside, but it never occured to me that so much damage could happen in the way described here.

I cannot imagine the pain that poor Chai has endured. :( I am surprised that he is even able to live without a tongue. I can't help but wonder if the article means that part of the tongue was amputated, and not all of it?

It it so thoughtful of you to post this information here. I hope that a lot of people see it.

Hi whiteheather...yes unfortunately I was aware of these pet toys and actually did a discussion about it about five months ago warning mylotters about them. I also just submitted an article to Associated Content about another danger, and had done a discussion about toxic pet toys...ones that are made in where else, China, that high levels of lead paint. What amazes me, the dangers of the "toxic" toys have been known for over a year, yet none are being recalled, just as these Four Paws balls haven't been either.

This is terrible. I am going to check my toy box for my dogs and just to make me feel better....I will double check. I had not seen this and my chihuahua loves balls. He has all kinds. I want to be sure this cant happen to them. Appreciate the information!

What a beautiful dog and what a sad sad story. I watched the video and the tears were falling. I would not have put my dog through the pain and the difficulties of rehabilitation I'm afraid but to each their own.

I feel such anger towards the company...if they had attended to the problem with a minor change of adding an extra hole in the ball, then this problem and their being called on it would not have occurred. It's shameful and crazy.

Well, I definitely will not be buying any such types of balls for my dog. Thank you for letting us know about it. And I am sorry to hear that Chai had to suffer in order to bring this to the public's attention.

That is really horrible. I hope that no other dogs are injured in this way. It sounds like something that could have easily been preventable. I will not buy this toy for my pet that's for sure. You have to be careful with some of those pet toys. They arent all good for pets.

My Scottish terrier destroys most toys so quickly and swallows pieces too often. I've given up toys of any kind except a small hard rubber tire. He's had it for two years and it doesn't even show a tooth mark. Even the hard rubber triple tier treat holders are no match for his teeth. The bad part is the tire weighs a ton and he drops it on my foot to get my attention.

Thank you for letting everyone know about this particular toy. How awful to have to amputate a dog's tongue. He's havin to relearn how to eat because the tongue moves the food around to the right spot for the teeth to chew. Poor darling, I hope he survives. His owner is truly dedicated to him.

That poor dog! He's lucky to have an owner who cares enough to do everything possible to help him.

We stopped buying any toys for our Scottish terrier. He usually destroys them within a couple of minutes and swallows pieces. He now has only one toy we trust him with and that's a hard rubber tire. After two years, it doesn't even have a tooth mark on it!

Thank you for passing on the information on a very dangerous pet toy.

This is awful! Oh the poor dog!! In all honesty, I think she should've put the poor thing down because that looks to be too much for him to endure and for so long. That's not a quality of life for this poor dog. I can understand she wants to keep him but it's being selfish, really. Like my Gracie, I would never let her suffer and would've put her down the other day but decided to try the medicine, which is working but it's more like a "right now it works" sort of thing whereas this poor dog has already lived majority of it's life and is in a great deal of pain, she should have put him down humanely instead of keeping him alive because it would've been the "right thing to do." I hope she doesn't let him suffer for too much longer because it's not fair on the poor creature.

OMG I was almost near tears as I read this. Don't they test they products before they put it out there on the market for people to buy? That poor, poor dog. I have seen this toy ball before & I am sooooo glad that I never thought to buy this toy for either of my dogs. If I were that dog's owner I would sue that company. That poor dog. The pain that he must have gone through. My heart breaks at the thought.