Sixteen inches long, two inches thick, and almost nothing inside.
There is barely any filling in it. That is the design, not a shortcut — a flat toy is the one a dog can actually get a mouth around and shake, and when it eventually comes apart there is no cloud of stuffing across the floor to deal with.
The cloth is a waffle-textured plush with a raised grid you can feel. Three figures, in rust, sage and grey. No brights, no primary colors, nothing that fights the room it ends up in.
A squeaker at each end, so it answers wherever it is grabbed.
On chewingFlat means less to swallow if it opens, not that it will not open. This is a shake-and-carry toy rather than a chew-through-it toy. Take it away once a seam gives.
Specifications
- Dimensions
- 15.75″ × 6.7″ × 2″ / 40 × 17 × 5 cm
- Weight
- 4.6 oz / 130 g
- Figures
- Elephant in grey, Lion in rust, Fox in sage — sold singly
- Cloth
- Waffle-textured plush
- Fill
- Minimal. Flat by design
- Inside
- Two squeakers, one at each end
- Suits
- Medium and large dogs, supervised play
- Care
- Hand wash, air dry
Care
Washing
Hand wash in cool water with mild soap and press the water out rather than wringing it. Air dry away from direct heat. With so little filling it dries in hours rather than days, which is most of the argument for a flat toy.
When to retire it
Check the seams and the squeaker ends every few weeks. Once the cloth is open, take it away — the squeakers are not meant to be swallowed.
From the founder
I stopped buying stuffed toys after the third time I vacuumed a room at eleven at night. This one goes flat and stays flat.
— Mariam