This is his second most natural state. His most natural state is growling and barking at anything that moves.

Your boy is top notch sir.

There was blood sweat and tears, but that is most likely part of the waterproofing membrane.

Yep. I started with hardwood 1x2's, cut them to length, sanded them and sealed them with 5 coats of polycrylic sanding between coats. Ive used it before and it penetrates pretty well leaving a very tough finish. Its an experiment though, might not hold up. We will see.