Barley's Little Helper

Barley, a dog, lies on a bed next to a squishy Christmas mouse toy.

Barley stomps the Christmas mouse right on its face while vigorously worrying at one of its ears.

Despite making out like a bandit in this year’s gift exchange, Barley’s favorite new toy is also one of the cheapest, a deeply discounted Squishmallow knockoff, an elastic egg of a thing. It’s just big enough that it’s a real mouthful to try to chomp, and it’s so squishy that it seems as though Barley can’t get good purchase on anything other than its few minor extremities. So, it’s holding up pretty well so far!