I thought that I was the only one that named my dog Pig, well, Piggy. We had to put him down last month, he was 14-15 years old.
As for the dog hair, I sit on my bed and sew my squares together and I have one long haired dog and I have to make sure that I don't let him lay on my quilt, even though I will wash it before I start putting it on the quilting table.
I also am new to quilting and started it when my friend did as part of our Civil War Re-enacting. So everything has to be done by hand. I am making a king size quilt and my friend is doing a cot size like the soldiers had.