Boomer Ball

Hi guys and girls. Ive recently bought dakota a boomer ball as she is in season so im trying to keep her mind off of it. At first she wasnt intrested but now she will chase it and bark. If me or my dad kick it or pick it up she will really franticly bark and try to get at it. Is she playing? Warning us not to touch it? She has never been like this with any of her other toys.

They can be quite possessive over toys dakota sounds like shes just excited and playing get involved in play if you don't want her obsessing over a certain toy after a period of time take the toy away and give it back when shes calm.

Aimee, I think I can reassure you that Dakota is not being aggressive or protective over the boomer. Katy loves to play but I had never seen her go so mad until I bought her a boomer. The noise is unbelievable, barking whimpering when it gets stuck & serious licking. Just wait til Liz comes on she knows the racket they produce

Same here. Gus goes mental for his boomer ball. We have to limit his time playing with it as he was getting so tired he would just lie on his side to have a wee

Jenc wrote:Just wait til Liz comes on she knows the racket they produce  

Excuse me, Jen. Are you implying that my dogs are in any way shape or form noisy? This isn't with boomer ball but gives you an idea of the noise they can make playing



Different toys can get different dogs excited. Some dogs do bark, it's like saying 'come on, get on with it!!!' or just 'oh wow!!!'. Boomer ball is something else - my guess is that they can't actually pick it up that makes it so exciting. Chaos is obsessive about it and some of the dogs in the rescue centre are the same.

So what I would say is to work on a really solid 'leave it' command (taught by offering something really yummy in exchange for something initially of low value then working up) so that you can take boomer ball away when you want to. And I would also ration it, not only to limit the amount of barking but also do avoid injury. Chaos will carry on to the point of making his nose bleed if we don't take it away

No Liz I wouldn't dream of implying that I can't believe the racket Katy makes on her own
I agree limiting the time Dakota plays with it is good as they get overexcited & the ball does gets rough, Katy gets a sore tongue from all the licking

Gus has had a weekend off the boomer as he cut his mouth. He sits next to the shed where I keep it hoping I'm going to let him have it

Ask AussieStaff what her Koda thinks of the boomer ball

It's the 1st thing Katy looks for in the garden, we have 1 indoors too Thankfully she usually only plays with that when we have visitors but she gets way too loud
Oh yes Ian, Koda Luuuvs his boomer too

Why what happened?

He goes nuts for it James

Sounds like a common staffy reaction to them then

I think part of it is the frustration that they can't pick it up, my oh asks Katy to fetch it & that makes her more determined to get it But I must say her footwork is amazing & I think she could play for England!!!!!

Gus definitely directs the ball away from me, especially when he knows it's time to put the ball away.

Thanks for all the replies guys and girls. We are starting to do a 1 day with and 2 days without routine. She seems to be ok with it at the moment. Her behaver does tend to swing abit when she is in season so im not to concerned. She has her frizbees to play with and her tennis ball. Thank you for all the advise, been really helpful

What size ball would you suggest Is best? Think I'm going to get one for hank I know he will go nuts for it haha

I bought dakota a 8" as it says the ball needs to be bigger then them. She will be a year old at the end of the month but by comparison id say even full grown it will do her. Maybe a 6" for hank? Then when he gets bigger move to a 8"? Here is a picture for you

Looks like she enjoys it from that pic

We got Gus a red one (whatever size that is) we will get him a bigger one soon.

Awesome, Thank you excited to see his reaction when it lands

Katy has a 6" boomer & cant quite get her mouth round it & she's fully grown but the boys may need a larger one when they grow up

Dodger has a bigger one for the garden and a smaller one ( though big enough not to fit in his mouth ) for indoors.
He goes mad over both and knows what time he'll be getting them too! He won't be fobbed off with anything else! We do have to limit his sessions to about 10 minutes as he'd keep going till he dropped, and we wouldn't have much garden or furniture left intact!

Two boomer balls Oh my god, don't tell Chaos, please!

LizP wrote:Two boomer balls Oh my god, don't tell Chaos, please!

Or Koda !!!!
And don't even mention the word BALL, or say the letter B - EVER !!!!!
He's a bloody lunatic with it !!!

Just got my boy one of these after reading the comments and he absolutley loves it, even more than his babble ball. He wouldn't even leave it for one of his favourite treats!

I got him the 8" ball and even fully grown he'll never get his little chops around it, he'll be a year old next week.

Omg those pictures of Hugo are amazing! He is beautiful! Absolutely adore that staffy smile I can't wait for Hank's to arrive!! I will upload some photo's too

Paris1990 wrote:Omg those pictures of Hugo are amazing! He is beautiful! Absolutely adore that staffy smile I can't wait for Hank's to arrive!! I will upload some photo's too

Thanks Paris, he was so hot in those pictures. So funny to watch him, spitting, growling and snarling at it, his little tail swishing as fast as it can go! We've definitely got a boomer ball fan here

Look forward to seeing pics of Hank

I can imagine me having just a much fun as he will just watching him there wasn't any option for fast delivery so going to have to wait until the weekend I bet

Here's the boomer ball challenge for you all then:



He does that himself, the nose flip!

Fantastic pictures oh Hugo.

The nose flip?! I think pup is a way off that, but he's a quick learner, he's already learnt the bite it, paw it and hump it. Other tricks in his reportoire include how to get it stuck under a car, how to wind up a mastiff and how to persistently bang it against the fence, I'm sure he'll be nose flipping in no time  

Edit: Thanks James

Hugo, you've missed one - 'how to get it stuck behind a particularly important plant that you then have to chew so you can get to your boomer ball'. I used to have some blackcurrant bushes...

Oh dear dakota will have to start practising I think. Her favarite is to bark at it lol. And also to roll it between her legs. Today is one of her calm days. But training will recomence tomorrow mwhahaha

Aimeelc wrote:But training will recomence tomorrow mwhahaha

Liz, you forgot the laying on a favourite plant whilst licking said boomer!!!! or staffybulldozering them

Silly me, how could I be so forgetful?

We have a boomer ball fan! Had to take it off him after 5 minutes with the heat he just wouldn't stop then flopped on the kitchen floor!!

Yey Hank, welcome to the boomer club