Obeying the command, her pet Labrador wanders in from the other room carrying a peg basket with a bottle of wine inside. The dog, who wags his tail excitedly, then walks straight towards his owner ...

The toy, the Bad Spaniels Silly Squeaker, has the shape and other distinctive features of a bottle of Jack Daniel’s but with, as an appeals court judge put it, “lighthearted, dog-related ...