Shop pets/Mascots ?

Wow there’s a real killer. all he needs is spiked collar

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Jim,
He is one heck of a guard dog….all bark, no bite. Anyone tries to steal my tools..and they may be licked to death.

-- Don S.E. OK

My shadow passed away about a year ago. She was too big to have in while working. 95# Newfie, Knocks too much stuff over and off just wagging her tail :-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Sorry to hear about your shadow/buddy. I have had several dogs through my life…but I have told my wife…After Ottis, no more..he is one of a kind !!!

-- Don S.E. OK

We have only had three since we’ve been married. The best one lived 3 days short of being 18. The last one was 15. The other was the kids puppy my wife’s sister got them. Stupidist dog ever born!! :))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

I have had a “Dumb” dog before. Ottis is the smartest dog I have ever had, also my first Pug, thinking I would get him a play mate, I got another little pug….dumbest dog I have ever seen, when she pooped on the wifes pillow and would not stop no matter how hard we tried to train her, she found another home pretty fast lol.

-- Don S.E. OK

I’ll have to admit, that is dumber than Brownie as dumb as he was!! My cousin wasn’t suposed to have kittens in the house, but she did :-)) One cold winter night, my uncle went to bed, pulled the covers up around his ears and rubbed cat poop all over his fave :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

I have Callie a Louisiana Catahula Lepard Cur. When I get a new tool she is just wagging her tail.

She just lays there when I use power tools, she even follows me as I cut my grass.

I never have seen a dog get so happy over tools.

She is 95 pounds has one blue eye and is my shop dog.

My other 2 dogs a 75 pounder American Bulldog/Boxer and a Shepard/Lab puppy could care less.

-- Measure once cut twice....oh wait....ooops.

Hi Don,
That dog is so cute I want to dognap him! How old is he? So many pugs I see are overweight and he looks like a puppy or very fit.

Mike,
I’d never heard of a Catahula. I looked them up. What a handsome breed. I love merles.

I have a Choc. Lab and 2 pomerainians. The lab is 6 and her name is Delta, after the tools of course and the brown mississippi. She is smart, sweet, and my ‘mini-me’. The poms are both male. One is smart as all get out and the other is dumber than dirt. He is very sweet though and so loving that you just have to love him back. But he sure can try your patience. My shop is only 12×18 so there is no way all 3 could hang with me. I don’t trust the dumb one. He tries to get into things, so I don’t let him in the shop. The other pom likes to lay in there sometimes when it’s hot and if I’m not doing much I’ll let him, same way with Delta. I don’t have good dust collection so for sanitary reasons I discourage them from coming in. If I have the door open I’ll just block in with a baby gate and lay a blanket down on the decking outside the shop for them to lay and watch. It’s safer for all of us that way.
Vicki

I wanted to send pics, but it seems I can only do that via websites.

wow, great dog! I have a 6 year old yellow lab, but he won’t stay in the shop when it gets loud.

-- "Democracy is by far the worst system of government. Except all the others that have been tried." ~ Winston Churchill

Thanks Sean and Blondewood, those are his puppy pictures, he is now about four and a half, but I know what you mean about being “Overweight” but Ottis is in great shape, big chest, small waist. The biggest problems with pugs is that they are beggars, and have “BIG” brown eyes that just say “Feed me”. We have fought that temptation (most of the time anyways) and he has stayed in shape.

-- Don S.E. OK

Nice looking pug. I had a bloodhound for my shop dog. When I ran the biscuit joiner she would sit and try to catch the shavings. She like chewing on the wood so she wasn’t allowed in the shop without me being to far away. But she never chewed on anything finished.

-- Dustmaker, Kansas

I have two Elvis bobble-head Stitch’s and a Kung Fu Panda guarding my shop… ;-)

-- Beer, Beer, Thank God for Beer. It's my way of keeping my mind fresh and clear...

I had a black Lab that was with me every time I was in the shop. She died about a year ago. I really miss her inspecting the new wood. Two Schnauzers stay in the house. The Boarder Collie comes thru just to make sure I know she is still around. But that darned cat….. ya just can’t hear that dude coming. He sneaks around sniffing mice until I open some type of finish. Then, he’s right in front of my face daring me to wipe, or spray. The only thing that makes him run is the compressor.

-- Gary, DeKalb Texas

What a great topic!
Say hello to Ottis, beautiful Pug….
I left my dog with mom in Colombia, a smart standard schnauzer, he passed away a couple of years ago, and I really miss him!

“Zuzo”
1993-2005

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

We have two cats – Checkmate and Pouncer. Checkmate will hang out with me until I start to use anything with a motor and then she is gone in a flash. Pouncer will curl up on a workbench and sleep through anything.

-- Chuck - Central Massachusetts

Ottis is great lookin Pug!
After having 4 dogs I know why they call them mans best friend, I’ll always have one by my side till the day I die.
My wife & I have been married for 25 yrs and don’t have kids so our dogs have always been our kids .
Right now we have two English Springer Spaniels – Duncan & Molly and their by my side 24-7 . (well pretty much 24-7 they sleep in the laundry room.

-- Rj's Woodworks,San Jose & Weed Ca,

Rj,
I wish Ottis “WOULD” sleep in the laundry room, couch. bathroom any where other than my bed….But he thinks he is my pillow lol. But to be honest, he has slept with us so long, if he is not laying around the bed somewhere….we go get him.

-- Don S.E. OK

I hate to say it but my two dogs are too stupid (or maybe smart) to hang around in the shop. They go running every time I start a machine. They are Shar-Pei named Noodles and Munchkin.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

I have a choc Lab named Libby (2 yrs) and a Lab/Husky mix named Luke (8 yrs). Luke doesn’t like the shop too much anymore, he doesn’t care for the noise of the power tool plus he tends to run off if the doors are open.

Libby on other hand will run you over to get into the shop. She has three things she loves to do out there, 1- play fetch with the scraps, 2- eating the scraps and 3- rolling in the sawdust. All which she enjoys with great abandon. I have learned to keep small parts where she can’t get to them….she once decided that I had cut a part too long and decided to eat off about 2 inches of a table part before I noticed. Silly puppy

-- Greg - Charles Town, WV

I have a number of shop roaches..

-- Each and Every step of any project should be considered your masterpiece if you want the finished product to reflect the quality of your work. Greg Little

”I have a number of shop roaches..”

....yuck !!!!!

-- Don S.E. OK

”Greg” Most of us that have dogs don’t think of our dogs or pets as roachs !!!
In fact I respect them , they don’t say Anything negative, give their opinion or tell Stupid jokes !!
They only show unconditional love no matter how Stupid We may be???
The only thing I call roachs are roachs them selfs or illegals in our country?

-- Rj's Woodworks,San Jose & Weed Ca,