A chew toy is disclosed. The chew toy includes an elongate body formed as acapsule havingopposed first and second ends； and a plurality of projections extendingradially outward from andsubstantially perpendicular to an exterior surface of the body, at least oneof the plurality ofprojections having a pointed tip at a distal end, wherein the plurality ofprojections aredistributed on the exterior surface in spaced relation to each other.
