Retriever Rescue

This has been cross-posted from sister site www.homealabrador.net and from the lab forum.

Dangerous Toy Alert


Can I just alert people's attention to a dangerous toy on the market bought at Crufts by my friend who has one of my pups. The toy is called a Busy Buddy made by Premier. It is a Kong type toy, dumbbell in shape of hard rubber with holes in either end of the dumbbell to put treats etc. into. Well my friend gave this toy to her 7 month old pup with treats in, and after five minutes saw him scrabbling around on the floor she went to take it off him and found him to have his tongue trapped in the hole by the vacuum it had caused. His tongue wouldn't come out and was swelling up and causing him to choke. She couldn't cut the toy off as the rubber was too thick and of course he was panicking ... as she was. She had to rush him to the vet last night to have him sedated while the vet cut him free. He is now home safe but a very bruised tongue and also badly bitten where he was chewing his tongue with his teeth trying to free himself. Couldn't imagine what would have happened if she hadn't seen him and not been there. Puppy would certainly have died. Friend is going to write to the manufacturer to tell them.

Kongs are fine as they have a hole in the top too, so a vacuum isn't caused inside. But because each end of this toy was solid in the middle, they aren't safe , so just a warning to anyone who may have one or anything similar.
Trish, Moshanta Border Collies
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Crikey thats scarey

Its obvious that somethings are unsafe, particulalry where the plastic eyes come off and stuffings come out, as everything looses its eyes first here...but toys like this...not sure I'd have realised that it was a danger to start off with?

we have to be careful what we give Holly as she is a 'toy vandal' She has destroyed stuffed toy's, frisbee's, football's squeaky toys and at least 1 tennis ball per week (not alway's hers either) We only give her hard rubber balls now and take them off her when she get's home. The only thing we leave her with are dog chews. you can never be too careful, it's like having small children again but Holly is better behaved !