See, it's funny because gallium melts at - as the comic caption says - 85.58 degrees Fahrenheit. Body temperature is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, so the metal dog would likely melt over night meaning that dad wouldn't have to buy his boy a puppy but will be able to say that it's his boy's fault.
I am thinking, however, that this might be a bad idea, not really because of the toxicity (a pretty minor risk for gallium) but rather because of the challenge of explaining that the gallium didn't technically 'wet' the bed because its intermolecular forces are strong enough to hold mostly together and didn't attract to the bed sheets.
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