nearly all of the 330 million balls made worldwide each year eventually get chucked in the garbage
Think of how many dogs those balls could improve the lives of!
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PSA standard ("real") tennis balls are bad for dogs, especially their teeth.. https://sierraveterinary.com/2022/03/29/the-dangers-of-tennis-balls/
Interesting. I didn't know that. Thanks.
I wonder if raquette balls (non-fuzzy ….uhm… blue…. Er… balls…) are bad for the teeth- or for small dogs, squash balls (they’re smaller.) both are just hollow shells of rubber.
There might be a choking hazard depending on how they break up? A vet would be able to tell you more definitely.
They don’t really break up. At least, I’ve not seen a dog do that to them in the same way they destroy the fuzzy ones. Also they keep the bounce longer
I have a golden doodle and he will destroy almost any toy in a few minutes. The only exception is those solid rubbery dog toys, which take him several hours to start chipping away at.
They're probably fine but if you are really concerned, call a local veterinarian office and ask.
Annecdotally, my old dog loved racquet balls, and despite being a prodigious toy destroyer, never managed to destroy one. My current dog has a ball that's similar to a racquet ball in construction and feels like the same kind of rubber, and it's also holding up fine, although it's not exactly her favorite ball.
They are a bit smaller than a tennis ball, so depending on the size of your dog and how they play with them they could be a choking/swallowing hazard in that respect, but thats not something that's ever been a major concern with my dogs.
Just like most problems, this can easily be solved with enough golden retrievers
I bought 400 used tennis balls on eBay a few years ago for about $75. My dogs don't chew on them, just to fetch. And after a couple throws theres not much fluff left. It's slobber and dirt. Vet never complains about the state of their teeth. Great investment vs buying them new.
Am I the only one who sees tennis balls more as green than yellow? And no I am not colorblind, it just looks closer to lime green to me then yellow.
to me the ones in the photo are yellow but i usually see them green and imagine them green too
Ya the photo is definitely more yellowish but I play tennis regularly and I always see it as green in person.
Yellow and green are adjacent to each other on the visible spectrum so it’s easy for there to be colors “in between”, like the color of a tennis ball.
I don’t know what you experience as green or yellow. To me those balls look like what I would label yellow (tho on the greenish side rather than the orangeish side), but for all I know, what I actually see is what you would call green. Just that I’ve been taught this color is yellow.
So what if everyone actually has the same favorite color range, they just use different labels for it because they were taught that’s what the color they are seeing is? (I don’t really think that’s how it works, but I don’t know that it isn’t because experience is subjective, and how would you really test it when color names are arbitrary? Fun to think about.)
That's a thought I've always had a well, of we all actually like the same colours. Also could just be how you are raised. I remember calling tennis it green since I was a child and no one disagreed so the colour I see for a tennis ball, my brain sees as more green than yellow. It actually blew my mind when I first realized some people consider that colour to be yellow or at the very least closer to yellow.
They're grellow.
Natural rubber and wool takes 400 years to biodegrade???
https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/sports/g22777848/inside-a-tennis-ball/
The outer shell of the ball is 2/3 wool, 1/3 nylon.
The nylon does
Well, tennis balls existed before nylon, so I’m guessing eliminating the nylon shouldn’t be too difficult.
No, Tennis balls are not a distaster for the planet. It's fossil fuel companies and corrupt politicians that are a disaster. Don't get distracted by tennis balls.
Just send them to dog homes
Tennis balls aren't actually great for dogs.
100.000 balls during ONE tournament? That can't be right
Seriously what they are 2/3 wool and 1/3 nylon thread? This sounds like the most recyclable product I have ever fucking heard of. More bullshit. Dont post this junk, OP.