I made this one real quick, really, just to see how it would look.
Hubby didn't seem to have a dowel in his workshop, though who knows, with all that 'stuff' in there, so I used a screw/nail type thing that was about 4" long. I think I like that better than I would a dowel.

The mouse is adorable, and now I know what I'm going to make permanently.
My sewing room used to be the whelping room, the room where my basenjis had their pups when I was active in breeding, and I do like to have little touches of basenjis in there. I think a stuffed basenji would be perfect!