Chuckit! Ultra Ball

My dogs love these balls, definitely a main staple and repurchase in our house. They last a lot of chewing and are some of the only balls that my dogs have not destroyed quickly. They have good bounce and are easy to find because of the nice color.

Though I’d call them 5 star , I had to take away one star due to a part of the design that has the potential to make them dangerous. They are sealed with one ‘plug’ that after about 3 months of munching came out. It has happened to every one of these balls we have owned. 3 months is a pretty good life span, but toys with single holes have the danger of the suction effect (some dogs can get their tongues stuck in the hole due to suction) , and so I constantly have to check these to make sure the dogs haven’t knocked the plug out accidentally. I wish chuck it had a very small hole on the other side, you could drill one yourself !, to prevent a suction problem. Just make sure you check them after heavy use 🙂

Update:
Fantastic balls! Until the end of May this year, we’d had the same two balls since 4 September 2016. During those 9 months they had been thrown, chased, caught, bounced on concrete surfaces, and chewed, yet they were still in ‘as new’ condition. In March I wrote “I don’t know how the manufacturer makes money because they are truly virtually indestructible”. And two months later I lost one! I threw it into the sea in Cornwall, for Polly to retrieve, and the tide took it away. We still have one of the originals, plus two new ones – ordered the night it was cast out to sea, because my ball maniac could not do without it (we’d left one at home 300 miles away). These balls are more at risk of loss than splitting or being chewed into pieces. Love them.

Original Review:
I have a ball-crazy Staffy. She constantly brings balls to me hoping I’ll play with her, and throws them around by herself if I won’t. She trashes a tennis ball in 2 minutes – pulling the fluffy fabric off, splitting it in half down the seam, and then chewing it to pieces. So tennis balls were banned, as were all dog balls bar the hard solid rubber ones….. but, although not a chewer normally, she does chew her way through them if left to play alone with one. Her teeth just sink into them, and I find little bits everywhere. The solid rubber balls are heavy, and I can’t throw them far. They strain my neck, shoulder, and elbow, when I launch them with a thrower. Also, they are too hard and heavy for Polly to catch from a height or a distance, and I’m always afraid they’ll dislocate her jaw when catching them from a height.

Her ‘friends’ have different Chuckit balls (whistlers, rebounders, and glow balls, which don’t float) and, whilst looking to buy her a set of these, I came across these Ultra balls – which looked far better for my dog. I read some of the 1300+ reviews for the Ultra balls, and I must say I was sceptical about them being virtually indestructible in a Staffy’s jaws. But, we’ve had them for two weeks now, played with them daily, and they are absolutely amazing – so far!

Within minutes, on the day they arrived, I heard one of them squelching as she brought it back to me and my heart sank. I thought she had punctured it already, but then I discovered the secret of this amazing ball, and what makes it almost indestructible. There’s a tiny hole, in a groove, which allows the ball to squash between the teeth/jaws, pushing the air out, and preventing the teeth from penetrating its strong textured rubber. The squelching was Polly’s slobber, in the hole. Amazing!

I’m over the moon with these balls. Initially I thought they were rather expensive for a dog ball, but now I don’t begrudge a penny of their cost. The medium size seems to fit all types of standard sized launchers. I’ve owned dogs (as an adult) for over 40 years – three of which were Staffies – and I’ve never before been able to go out and leave my dog at home alone with a ball to occupy itself, without it being destroyed. In a short time, these balls will more than pay for themselves. I’m paranoid about losing them (as they are so bouncy) but, in the event that we do, I won’t hesitate to replace them with the same. They’ve given us so much pleasure already.

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These Chuckit Ultra Balls are the the best discovery ever, where my two Springers are concerned! In fact I’m not kidding when I say that my older pup, Bella, loves hers almost as much as she loves her food – which is saying something! She carries her ball around with her everywhere, sometimes even falling asleep with it in her mouth – and I sometimes throw dog treats to her when she’s carrying it around and she will let the treat just bounce off her nose rather than let go of her ball (much to the younger pup’s delight lol!). But enough of my crazy animals… These Chuckit Ultra Balls have lasted a good year so far, with no sign of damage. They are heavy enough to go a fair distance when through, but soft and light enough that they don’t hurt if they hit either you or your dog. They also float, and don’t get revoltingly soggy like tennis balls do. Fantastic! 😁

These are just brilliant! I was slightly sceptical at first if I’m totally honest, with them being hollow but that really isn’t an issue at all as they must be super strong! And I say that as I have a Staffy! He absolutely loves destroying balls and goes through tennis balls in afew seconds so I had to resort to the solid rubber balls and take them off him at the end of each walk but he still manages to knaw off chunks of them, and luckily spits it out not swallows. So after Chuck it Ultra balls were recommended to me I decided to give them ago as a birthday present for my ‘Tyson’. He loves them n sits chewing on them for ages, squishing them in his mouth constantly! They are made from strong natural durable rubber, and in the case of my dog I would highly recommend them as being staffy proof. Very happy with these.
***Edit:- It is now February 2017 and both these balls are still totally in tact and are still his favourite balls.

My gal is 80 pounds of german shep/black lab. She’s 2 and still acts like a puppy. If we don’t play hardcore chuck-it throws 2-3 times a day, she is too much to handle. Literally she will play and run as far as we can throw these for 45 minutes straight. These balls are amazing. They bounce well and they hold up to her chewing them 24/7 like gum. Even sleeps with them. She has yet to chew them up. Mainly we loose them over a fence or in bushes, so every few months I buy 8 or so. They are half the price on Amazon compared to local stores. My girl will go out of her way to only chew the solid orange ones. They must taste better. Then the orange and blue, then the solid blue and glow in the dark are last. I don’t see what the difference is, but she knows.