Kong Airdog Squeaker Football Large

KONG AirDog Squeaker Football – Large

A football shape is the reason to buy this rather than a ball: the oval refuses to roll straight, so every bounce sends the dog somewhere it was not expecting. For a dog that has got bored of a round ball coming back predictably, that unpredictability is most of the game.

KONG build it from the same non-abrasive tennis material as the rest of the AirDog range, with a squeaker inside. This is the Large, barcode 035585775241 — one of the two sizes KONG currently list for the Squeaker Football, the other being the Medium at 035585775234.

Performance & Benefits

• Oval body bounces off at unpredictable angles, extending a chase that a round ball would end.
• Non-abrasive KONG tennis material, gentler on teeth than a tennis ball's felt.
• Squeaker inside rewards the pick-up and encourages the dog to bring it back.
• Large size gives a big dog something it cannot simply swallow the end of.
• Throws well by hand; the point of the oval carries further than a sphere.

Suitable For

• Large dogs, roughly 30–65 lb (about 14–29kg) on KONG's published guidance.
• Dogs that have lost interest in plain fetch balls.
• Open grass and beach play rather than confined rooms.
• Not suited to a dog that destroys soft-covered toys — the black KONG Extreme range is built for those jaws.

How to Use

• Throw it to bounce rather than to land dead, which is where the shape earns its keep.
• Keep sessions to a sensible length; erratic-bounce chasing is harder work than a straight retrieve.
• Dry it out after wet play before putting it away.
• Clean with warm water and a grease-cutting dish soap, then rinse well.

Specification

• Size Large. KONG catalogue reference ASFB2 for the range, barcode 035585775241.
• Oval tennis-material body with an internal squeaker.
• KONG currently list Medium and Large for this shape.
• No published dimensions or weight from KONG, so none are stated here.

Care & Caution

• Once the covering splits, the squeaker becomes an ingestion hazard. Retire the toy at that point.
• KONG themselves say no safe dog toy is completely indestructible — supervise fetch and put the toy away afterwards.
• A Large football is still small enough to lodge in a very big dog's throat; size up rather than down if you are between sizes.