A dog toy for providing an unpredictable bounce to a ball and comprising a ball target base element with a generally cylindrical circumference. The top surface of the ball target base element is formed from a multiplicity of planar target areas wherein each planar target area defines a different plane than the other planar target areas. The multiplicity of planar target areas includes a plurality of upwardly inclined planar target areas extending generally toward the central portion of the ball target base element and a plurality of generally downwardly inclined planar target areas and a horizontal planar target area defined by the lowermost edges of the inclined planar target areas in the central portion of the top surface of the ball target base element.
The device is a one piece molded unity of resilient material consisting of a base (10) having upper and lower surfaces. The lower surface is generally flat. The upper surface is made non-planer by the presence of numerous irregularities, such as projections (12) (16) (18), formed as part of the unit during the fabrication process. A through hole (14) is provided for carrying purposes.