I have a gnome in my garden, we bought it in 1995 and then a few weeks later we got Bingo my Dog, he was only 6 weeks old but didn't seem to have a bark in him, then he spotted the gnome in the garden and started yapping and didn't stop til we moved here in 2008, we brought the gnome with us and it is in the garden here now. Always reminds me of Bingo finding his 'voice'
I haven't got the hang of putting photos on here, but if you squint a bit (not like gnome #1) my gnome and his twin looks something like gnome number 3 except he's standing up and are a bit dirtier than that.