My dogs love a ball that is distributed by General Cage called a prickly ball . It is about 4 inches in diameter , made of latex, is red in color, squeeks, and has short little spiney protrusions . The dogs seem to love the way it feels when they squeeze it in their mouth so they don't chew it up they just squeeze it and squeek it . It bounces very well and they love to catch it . It is so easy to train them with it to catch . Several years ago they had one that was even bigger that they carried at Petsmart and I bought them in quanity so we wouldn't run out. They do eventually wear out after about a year or more the latex gets soft and they lose their bounce. Then petsmart quit selling them and I did not find them anywhere else . I haven't seen these new ones at any of the pet stores or catalogs either Recently I discovered that General Cage had them and I got a catalog to order a whole sack for me . It would be nice to know if any of you have seen them around in a pet store or a catalog. They are sold in a package that says Classic product and the General Cage number is TH17. I don't understand why they are not putting them on the shelves . Maybe they think that dogs don't like them .??? My dogs are addicted to them and I would hate to see them stop selling them again. I don't really want to have to buy $1200.00 worth of pet supplies to get them and go into the supplier business, although I have considered it <LOL>. It's sort of hard to find a toy for GSD that they really like so well . They did like the little soft fuzzy balls with giraffe spots that they won at the PPGSD specialty but they don't bounce like the prickly balls . Connie ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================