Chuckit!Dog Ball Launcher - Sport 12" with Medium (2.5"), Dog Fetch Ball Thrower, For Dogs 20-60 Pounds, Made in USA

My daughter absolutely loves playing fetch with our dogs, and this Chuckit! Launcher has been a game-changer. I picked up the Junior 18" version, mainly because it's shorter and easier for her, and it's perfect.It launches the ball a good distance without much effort, saving our arm and making fetch sessions last longer. Plus, no more slobbery balls to pick up directly badumtss.If you're looking for an easy way to tire out your pup and keep the fun going, especially if have a younger family member who wants to play, seriously, grab one these. Five stars, hands down.

Combined with the Max Glow ball, this is the best dog toy available on modern planet Earth.I have a burly 92lb. pit bull mix with highly developed prey drive, and she will chase the glow ball for hours if I let her.The tiny sport launcher (Sport 12M) is the best, because you can still throw the ball really far, but you can also slam the ball down a few feet away from yourself so it bounces up in the air and your dog has to jump to catch it, or you can throw it up really high so it bounces 15' away or so and your dog can jump to catch it. We sometimes have to play fetch in a pretty small area, so it's nice to have the small launcher for these games. The larger launchers aren't as fun in small areas. You can play the same games but it's trickier to throw the ball correctly.Also, the small launcher is a lot easier to carry. The small launcher fits in my dog-walk-stuff backpack (with the ball in the launcher so I don't have to dig for it later), but the big ones don't easily. The launcher also has a hole in the end so you can hang it from your bag or whatever with a carabiner. The big ones are too long for that in most cases, and swing back and forth.Also-also my dog loves to ask for the launcher, then when I give it to her she plays keep-away and it's adorable. The big launcher I have is harder for her to balance in her mouth, so she just lays down and chews on it until it gets taken away. She's chewed on all of the four Chuck Its we've owned, but she's only broken one (a big one), but that's because she got ahold of it when no one was home. The little one in my bag is totally chewed up but still works great. I think they're sturdier than the big ones. Except for the launcher she chewed into pieces, which was our fault, the only reason we've had to replace anything was because we lost it. Usually we keep the launcher and ball in the backpack so she can't get to them and so they don't get lost, so we rarely have to replace them. There is just not a better value in toys, and the startup price is really low.Once again I really recommend the glow ball! It doesn't get soggy no matter how wet the grass or the dog mouth is. It is fun to chase because it is slippery and it collapses when it's squeezed, so it pops out of the dog's mouth and flies away if they bite it at the wrong angle; it's really bouncy, and stays bouncy because it can't be popped; it whistles so you can usually hear it even if you can't see it; and it really glows enough for nighttime catch, even if you only have your cellphone flashlight to charge it up!UPDATE:I should have said, we have the 12M launcher, which means the handle is 12 inches long and it uses a medium-sized ball. The medium ball is 2.5 inches in diameter, so the launcher will fit regular tennis balls, too! But my dog won't play with regular tennis balls anymore because they aren't anywhere near as fun as the glow balls, and I think she doesn't like having gross sloshy muddy tennis balls in her mouth.I lost my short launcher awhile back and could only get a long one locally to replace it, which reminded me that you have to lean over a lot further to use the short launcher. So if you have trouble leaning over to the point that your hand is a foot above the ground, this may be hard for you to use.I wish Amazon would let us choose colors, because my old one was green, and the big one is orange, both of which are bright enough to see in the grass from far away, even at night.Still, best toy!

Chuckits are great. This one has a short shaft.My pup chewed one so I had to buy this not realizing it's short. So if you do not want to bend over picking up balls look for the longer one.

It throws the ball just fine. It’s a little hard to control

I love these balls. They are very sturdy, colorful, very durable. There is no sound except thud. The Rottweiler chews on it as well as my yorkie. They love play with it. You would not know that a Rottweiler chews on it every day for hours at a time. Yet it holds up great. So for the Chewability i would give it 100%.

I just bought this last night and my two doodles love it so much! We live in NC and it’s too hot to play outside so we’ve resorted to fetch in my apartment hallway. This toy helps so much with my bad aim of throwing a regular ball lol and my pups are exhausted after less than 5 mins. Highly recommend for small dogs and apartments!!

Great for getting our yellow lab puppy out and playing, easy for the kids to use as well!

I like this thrower better than the standard chucker as it's much more comfortable on my hand and I can get a bit more distance. The dog and I went out this morning, which is about 8F outside, and I was trying to clear the snow and ice that had formed on the ball end which prevents the ball from fitting (which is a problem for all of the chuckers). With my standard chuckit, I could just smack it against a rock and the snow/ice would come off relatively easily, but when I tried that with my newer one, it shattered into a sharp mess, with pieces flying.It must be made from a different plastic formula, as I've banged the older blue one against a rock hundreds of times to clear the snow and ice and it never had any issues. Once with the newer white one, it shattered on the first whack.My Australian Cattle Dog needs a bunch of exercise and we play ball about 4 times a day. She doesn't care what the weather or temperature is at the moment, she just wants to chase her orange ball, so I deliver. It helps I'm retired and have plenty of time. Using the older blue version, I was developing callouses on my hand due to the poor handle design. That was the main reason I purchased this newer version with a more ergonomic handle and it is indeed better on my hands and much more comfortable. It would be nice if this products description would mention that the plastic is not usable under a certain temperature.