Avoiding people with ball chuckers

[jakesmom]

I've got to confess to having a chucker. It's great because we can only let Jake off his lead for short periods when no-one's in sight, and it gives him the opportunity to have a really good full speed run, and saves us messing with slobbery balls.

[Liv]

I think that they are great if used sensibly.
My dog loves it - we dont do it all the time as she would become obsessive, but as a treat and not instead of a good regular walk I think that they are great. My back isnt great and my dogs tennis balls get really muddy and slobbery, so they are fab with that too.
Using them instead of a walk, or as the only thing you do together is a bit odd, and lazy, and I imagine damaging as that sprint and hard stop before coming back to return the ball cant be good for their joints if done repetitively all the time.

[easilyconfused]

My wife is disabled and would have great difficulty without one. As a broad generalisation i'd say you where wrong. IMO most dog owners are fairly crap at understanding their dogs/enviroment but the fact they are outside , chucking balls with a dog off lead is still a step above some that I meet (our garden is huge and they run around it all afternoon, we'll walk her tommorow as its raining today)