At work on Wednesday, we had an emergency where a lady had thrown a ball for her German Shepherd, he'd caught it in his mouth but it got stuck at the entrance to his throat. Well by the time she got to us, he had died . He was only 1. I tried to get the ball out in the car park, but it was solid. When we finally removed it (too late for the dog unfortunately), it was a really rock solid, hard ball, nothing was going to budge it. I've seen 2 of these in the past year. Just wanted to say to people, not saying don't play ball with your dog, obviously it's huge fun for everyone, but consider getting one of those balls attached to a rope, or use a tennis ball or something that can be punctured quickly if needs be. I couldn't bear for this to happen to anybody else. Apologies if i've upset anyone, but this has been on my mind since Weds, is a horrible thing obviously, for any one/dog to go through