First of all I have to say sorry for posting my final entry first.Hope you won't hold it against me since I've never been in this chalenge and this is my firs project ever with Maya.
Anyway this is my project step by step.I'm posting only the key steps, if anyone wants somethin inbetween just say so, I have my progres saved (I was paranoid).

Botom line, all of the modeling was done just like the "cartoon dog" tutorial which basicly tought me how to work with Maya from scratch.
Screen shot 1
A very simple reference pic that I made in the windows paint program.Just for orientation.I had a good drawing but no scanner.Anyway it did the job.