[Wood Working] Check out what we made for the dog today

DJ_Critterus · 03-13-2011, 7:01pm

An older gentleman that's been volunteering his time to help my wife's school project invited us out to his ranch today to make an elevated food/water bowl stand for my dog. Since he's a Great Dane this is a must.

Man, this shop he has was huge. I had to be at least twice the size of my house (which is a pretty decent size). Well, come to find out he is a Mason and a Shriner.... both of which I am, too. So that there started the afternoon off really well and lead to some interesting conversations along with a lot of "Hey, I know that guy, too" type of stuff.

He had more tools and stuff in there than I knew what to do with. It was almost like heaven... just with a lot of saw dust.

Oh, and his land is big enough to shoot on. He invited us to go SCUBA diving to find my guns and bring out the arsenal next time along with trying out the Tommy Gun he just purchased, too.

Here's pics of what we made. I'm glad he did the cutting because I can never cut a straight line even with a guide. Hell, a coked up Charlie Sheen could cut a more straight line than me. And yes, we need to put some stain or varnish on this in the next day or two

Sea Six · 03-13-2011, 7:04pm

Oh, cool! That's neat. The dog will really appreciate it, too.

pops98 · 03-13-2011, 7:05pm

Good Job, and looks like the perfect size.

DAB · 03-13-2011, 7:09pm

My dog isn't that big.

78SA · 03-13-2011, 7:10pm

Looks good. Now he can eat next to you.

OddBall · 03-13-2011, 7:11pm

DJ_Critterus · 03-13-2011, 7:23pm

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Originally Posted by Sea Six

Oh, cool! That's neat. The dog will really appreciate it, too.

Yeah. I appreciate it because he's getting more food down his throat than on the floor

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Originally Posted by pops98

Good Job, and looks like the perfect size.

Thanks. The way we took the measurement was from the floor to my belt loop. That's about two inches lower than the dogs back.

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Originally Posted by 78SA

Looks good. Now he can eat next to you.

I have been spending more time at my feeding trough next to it these days

DJ_Critterus · 03-13-2011, 7:26pm

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Originally Posted by DAB

My dog isn't that big.

We had something like that for the first three weeks Barkley was with us

DAB · 03-13-2011, 7:35pm

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Originally Posted by DJ_Critterus

We had something like that for the first three weeks Barkley was with us

Cute little horsie ya got there mister.

JRD77VET · 03-13-2011, 8:10pm

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Originally Posted by DAB

Cute little horsie ya got there mister.

Big dogs rock

Here's Mochi with my wife

DJ_Critterus · 03-13-2011, 8:13pm

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Originally Posted by JRD77VET

Big dogs rock

Here's Mochi with my wife

My wife and dog both want me to get a nice pontoon boat with a 150hp O/B motor.

JRD77VET · 03-13-2011, 8:20pm

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Originally Posted by DJ_Critterus

My wife and dog both want me to get a nice pontoon boat with a 150hp O/B motor.

We had to upgrade from a nice, fast 18' I/O to a slow as molasses 24' pontoon because of the dog.

DJ_Critterus · 03-13-2011, 8:21pm

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Originally Posted by JRD77VET

We had to upgrade from a nice, fast 18' I/O to a slow as molasses 24' pontoon because of the dog.

Not bad. I'm sure it's better with the dog, though.

JRD77VET · 03-13-2011, 8:25pm

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Originally Posted by DJ_Critterus

Not bad. I'm sure it's better with the dog, though.

I really like the pontoon other than the lack of speed. ( it does top out at 22 mph {gps} but the I/O went 48 mph ) Lots of space, extremely stable and a roof to keep us out of the sun

Mochi likes it too

Uncle Pervey · 03-13-2011, 8:31pm

That's cooler than the other side of the pillow! Cool about him being a Mason too, you guys are in a great brotherhood, I wish I had shown an interest years ago when my Dad was still living. He was a Mason and lived and breathed the Order.

DJ_Critterus · 03-13-2011, 8:48pm

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Originally Posted by Uncle Pervey

That's cooler than the other side of the pillow! Cool about him being a Mason too, you guys are in a great brotherhood, I wish I had shown an interest years ago when my Dad was still living. He was a Mason and lived and breathed the Order.

It's all good stuff. Not too late for you, though.

MrPeabody · 03-13-2011, 9:22pm

If my dog was that tall she would have figured out how to work the tap on that kegerator by now.

JRD77VET · 03-13-2011, 9:24pm

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Originally Posted by MrPeabody

If my dog was that tall she would have figured out how to work the tap on that kegerator by now.

We keep all beer away from Mochi. At 160 lbs, he could drink some beer

DJ_Critterus · 03-13-2011, 9:28pm

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Originally Posted by MrPeabody

If my dog was that tall she would have figured out how to work the tap on that kegerator by now.

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Originally Posted by JRD77VET

We keep all beer away from Mochi. At 160 lbs, he could drink some beer

There's a reason why I turn the flow valve off when I'm not using it. He figured it out about a year ago. Since I started disabling it, he's left it alone....but he still likes to have a beer every now and then

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