No 02
The Ultra Ball is the orange and blue rubber ball every dog park owns a few of, and the reason is that it outlasts tennis balls by months: it is a solid natural rubber that bounces high, floats, rinses clean and does not fray into the kind of fuzz that wears down teeth. It fits the Chuckit launcher so a throw goes twice as far.
It is the stocking stuffer for a dog person, the small thing added to a bigger gift, and the thank-you for the neighbor who watched the dog. Dogs that have one recognize the color across a field.
Medium is 2.5 inches, right for most dogs from beagle size up; large exists for big retrievers. Two to a pack, so one can be lost in the lake. Eight dollars, and the dog will not care that it was cheap.
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