"Hey, Uh, What Is This In Your Sink?"

Barley, a dog, cleans her teeth with the benefit of chicken-flavored toothpaste and a curiously shaped chew toy.

The above is a quote from a guest visiting from out of town, upon seeing this particular toy soaking in my kitchen sink after a round of dental care. You see, this toy has a hollow interior, which can be filled with dog toothpaste (Barley likes the chicken-flavored variety), and its flared base gives Barley an easy way to anchor it as she chomps and monches to squeeze out every last bit of the stuff. And having been filled with a savory fluid, it needs to be cleaned after use. Hence it soaking in the sink.

I cannot emphasize strongly enough how high-friction this toy is, designed as it is to clean teeth. It definitely, absolutely, does not have any other uses. I can’t help but wonder, though, why it is that Amazon no longer sells this particular model.