Show Us Your Shop Cat or Dog

[Jim Koepke]

Okay, another thread is going to the cats so why not a thread with our feline companions (or canine for that matter) who visit in our shop and maybe take out the rodents.

Here is my #1 cat, Skittles:

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Here he is sticking his tongue out at the camera. Actually for some reason he has his tongue out a lot.

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Here he is resting after a day of hunting mice.

He is actually a cat that was feral in our California neighborhood and adopted us. He didn't really like the idea of leaving the old neighborhood and bolted when we were moving. After a few months my wife went back and was able to catch him to move up here. He took a little while to get used to the new more open surroundings, but now seems to love it. During the warmer months he wants to go out first thing in the morning. Even with a fresh bowl of food he will only take a few bites before he runs to the door to be let out. At night, he likes to stay out as late as he can. He bangs the screen to let us know he is willing to come in for the night.

It may be hard to train cats, but they seem to know how to train us.

jtk

[Sam Murdoch]

That's a great photo of him sleeping.

Our little girl started out as a little guy, on the word of a smart good friend. She had the little bags under her tail and was quite convincing - I did not overly scrutinize - I trusted my friend :confused:. Took "him" to the vet to be neutered and soon learned that we had a pregnant female. :eek: She too was feral. Spent the first 9 months of her life out in the woods and through a Maine winter. Now she lives with us and has still to decide if we are "safe" enough. Good pet but a little quirky. Yes, it is easy to be trained by them.

Anyway here she is - my shop cat Orlanda - Should have been Orlando - if you know the Virginiia Woolf story - but we settled on Orlanda, a.k.a. Lanni.


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[Mike Henderson]

Mine's in my avatar. Skipper, the wonder dog.

Mike

[Malcolm Schweizer]

Lazy Lucy. I call her "Lucy Furr" because she is the devil.

[Stu Gillard]

Brian the bloodhound.
(He's not the messiah, just a very naughty boy).

Loyal guardian of the shed.
Well, not really. He just invites you in and slobbers all over you :)

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By the way, I believe bloodhound slobber is a NASA grade adhesive.

[Tony Shea]

Good thread Jim! I love pets in the shop!
Here is one of the best cats we've ever had. It is my girlfriend's cat and has a different personality. Very needy but has a mean streak. The things she does never cease to make us laugh out loud at her.
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Here are my old cats that my parents now love and adore. They are awesome!
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Last picture is of a stray cat that was incredibly friendly and could not leave her out alone.
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[Jim Ritter]

Here's my shop dog, she come to work with me every day.
http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m628/boatman53/3169050abdc1b620ca5d7cc6fd125184_zps56635947.jpg
Jim

[Gordon Eyre]

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This is Harley, he is by my side wherever I go.

[Dave Sheldrake]

I'm gonna need quite a lot of space :)

I have 22 cats :)


It may be hard to train cats, but they seem to know how to train us

Only dogs have owners, Cats have staff.

cheers

Dave

[Bob Strawn]

http://toolmakingart.com/images/Tool%20Box/Portable%20Tool%20Rack/Vagabond%20Tool%20Rack%2005%20Cat.JPG

This is Pretty. She is a feral cat who moved in and claimed ownership of me.
She likes people and dogs. All others, including cats are sworn enemies.

Bob

[Chris Griggs]

I'm looking forward to posting pictures of all my Kitties to this thread. However, I am in Pittsburgh at the moment and don't have my computer with me so will have to wait until I get back to Philly on Monday.

(writing this from my phone)

[Adam Cruea]

This is Maggie, one of my pups. She's a Shih-Tzu that we rescued from the shelter after her previous owners left her outside, tied to a tree in front of the old pound for about 2 weeks during summer. When she was found, she was gaunt, had skin infections, and was severely dehydrated.

Now she is kept inside, fed well, and hides under my bench when it rains storms. :) Sometimes she comes to nib-nose, generally after she hears me string together several dirty words.

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She doesn't help much, as much as just supervises. :)

[steven c newman]

Have a big old gray that looks like Tom from Tom & Jerry that likes to sleep on my bench. Also have a "mutt" of a cat, that sleeps in my view269815269816and a watch-mutt.

[Bruce Page]

He & She devils.

[Shawn Pixley]

Here's Pi. He is a rescue dog and deaf. He is heavily imprinted upon my wife but thinks the shop is great.

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He is a good little shop dog and loves chasing plane shavings.

[Harold Burrell]

I have 22 cats :)



You know...I was thinking...the words "22" & "cats" just kind of go together...





(Okay...that wasn't funny. I apologize.) ;)

[Dave Sheldrake]

I like Cats :) (although we are re-homing two of the kittens with family members) I'm sure keeping all the rest.

cheers

Dave

[Derek Cohen]

I think that I had better add a dog in here quickly before this site turns into a cat haven! :)

This is Aura, my son's Shih Tzu x Maltese, and the scourge of the neighbourhood!

http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/ImagesOfMyWoodshop_html_m7a0e1e58.jpg

Let the bench dog sleep .... :)

Regards from Perth

Derek

[steven c newman]

Maybe better it be a Cat Haven, than a Cat House?

Big fat gray tom look-a-like is buttering people up, just so they will let him out the door, to go on his "rounds"...( picture Tom of Tom & Jerry...)

[Mike Holbrook]

Hmm, I may not have room either. I have 8 German Shepherds, 2 Australian Cattle dogs, a Lancashire Heeler, two cats, do we count snakes?? Although they are well socialized it is a challenge getting them all to hold still for a picture. The GSD's start trying to herd the cats, the little Lancashire Heller tries to herd the GSD's, the cattle dogs start leaping on the backs of anything not moving too fast. Basically its chaos. I will see what I can do though later on.

[Steve Voigt]

OK Derek, I think you win!
Here's the shop dog with freshly split oak:

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Here's the whole clan:

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[Mike Holbrook]

You know you need a larger bench when:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16891057@N05/9646693172/in/set-72157618119860333

[Bruce Page]

You know you need a larger bench when:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16891057@N05/9646693172/in/set-72157618119860333

Great picture!

[Andrew Hughes]

I have two shop cats one is missing her eye and tail is baby kitty,I think they ran out of parts at the cat factory,my second cat name is gizmo they both are rescue cats and kinda mean.But friendly to me.Baby kitty will chase are dog when she in a bad mood.:eek:

[Tom Vanzant]

Once had a Westie/Schnauzer cross (think oily dust mop) who loved to lay in the sawdust under my contractor's saw. She always waited until she was in the house to shake off. LOML was not pleased.

[Mike Holbrook]

Thanks Bruce,

someone had to give Derek a challenge in the cute department. Ice loved doing it, he does not normally get to do downs on a workbench although we do practice in as many weird places as we can. I have to watch my dogs in the shop as they tend to make large pieces of wood into smaller pieces if they get the chance.

[steven c newman]

Sir Thomas has decided to pose for the camera269864 "If I must..."

[David Rust]

(Okay...that wasn't funny. I apologize.) ;)


Harold, I strongly disagree with your comment ( the "...that wasn't funny..." part).

:)

[Gary Herrmann]

My fearsome shop guardian Leo.

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[Chris Griggs]

Oh my! I can't believe I'm just now getting around to posting to this thread which is clearly the best thread on SMC ever.

Here's the gang....all of them are rescues.

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Above is Bobbie. Our little bobtailed princess. She was the first pet we adopted together, and i only girl. She was an SPCA rescue that was found injured and her tail had to be amputated. We saw her in the window of a Philly pet shop that helps to adopt out rescue cats and couldn't resist.

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Next we have have Totem (top) and TJ, short for Totem Junior (lying on his side on the step)....they are not related by blood. Totem was adopted from a shelter in New Orleans where we lived for 4 years. TJ, his little doppelganger was a feral kitten that we started feeding outside our house when we moved back to Philly last year. After feeding him for a couple weeks we decided to trap him to get him fixed. The plan was to re-release him but he was so small (and we thought young) that we decided to keep him thinking that he was still young enough to tame. Well as it turns out he was just very malnourished and after a vet looked at his teeth it was determined that he was actually like 6 mos to a year old (too old to make un-feral by most standards). He remains pretty distrusting of people, but we decided to keep him anyway, as he seems very happy living in our house and gets along well with the other cats. The funniest part, is that he more or less imprinted on Totem right away and LOVES him. He follows him all over the house and copies everything he does. We joke that TJ thinks the big Totem (who is male) is his mom. It's very charming to observe.

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Then there is Mogwai. He was another cat that came off the street in our neighborhood. We had seem him around as a stray for several weeks, digging in the trash and such, and anytime we got near him he would run so we thought he was feral. Then one day he was milling around on the front porch so I put out some food out for him. As soon as I gave him some food he started rubbing up against me and trying to follow me back into the house. I went in and an hour later stepped back out and he was still out there, and again started rubbing up against me and and trying to come in. Well at that point we just couldn't say no, so we took him in got him tested and vaccinated and kept him as a pet. Despite being a street cat he is the friendliest of all 4 of our cats. My guess is that he was someones pet once and got dumped, which is sadly far to common. I've included a picture of me with Mogwai on my shoulder just to finally solve the mystery of who is Chris Griggs (though that's a terrible picture, I'm usually much more handsome).

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And last must not least we have Remy who isn't actually our dog anymore but I still consider him and honorary member of the family. My wife found Remy by her place of work when we lived in NOLA. He was in pretty rough shape and had a clearly been dumped. Despite this, we did try to locate and owner initially and when that failed we took him in. He cleaned up nicely, and it turned out that he was presumably a pure bred Bichon. After taking some training classes and personally spending a lot of time training him he became the sweetest little dog. Just a great little friend to have around. As much as we loved him it would have been difficult for us to keep him when we moved back to Philly, but my sister-in-law just happened to have a friend who was looking to adopt a rescue dog at that time. So when we moved back north we took Remy to live with a new family in North Brunswick New Jersey. He has a big yard, a loving family, and is very very happy. I only had him for 6 months, and he has been with his new family for over a year, but I still think of him as my dog.

[Chris Hachet]

Okay, another thread is going to the cats so why not a thread with our feline companions (or canine for that matter) who visit in our shop and maybe take out the rodents.

Here is my #1 cat, Skittles:

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Here he is sticking his tongue out at the camera. Actually for some reason he has his tongue out a lot.

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Here he is resting after a day of hunting mice.

He is actually a cat that was feral in our California neighborhood and adopted us. He didn't really like the idea of leaving the old neighborhood and bolted when we were moving. After a few months my wife went back and was able to catch him to move up here. He took a little while to get used to the new more open surroundings, but now seems to love it. During the warmer months he wants to go out first thing in the morning. Even with a fresh bowl of food he will only take a few bites before he runs to the door to be let out. At night, he likes to stay out as late as he can. He bangs the screen to let us know he is willing to come in for the night.

It may be hard to train cats, but they seem to know how to train us.

jtkA beautiful cat, sir. For one of our next cats, my wife wants a grey one....I can see why.

[Chris Hachet]

That's a great photo of him sleeping.

Our little girl started out as a little guy, on the word of a smart good friend. She had the little bags under her tail and was quite convincing - I did not overly scrutinize - I trusted my friend :confused:. Took "him" to the vet to be neutered and soon learned that we had a pregnant female. :eek: She too was feral. Spent the first 9 months of her life out in the woods and through a Maine winter. Now she lives with us and has still to decide if we are "safe" enough. Good pet but a little quirky. Yes, it is easy to be trained by them.

Anyway here she is - my shop cat Orlanda - Should have been Orlando - if you know the Virginiia Woolf story - but we settled on Orlanda, a.k.a. Lanni.


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[Chris Hachet]

Good thread Jim! I love pets in the shop!
Here is one of the best cats we've ever had. It is my girlfriend's cat and has a different personality. Very needy but has a mean streak. The things she does never cease to make us laugh out loud at her.
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Here are my old cats that my parents now love and adore. They are awesome!
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Last picture is of a stray cat that was incredibly friendly and could not leave her out alone.
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[Chris Hachet]

Here's my shop dog, she come to work with me every day.
http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m628/boatman53/3169050abdc1b620ca5d7cc6fd125184_zps56635947.jpg
Jim A beautiful dog...and thank you for posting a pic taken in an actual wood working shop with sawdust on the floor. it may sound petty, but I am so tired of the hospital room clean shops shown in publications like FWW. A woodworking shop should have shavings and sawdust on the floor!

[Chris Hachet]

I think that I had better add a dog in here quickly before this site turns into a cat haven! :)

This is Aura, my son's Shih Tzu x Maltese, and the scourge of the neighbourhood!

http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/ImagesOfMyWoodshop_html_m7a0e1e58.jpg

Let the bench dog sleep .... :)

Regards from Perth

Derek Have a very close friend with a Shih Tzu, they are very good dogs. Methinks to be politically correct for our forum, you need a second dog with a LV hat on him/her.

[Chris Hachet]

Sir Thomas has decided to pose for the camera269864 "If I must..."Love the plane porn...and looking forward to seeing your woodworking planes, sir.

[Eric DeSilva]

Here's my neurotically clingy shop dog. 100% mutt from the DC Humane Society--probably part Rottie, part American Boxer. Got her when she was about a year old, already missing her tail. Even though she's a complete wuss, she's 60 lbs of muscle who likes loudly and excitedly running to the door whenever someone rings the doorbell, which scares the bejezus out of the Chinese delivery guy.

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[David Weaver]

Oh my! I can't believe I'm just now getting around to posting to this thread which is clearly the best thread on SMC ever.


You're now officially the Sawmill Creek crazy cat lady :)

[Steve Thomas]

Here's my apprentice.

He is only 6 months old now and all the does is make a mess in the shop.
He runs in steals an off cut and legs it outback and chews it to bits.
He's a boarder collie with red instead of black and white markings :-)

[eric mah]

A visitor to my friends shop- Ropey.

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[Chris Griggs]

You're now officially the Sawmill Creek crazy cat lady :)

Now? I kinda thought I always was. My sanity (or lack there of) and my love of cats have always been well known. My avatar is Bubbles for crying out loud!:)

[Derek Cohen]

Have a very close friend with a Shih Tzu, they are very good dogs. Methinks to be politically correct for our forum, you need a second dog with a LV hat on him/her.

No LV hat, but this is Rufus the golden retriever taken 10 years ago. He is a tad too large to be a bench dog now ..

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Other/Benchdog2.jpg

Regards from Perth

Derek

[David Weaver]

My avatar is Bubbles for crying out loud!:)

Never saw enough of TPB to know anything other than who bubbles is. I had to youtube it to see his cat segments. You need to get some matching glasses now!

[Chris Griggs]

Never saw enough of TPB to know anything other than who bubbles is. I had to youtube it to see his cat segments. You need to get some matching glasses now!

Yeah, "kitties" are pretty much his main schtick. If you have Netflix online, one of the movies is on there. It's pretty awful but also pretty funny. I haven't seen much of the show either. I should have Netflix send me the show on DVD...I enjoyed the movie and I hear the show is MUCH funnier. Those glasses are pretty sweet, alas I have 20/20 vision so no glasses would magnify my eyes like that and still allow me to see at all.

[Jim Koepke]

Here's the gang....all of them are rescues.


What a fine family of friends and great stories. It is heartening to see others loving their rescues. All of our cats were feral before they adopted us, so I guess they are also rescues. Just not sure who rescues who.

jtk

[Will Boulware]

^That's my bloodhound. Not much help in the shop (or anywhere else, for that matter), but he's a good dog. Fat, slobbery, drooly thing, but he's a good dog. :D

[Chris Griggs]

What a fine family of friends and great stories. It is heartening to see others loving their rescues. All of our cats were feral before they adopted us, so I guess they are also rescues. Just not sure who rescues who.

jtk

Thanks Jim. They are great company and we love them dearly. I also love to hear about other people loving there rescues. There are just so many cats and dogs that need homes (not even counting the truly feral/unadoptable ones). The hard part for us is/will be resisting the urge to take more off the street. There is a never ending cycle of homeless/hungry cats and kittens passing through the neighborhood. Fortunately, Philly has a pretty active Trap-Neuter/Spay-Release community and I hear they are making a dent in the feral cat population.

[David Weaver]

My parents live along a major highway. When I grew up, we pretty much got to take whatever animals that came along - people dumped cats all the time. Never did see a dog, but they don't just hang around like cats will. Taking in every single one would, like you say, present a problem, though. In my parents' case, they don't even like cats so much, but they usually will have two strays at a time and try to place any extras that come.

[Tony Shea]

Good stuff Chris, nice to see someone attempting to put a dent on the disposable pet situation. I truly don't understand the nature of some people with pets. My parent's neighbors just lost a dog due to their negligence. They let their dogs wander around the street without anyone around. My mother had been up there a number of times and had the door slammed in her face and told it was none of her business. Well she called animal control after several attempts to be civil but they never witnessed the animals wandering when they showed. A couple mornings ago my mother left the driveway for work and was greeted by the same dog dead in the middle of the road.

My girlfriend and I are HUGE animal ppl and have contemplated starting a cat sanctuary on my property. We decided financially it is impossible at the moment but is still our dream someday.

I agree that this is one of my favorite threads on SMC.

[Tony Shea]

Here's my apprentice.

He is only 6 months old now and all the does is make a mess in the shop.
He runs in steals an off cut and legs it outback and chews it to bits.
He's a boarder collie with red instead of black and white markings :-)

Are you kidding me Steve! That is the cutest puppy I have ever seen. That is my dream dog, a boarder collie. I have not seen one with red markings before. He is an amazingly cute puppy and you are a lucky man to have him.

[Megan Fitzpatrick]

OK...I tried to resist, but no. Here's JJ – the only one of my three cats who likes the workbench.
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[Gary Pennington]

Great collection of pets everyone!! This is Louise, my shop buddy and all around lap kitty. She adopted me at the shelter and we've been good friends for the last couple years. She's the only cat that will stay in the shop when power tools are running. She also loves chasing hand plane shavings and dovetail waste chips.270345

[Bill McDermott]

I'm at the point with the 15 1/2 year old Black Lab that finding a dog hair entombed in the finish is not always a bad thing. Good old Rocky may not have much time left, but one of her hairs will always be part of the kayak hull I was varnishing last night.

[Raymond Fries]

Well - I have a shop parrot.

Here is a picture of Rafiki helping himself to my supper after an afternoon in the shop.

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[Jim Koepke]

Well - I have a shop parrot.

Cool, does Rafiki say things like, "Saw to the line" or "whack that chisel?"

jtk

[Raymond Fries]

Rafiki mostly chews on scrap pieces I cut off and he whistles the Twilght Zone theme at appropirate times which makes me laugh. He really likes to be out there on the days when I make a supply of toys for him.

[kevin nee]

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