Wow, am I glad this is finished! knitting it was fine but as this is the second toy have ever made I seriously underestimated the sewing time. I used 12mm brown toy safety eyes rather than buttons, and put a large pipe cleaner through the tail so it could be shaped. Also found it looked better with the first 5-6 cm of tail (from the body) actually fixed onto the back (up the seam), it meant that the tail came up and over rather than flopping down. Also added a finger knitted collar with a little bell on it (sneakily hiding the head to body join!!) Really really pleased with the results and I am sure my mother in law will love it, which is cool!