Last week I blogged about a toy dog ball that had caused a dog, named Chai, to lose his tongue after the ball got stuck. Chai’s owners contacted the company, Four Paws, and they have issued a recall of the ball, the Four Paws Rough & Rugged Pimple Ball with Bell.
Four Paws is deeply concerned about reports of injuries suffered by some dogs as a result of a manufacturing defect in some of its Pimple Ball with Bell toys. We have stopped shipping the toys to our distributors and asked them to have retailers remove the toys from their shelves immediately and return them at Four Paws expense.
In addition, we have halted shipments of the toys from the manufacturer and we are sending Executive Vice President Barry Askin to personally inspect the manufacturer’s facility in order to make sure that the defect has been corrected.
Four Paws is also changing the packaging of its Pimple Balls with Bells to make it easier to inspect them for potential defects and we are individually inspecting every one of the toys in inventory in order to identify any that may be defective.
Consumers who have purchased one of the toys identified by the UPC listed below, should immediately take the toy away from their pet. You may return the Pimple Ball with Bell for replacement to the address listed below. Should you have any questions, please feel free to call us at 1-800-835-0909.
See the Four Paws website for the UPC codes and descriptions of the balls being recalled.
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This is scary. Dogs can get into so much trouble that we never think about.