So more often than not, I make some trial things with cheap fabric. This is important process.
They are funny. I have no talent, but endeavour.
Maybe cats.

Not whippet. It was Kishu dog.

Dying horse.

Flying squirrel, hamsters, ermine, ferret head, rabbits.

During making one in practice, I alter the pattern again and again.
When it is done, the pattern is broken, or there are lots of fragments of ex-patterns.
I don't care. Because I hardly make the same thing.
Heads of Newfoundland and Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.

Newfoundland has been done, but still has problems.
Addition (3/23):
I use flannelet or polyester fleece for those experiments.