RE: Building buddys
Teddiepos10, it's scary... we have a cat that looks almost exactly like yours. He doesn't go out in the garage though so he doesn't "help" with any airplane stuff. He does jump up on the desk in front of the computer monitor when I'm online or on the desk behind me twisting his head and purring. I've never really cared for cats but the little guy does grow on you after a while.
My real helper is our 5 month old golden retriever named Piper. She loves to be out working with me. Often she'll stand with her front paws up on the bench and stare at what I am doing. It almost seems like she is genuinely interested. A couple times I've come in the house for something and found her sitting on top of the workbench when I go back out. She also has a habit of grabbing balsa wood from under the bench and running around with it. It's funny to see her with a 36" sheet but it also gets a little expensive.