I have had pretty good luck with the Orbees. My dog loves them. He pulls the string out right away, I retie it, and it lasts a long time. Eventually, he pulls off the continents, but i don't let him swallow anything. We have had one split in two from his pulling on the string. Robbin, what is the address to send damaged balls? I will start collecting them.
Maybe I misused the product. I'm not going to discount that. The training exercise however is solid. And that I may carry it too far is a possiblity. But I need something that can absorb my mistakes as well as the dogs abuse.
Robbin what I meant by a jute tube is listed in our hosts' site under training equipment, tug and pull items (toys?). Depending how bulky the item is, it is harder to move so one has to work harder at the job, but with practice the results should be the same. Get the dog in drive and go from there.
If my dog isn't learning, I'm doing something wrong.
Randy
Edited by randy allen (10/30/2007 07:35 PM)
Edit reason: brain fart
I wrote Planet Dog and here's the response I received:
"I'm sorry to hear that the knot on your rope came undone so quickly. This knot is hand tied and sometimes doesn't get pulled completely tight, although it usually doesn't come apart right away.
We currently use a fisherman's knot on the inside of the ball. We find it to be the most reliable way right now to keep the rope together. It is difficult to explain, but I've found a web link with an animated .gif that does a good job of showing how it's done:
You can also go with the standard granny knot, or a square knot. You first must thread the untied rope through the 2 holes of the ball, tie the knot, and then pull it back through the large hole so it ends up inside the ball. You then tie a quick knot with the remaining loop that is on the outside of the ball.
When we have someone who sends back a ball with an untied rope, we will either re-tie it for them or send a new ball that we have personally tied the rope to, whichever the customer prefers. We have a rest easy guarantee on all of our products! Below is the link to print off our return form. Send this back with your merchandise and we will redo the knot, send you a replacement or issue you a credit. Please make sure to specify what you would like us to do."
The link is currently down, as Robbin noted, but that's probably only temporary.
Sarah and others,
I am so glad you wrote them and they answered how the orbee is put together inside . This mystery was discussed in great detail in another recent thread. I did speculate that it might be tied with a fisherman's knot and made a video of how that knot can easily come undone.
It is super easy to retie oneself in the way shown on ed's site, and then it won't come out anymore. This is shown in the recent orbee thread as well.
Now the ball splitting and the planets peeling are another issue....
Here is the link to the other recent orbee thread:
My boy loves the orbee balls. When I get them the first thing I do is pull the ropes out and tie the ends together. Then I put a flame to the knot to melt the knot together so it does not come undone. Then I force the knot into the smaller hole. The technique here is to squeeze the ball to make the hole oblong while you push the knot in with a twisting motion. I leave the other knot in the middle so the rope does not have a big enough hole to catch paws etc. It does take some hand and thumb strength to do this, but it really works well. The main reason the balls break in half is partly because it has two holes on each end that weaken it. If a manufactures rep is reading this and wants to use my ideas, I'll accept cash or merchandise.
i just re-read my post-I meant two holes, one on each end. Also I thought I'd add, that because the knot is so large it fills up the space inside the ball, so it does not flex much with the bite presure, another factor in its demise. I find it also is easier to throw, and it bounces better because the ball flies with the rope trailing it like a comet. If someone tries this the challenge is feeding the knot into the hole. If it seems too hard, put it into the larger hole.
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