Thank you everyone for the replies and especially Darrell for taking the time to turn a couple sticks and post the pics. I had not thought about checking Google Images - that's a good resource I've not explored before. I've not had time or energy to turn for a few days but will try to post pics of the sticks I end up making today/tomorrow.
We had to put one of our dogs to sleep on Saturday. My wife and I found him one June, years ago, when he was just an old pup, sitting out in the middle of nowhere alongside Hwy 89A just west of the Navajo Reservation, north of Flagstaff. Had mange, skinny, missing splotches of fur, fleas galore - drank gallons of water the first two days and pretty much slept for 3 days straight. Our vet told us he was likely a day or so away from dying - which just reinforced our justification for picking him up. He was a wonderful dog and in his prime one of the fastest on his paws we've ever had. He'd been suffering the last couple years with increasing arthritis in a foreleg and his hips and had gotten to the point of almost daily instances of not being able to get his back legs under him. I suppose we helped him with his suffering 12 years ago and we helped him on Saturday; in between he was always there for us. He now rests in his favorite spot in the back yard with 3 of our other past furry friends - I pray he is now without pain. So long and thank you, Toby.