It seems that our Dachshunds go through a lot of dog balls.  Perhaps it the constant chewing on the yummy plastic or latex that makes them only last a few days, but the real culprit is Molly.  She simply destroys the ball trying to get that little squeaker out.

I always bought a pair of dog balls when we only had Chloe and Odie, but now with the third one, I usually end up getting three balls.  Of course, they all want the same ball regardless if there are two or three new balls to play with, so now I only get one for them to fight over.

Since these toys do not last very long, I buy the cheapest ball from PetSmart.  The 99 cent plastic ball is very durable and lasts longer than more expensive latex balls.   Plus, Molly does not rip the plastic balls to shreds.

We have to be really careful with latex balls since Molly will eat the pieces of rubber that she chewed off to get to the squeaky center.

This means that we have to supervise her when she is playing with latex dog balls.  No more than a few minutes or so and the ball goes back up on the shelf until it’s playtime again.

This makes the ball last about a week while the plastic ones are ignored lying on the carpet.

I’m somewhat surprised that they don’t like to play with tennis balls.  Tennis balls are a little harder to handle with a smaller mouth and don’t have that squeaky factor.

Occasionally, they get a rubber dog ball to play with but those don’t last very long with Dachshunds.  A couple of chews and they split down the middle or a huge chunk of rubber vanishes or is left behind on the carpet to clean up.

Now if I can train our dogs on how to use a dog ball launcher like “Jerry the Dachshund,” I could get more work done.  But where’s the fun in that?