Man, Dog and Mandolin

**Keith Erickson** · Jun-20-2006, 8:57am

These two lovely gals were part of the package deal that came with my wife

I'm not as good lóókin' as they are so you won't be seeing me today. I at least have my pickin' and playin' hands to show in the photo.

Baylie is a white Westhighland terrier. She is 14 years old (98 doggy years) and is smart as a whip and learns new trick all the time. She will shake your hand when she meets you. Her favorite thing to do is to play ball. It's to the point that we can't even say the word ball nor spell the word ball. ...to top it off she is a hardcore Texas Rangers fan. Unfortunately she is also diabetic and require shots twice a day and her eyes aren't as good as they use to be. However she is happy and healthy and that's what matters the most.

Marge is an animal rescue dog terrier/ yorkie mix of some sort and is 5 years old. The litter she came from was named after the Simpsons charactors. Well Marge is not smart but she makes up for it in the love that she gives. Her favorite thing to do is to lick any exposed skin. Oh yes and when she barks, she sounds like a chicken clucking.

**Hondo** · Jun-20-2006, 10:49am

Poor Mungie!

My cattledog, Jackboy, met a porcupine last October. It was not a happy event, but at least it wasn't a skunk.

**cooper4205** · Jun-20-2006, 1:37pm

here's who inspired my username

**Gail Hester** · Jun-20-2006, 2:21pm

How about dog playing mans mandolin?

**Scott Tichenor** · Jun-20-2006, 2:23pm

Taffy

**barricwiley** · Jun-21-2006, 5:53am

Well, Here are our little bingos that pretty much sleep when the instruments come out to play. They are in fact heads of the family!
Richard

**Daniel1975** · Jun-21-2006, 8:32am

I don't have a picture with me and a mando w/ him. I will post a picture like that if one ever gets taken. Here is Hogan. He is forced to listen to my dreadful playing daily. Poor thing, he tries to sleep thru it most of the time.

**dang** · Jun-22-2006, 12:01pm

Here is my dog elsie. She looked at me like "don't put that thing close to me" but then seemed happier when I had the camera. I think she knows there is something going on when I get it out....
Happy 100th post to me!

**Dave Gumbart** · Jun-22-2006, 6:00pm

Maggie and Jiggs. Maggie's the Westie on the right and Jiggs the miniature schnauzer on the left, posing with an Andrew Mowry F5. Keepers, all of 'em.

**Jim MacDaniel** · Jul-08-2006, 2:12pm

I recently tried to take a series of timed photos with my boy Aidan, my dogs Jack and Arnie, and my beater mandolin (in case of dings or dog bites

, and it didn't go so well, as none of my fellow animate subjects were particularly cooperative...

**Jim MacDaniel** · Jul-08-2006, 2:15pm

Seprately however, they each take very nice photos...

**Daniel1975** · Jul-08-2006, 6:08pm

Jim,
I bet Jack and Arnie would get along w/ Hogan. They could sit around and talk about golf while we picked

Daniel

**Jim MacDaniel** · Jul-08-2006, 6:20pm

LOL!

Funny you should mention that -- the golf-themed naming convention was an accident, but after we realized what we had done, we thought about getting a third and naming him Ben.

**Yellowmandolin** · Jul-09-2006, 3:46pm

Gail! Is that an actual picture, or did you edit it with Photoshop? If not, wow! You must really trust that little furball. Nice mando by the way.

**Gail Hester** · Jul-09-2006, 7:36pm

That's an unedited picture above of our Wheaten Terrier, bluegrass Bonnie. #She is very good with babies, puppies and mandolins. #She is usually covered in wood chips as she insists on laying at my feet while I'm carving mandolins. #Bonnie is very good about leaving my tools, building supplies and precious pieces of wood alone, except for pencils that I drop and I go through allot of those. #

She loves wearing her doggles and going for a ride.

**fishdawg40** · Jul-10-2006, 8:36am

Gail, that's an awesome photo and a totally cool dog!

**Eric F.** · Jul-10-2006, 10:33am

Me and Mr. G on the porch. You can't see what he looks like too well, so I'll add another after this:

**Eric F.** · Jul-10-2006, 10:34am

Mr. G with his friend Tuk, the cat who wants to be a dog.

**Bill Snyder** · Jan-03-2008, 12:50pm

Think I will use this as my avatar. At least for a day or two.

**Lee Callicutt** · Jan-03-2008, 8:40pm

World class dogs, all. I finally broke down and made my way through this thread knowing how bittersweet it would feel. I miss my Jack Russell and Border Collie something awful. Love 'em while you got 'em!