KONG Sport Balls – Medium, 3 Count

KONG Sport Balls – Medium, Pack of 3

These are not tennis balls. KONG mould them from rubber with extra-thick walls, print them as a basketball, a football and an eight-ball, and sell them three to a pack — so when one goes over the fence the game does not stop. There is no squeaker in them at all, which is the point for a dog that only wants to chase.

Medium is the everyday size for a dog that fetches properly. A tennis-ball felt cover wears teeth over years of use and a split tennis ball collapses; thick rubber does neither, and it bounces higher off hard ground.

Performance & Benefits

• Extra-thick rubber walls, which KONG describe as tougher and safer than a tennis ball.
• Extra bouncy, so throws travel further and the return is livelier.
• No squeaker — nothing inside to come loose.
• Three balls per pack, in assorted sport prints.
• No felt covering to hold grit against the teeth.
• Fits most standard ball launchers of the same diameter.

Suitable For

• Medium dogs that fetch daily and get through tennis balls.
• Owners who lose balls in long grass and want spares.
• Hard-surface play, where rubber bounces better than felt.
• Dogs that want the chase and are indifferent to squeakers.
• Not enough ball for a very large dog — the KONG Jumbler Ball Large/XLarge is sized for 60–90 lb dogs.

How to Use

• Throw or launch them; they are solid rubber and take a hard bounce.
• Rinse under a tap and air dry between sessions.
• Keep the spares back rather than putting all three out at once.
• Replace any ball that has been gouged or chewed out of round.

Specification

• Medium size, three balls per pack, assorted sport designs.
• Extra-thick rubber walls, no squeaker.
• KONG UPC 035585775630.
• KONG currently list the Sport Balls only as a Medium two-pack, UPC 035585775524, which they give as 3.25 × 3.25 × 3.25in and 0.2 lb in 75% vulcanised rubber and 25% polyester, banded at 30–65 lb.
• This three-pack is not on KONG's own site. The earlier store listing quoted 93% rubber and 7% polyester, which is not KONG's published figure.

Care & Caution

• A ball must be too big for the dog to get past its back teeth. Check the fit before the first throw.
• Balls are the commonest choking object in dogs — never use a size that can pass the molars.
• Take chewed or split balls out of circulation; rubber fragments can be swallowed.
• Supervise fetch, and do not leave balls down for a dog to chew alone.