Newshound Ady & Flo www.sunlive.co.nz

Like running with scissors, chasing glow-in-the-dark toys can have serious side effects.

Flo discovered this recently, when chasing her glow-in-the-dark ball at a local park.

Uh oh: Flo's glow ball has been yellow-carded, after a nasty mishap.

Uncle put the ball under a lamp for a minute or two, so it was glowing like a Chernobyl pitbull's gonads by the time we got outside in the dark.
Then uncle hiffed it, in a huge sweeping arc that had air traffic controllers concerned.
Glowing through the air like a comet, it's funny to watch the little light bouncing along the ground, until disappearing when a brown dog grabs it in her mouth. Then the glowing orb comes rocketing back along the ground, in little bounces, with a Labrador carrying it as fast as her four legs will go. Until… she either reaches uncle, or… worst case scenario, runs into a solid object that cannot be seen in the dark.
Unfortunately for Flo, the object happened to be a very solid wooden post, a bollard in the park to keep cars off
the grass.
Well, Mr Council Bollard Installer, you will be pleased to know they are also very effective at stopping young dogs, dead in their tracks, running at Mach3 and unable to really see where they are heading.
It's just another theory that may explain the injury to Flo's mouth, which the Mount Vet Hospital has been so caringly dealing with. It's been slow progress for poor little Flo, but we are so thankful to Jorg and the team at 0800VETCALL for their wonderful attention.
In the meantime, all you keen retrievers, take care out there. If you are going to chase glow-in-the-dark things, make sure the obstacles are also glowing in the dark, or risk a nasty mishap.

-Ady.