# Dog identification question (model related) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 17, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522 "2017-09-17T04:32:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/21 "2017-09-17T23:35:19Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Rastro? > > Ruck! The perfect user name and response I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/22 "2017-09-18T17:39:16Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > …On thinking about it a bit more, “terrier” is the one sort of dog that a space-dog definitely is _not_. He might still be a lunnier or an martier, though. Aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggggghhhhhhh ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/23 "2017-09-18T17:49:59Z")
It’s a space dog, so stick two tiny antennae to its head and paint it green? Perhaps with blue spots? A blue ring around the eye, like a space-age version of the dog from the little rascals? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/24 "2017-09-18T19:54:55Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > It’s a space dog, so stick two tiny antennae to its head and paint it green? Perhaps with blue spots? A blue ring around the eye, like a space-age version of the dog from the little rascals? No no, it’s a dog IN space not a dog FROM space! He’s wearing a little space suit and everything. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/25 "2017-09-18T22:05:10Z")
Thanks for all your, ahem, inputs 😉 I painted him like a [Smooth Fox Terrier](https://vetstreet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/91b4991/2147483647/crop/0x0%2B0%2B0/resize/645x380/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvetstreet-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5a%2Fdad6e09e9211e0a2380050568d634f%2Ffile%2FSmooth-Fox-Terrier-1-645mk062411.jpg). [Here he is;](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4360/37140149122_4313aeee63_k.jpg) after the paint’s dry I’ll give him a coat of matte varnish, and we’ll see how he looks. May need another coat of the purple–but digital photos are extremely unflattering, especially when blown up to full-screen size. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/26 "2017-09-18T22:34:49Z")
I like him! Sweet lil’ Astro…don’t let him play fetch on the moon though! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/27 "2017-09-18T22:40:47Z")
I think I would have gone with a lighter color scheme, just on grounds of showing up well under whatever lighting conditions he’s going to be in… but I’m sure that’s a topic you know better than I. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/28 "2017-09-19T14:59:24Z")
Looks good–please post pics of the project when it’s completed! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/29 "2017-09-19T17:09:51Z")
A little late, but: shouldn’t his front and back legs be the same color as his face? He wouldn’t put on his gloves and boots without his helmet. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/30 "2017-09-19T17:23:33Z")
The helmet is probably going to be a plastic dome enclosing the head, but **Rocketeer** obviously can’t add that until after he’s painted the face. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/31 "2017-09-20T00:59:17Z")
Actually, I’m punting on the helmet; it’ll be represented by a hoop of shiny wire up over his head. The same for his mistress; I couldn’t figure out a reasonable way to get a nice-looking clear helmet in this scale. The wire hoops are, um, force-field generators; yeah, that’s it. 😉 Astro and Ashley (woman figure) will be talking a spacewalk outside their Saturn Weekender space trailer. When the model is finished, I’ll post some pics over in Cafe Society. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/32 "2017-09-20T01:06:56Z")
Just so you can see what it’s going to look like, here’s a picture of [Ashley Jetson](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4336/36984275866_d339f65fea_k.jpg) with her “helmet”. Astro’s will be similar. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/33 "2017-09-20T01:44:35Z")
Ashley’s expression is saying, _The damn dog is chasing a space squirrel!_ The “helmet” looks good! ETA: Models are not my bailiwick, but could you find a small, spherical light bulb (like a night-light bulb [wrong shape]) and carefully remove the metal base/guts and use it for a helmet? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/34 "2017-09-20T01:48:39Z")
Those are gloves on the dogs paws…what’s wrong with you people…moon dust burns dog paws…Who are the two weekending with…are they at a planetary park or is it some kinda music fest on saturn…who is playing…how’s the food out there!! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/35 "2017-09-20T09:33:35Z")
Looks a bit like a Doberman, now that it’s painted. Nice job. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/36 "2017-09-20T17:17:16Z")
Here are some [Soviet cosmonaut dogs](https://www.google.com/search?q=cosmonaut+dogs&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj__Y7znrTWAhWMy4MKHaizB8gQ7AkIWg&biw=1920&bih=1089), including the archetypal but tragic [Laika](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika). Thinking of Laika always makes me sad. > [@](#): > > In 1998, after the collapse of the Soviet regime, Oleg Gazenko, one of the scientists responsible for sending Laika into space, expressed regret for allowing her to die: > > “Work with animals is a source of suffering to all of us. We treat them like babies who cannot speak. The more time passes, the more I’m sorry about it. We shouldn’t have done it … We did not learn enough from this mission to justify the death of the dog.” ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/37 "2017-09-20T22:40:16Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > …could you find a small, spherical light bulb (like a night-light bulb [wrong shape]) and carefully remove the metal base/guts and use it for a helmet? I suspect that you’d go through a lot of light bulbs trying to cut the base off neatly. Also, the (head + hair) is larger than the opening at the base of the bulb would be. That’s not to say you couldn’t use ship-in-a-bottle techniques to assemble the head inside the globe–but it’d be pretty finicky work 🙂 I have done something similar already. Moebius put out a lovely resin model of the Wicked Witch from The Wizard of Oz, looking into her crystal ball. Unfortunately, the ball, which is the centerpiece of the composition, is molded in two halves. So I commissioned a local glass shop to [blow me a globe](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4335/37211952221_4954fe7662_k.jpg). I cut the insert of Dorothy et al into [three parts](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4381/37211952521_bf7088ddc9_z.jpg), which I was able to slip into the globe and gently jiggle [back into alignment](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4339/37211952801_cba22ce829_k.jpg). Of course, once the technical problem was solved, I immediately lost interest :rolleyes:, and the model is sitting in its box on a shelf in the Room O’ Doom. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/38 "2017-09-20T23:01:18Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Here are some [Soviet cosmonaut dogs](https://www.google.com/search?q=cosmonaut+dogs&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj__Y7znrTWAhWMy4MKHaizB8gQ7AkIWg&biw=1920&bih=1089), including the archetypal but tragic [Laika](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika). > > Thinking of Laika always makes me sad. Laika makes my eyes tear up. I went to the Soviet version of the Air and Space museum when I was ten, and they had a life-sized model of her in her capsule. That’s how I learned about her. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/39 "2017-09-20T23:18:19Z")
Stupid. I clicked on your link about Laika, and now I’m sobbing. I shouldn’t even be on the computer, because we’re supposed to be getting ready for Rosh Hashanah dinner. Serves me right. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/40 "2017-09-20T23:46:04Z")
Stupid. I clicked on your link about Laika, and now I’m sobbing. I shouldn’t even be on the computer, because we’re supposed to be getting ready for Rosh Hashanah dinner. Serves me right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522.md?page=3)