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MM68 - You're little bench buddy is a sweetie, your lucky to have such a nice, mellow companion. Mine is a black lab named Ellie, 4 years old on Christmas day, (should'a named her Holley,) not your typical calm lab. She's what is called a "trials" or "field dog," she topped out at 45 lbs and is the original whirling dervish.

Fast, agile and even at idle she goes 100mph. If I'm at the bench the only time she'll stop by is with a toy in her mouth, her eyes telling me it's time to play. C'mon, dad, let's go.

Patrick

Oh man! How could you not love a mug like that?!!!

My bench buddy..."Buddy", aka Budro, aka Junior...is no longer with me (as of Oct 16 2013)...I still feel the emptiness in the room when I'm workin on a model. That dude was by my side everywhere I went, since he was just a pup.....he went to work with me, flying with me, he LOVED to go fishing in the boat, I even had him up in a tree stand, hunting deer, a couple times. He'd even play hide-n-seek....all I had to do was say "hide-n-seek", he'd go straight to a corner and and stick his face in the corner and wait for me to hide. BEST DOG EVER!!! He was special to me and I was the only one that was special to him!

We still have "Dug". He's a "simple" guy. Lovable and all, but kind of a dud. For about the first two months, after I burried Junior, Dug would come down to the "war room" with me and lay under the bench. I can't get him to come down there now unless I have food, even then, he's a little reluctant.

Here's "Dug", meeting "Pooch" for the first time.

I wouldn't call these guys "bench buddies", but they are fun to play around with!

"Pooch" is the tan/white pygmy...."Kevin" is the black/white Miatonic(fainting goat....yes, it is hilarious!!!)

(They are considerably larger now)

patrick206

....not your typical calm lab.

 

I have never heard "calm" used to describe a Lab!!!

My 1st Lab "Oscar" (only made it a year...he met a car), GREAT dog....but holy hyper!!!

"Junior", posted above, was equally hyper, up until about 5. Even then, he was "excitable", not quite hyper. He didn't slow down until he hit about 15...then, you could see the inevitable swiftly approaching.

fermis

 

 

patrick206

....not your typical calm lab.

 

 

 

 

 

I have never heard "calm" used to describe a Lab!!!

My 1st Lab "Oscar" (only made it a year...he met a car), GREAT dog....but holy hyper!!!

"Junior", posted above, was equally hyper, up until about 5. Even then, he was "excitable", not quite hyper. He didn't slow down until he hit about 15...then, you could see the inevitable swiftly approaching.

 

Patrick

Patrick and Fermis,

Both of you have some good looking buddies. I have come to the point to where I don't go anywhere without Boomer (except work). Patrick we had a blonde lab for 14 years and she to was a firecracker....never slowed down. Fremis, "Buddy" looks like he was a true and faithful friend. When I'm at the bench I don't think about how lucky we are to have her around...except when she let's out one of her silent but violent calling cards LOL

Sorry to hear that TJ....maybe one day you will get another Westie Jock....they are great dog's.

Here's Sergeant Saunders ("Sarge")--Jack Russell Terrier.  

He's usually not too far away during modeling, due to his very social nature, and he presents much less danger to plastic than any of the three cats.

CM,

The Sarge looks awesome.....he looks like a fireball of energy and looks like he is very protective of the plastic. He has a great name that totally fits him. JRT are good dogs. We almost got one until we saw Boomer

Thanks, Jeff. The Sarge always appreciates compliments. We think he "suffers" from "possession aggression," sort of common in JRT's.

Not to slight my other dogs from the past, but Sarge is the best dog I've every had.

Very nice-looking companions, everyone. Dogs are great little beings!

I agree CM.....they are great companions and never fail to be around when you need them.

I posted a picture of my Lab/Rottie a while back. She likes to stop by and put her head on my lap. Her name is Holly and she is 3 1/2 years old and weighs 85 lbs.

My most persistent companion is Coco, my 11 year old Bichon. She follows me everywhere I go. 

PJ,

There both great....how could you say no to those big brown eye's. It make's it more enjoyable when they hang out with you when your at the bench.

Steve

Steve,

Wow....what could I say, but Dallas is a good looking buddy who looks like he want's to be apart of everything. He's got the "serious" and the "it wasn't me" look down pat. I love that guy

Yes, he goes everywhere we go, if he can and it's not too cold or hot. He has a bed next to my bed and one next to my work bench.

Same here....Boomer has a bed next to my side of the bed and one right next to my chair at the workbench. My grown kids laugh and say Boomer is the "head of the house". She loves it when I roll the window down in my truck and she can stick her head out. Boy that's a sight 

Jeff

Holly looks impressive cause she is a big one but she is so sweet and lovable. She was a rescue from a local shelter here and we got her on Dec.25th 3 years ago, so we named her Holly. 

Coco has her bed next to ours but Holly loves her crate and she rather sleep in it. I guess it's her comfort/safe zone.

PJ,

Both of them look sweet. My hat's off to you for rescuing a dog from the shelter. Like I said how could you say no to that adorable face. I agree with you some dog's like to be alone when they go down for the night. And Coco is a cute little princess....total diva dog 

My two German Shepherds Ike and Bounty are always under foot.

Buckeye,

Those are some good looking buddies.....I see they are hard at work lol

All cute doogs!!! Love em all!!!

This is my son, Gerhardt von Logan. He's about 16 months old now, a purebred longhaired minature Dachshund. He sits in his bed here, next to my bench on top of an ottoman, chewing on a plastic bone, eating kibbles, playing "watchdog" out the window, and always, always drifting off to sleep as I model. He's my constant daytime companion.

I'm really enjoying this thread And the beautiful doggie pictures. 

My first love of dogs was when I was 10 years old. My neighbors had a med size dog that looked like a dirty piece of rolled up carpet. His name was Skippy and he waited for me every day to walk to school in the morning. My school was about a mile away and Skip went up to the school steps and waited for me to go inside then he walked back home.

One day he simply vanished and I never saw my little buddy again. I was very sad for a long time. It's been 50 years and I still see him in my mind.

modelcrazy

 

 

that looks exactly like my modeling buddy. Unfortunately she was hit on the road last night. I let her out to pee and went inside to do the same, and that was it. she didn't help out in the model building or painting process but she was a great watcher and agreed with everything I said. Best story I can think of her was one morning I came home from church and couldn't find her. No doors were left open so she had to be in the house. I searched for 30 min or more, knocked on neighbors doors, everything. Finally I was gonna get in my truck and drive around the neighborhood. then I saw  her on the roof of our two story house wagging away happily. I had to laugh. Apparently she crashed through our bedroom window screen  got on the roof that way that way.  You never really know how much a silly dog means to you until she's not around anymore. The house will be more boring wihout her. RIP Brandy. 

Brian

I'm so sorry about Brandy. They become part of our family  and are missed when they leave us.

Brian Miller

 

 

modelcrazy

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brian,

Man I am so sorry too hear that about Brandy....There are no words to express during your loss. But I am truely sorry this happened. My heart goes out to you and your family.

Karl,

Mr. Von Logan looks and seems like a very cool bench buddy. It's great having such a wonderful friend.