Secret Life

I have a secret to tell you. But you have to promise not to tell anyone! Especially not my pony friends!

ammo the dachshund

Ok, well sometimes, only sometimes, when I’m wandering around in my backyard…..

ammo the dachshund in backyard

…..I like to pretend that I’m a pony.

ammo the dachshund eating grass

You know, nibbling on grass, making little whinnying sounds, prancing – the normal stuff.

ammo the dachshund eating grass

It’s fun for a little while, but then I usually remember that grass tastes like yuck, I hate prancing, and I’d much rather be a dog that gets to eat hot dogs and bark at the neighbors. Oh and Dogs rule, ponies drool!

Did you hear that?

ammo the dachshund listening

Oh Hey! Now that you’re here, did you hear that?

ammo the dachshund listening

There it was again, did you hear it that time?

ammo the dachshund listening

I think it might be coming from my apple tree.

ammo the dachshund sniffing

I mean it smells harmless enough though.

ammo the dachshund listening

Wait, I heard it again, you swear you don’t hear that?

ammo the dachshund listening

Oh no…..I knew it…

ammo the dachshund listening

…those darn birds are laughing at me again! Now someone please give me a boost, I’ve got some chatty birds to get at!

An Apple A Day

Friday is the first day of Autumn here in the good old US of A. Which means the apple tree in my back yard is looking a lot like this lately:

apple tree

apple tree

Fall is my favorite time of year, not only is my Birthday in 2 weeks (October 5th to be exact), but it’s the anniversary of when I met my family. So to pre-celebrate the lovely fallness, I had a little chow down on my first apple of the season.

fall apple ammo the dachshund

fall apple ammo the dachshund

fall apple ammo the dachshund

This means I don’t have to go to my annual vet check up in November then, right?

Backyard Digging

Hey Friends! Follow me, I have something to show you….

ammo the dachshund digging

..It’s the hole that I dug in my backyard all by myself!

ammo the dachshund digging

Like really, no one helped me at all – not even my friend the groundhog.

ammo the dachshund digging

I was so proud of that hole, and then mom had to go and ruin it for me.

ammo the dachshund digging

Can you believe she filled in my hole?

ammo the dachshund digging

Well, little does she know, I started a new one on the other side of the yard. Shhhh! It’s our little secret.

Agility with Cows

Ok, so maybe I didn’t EXACTLY do agility with the cows, but they certainly did interrupt my first attempt at a dog agility course. Over the weekend while I was hanging out at the Chadds Ford Days event, me and my pal Trooper got to test out a dog agility course. Neither of us have done a course before, although I had had a basic intro to agility class last winter. But, this was the first time I got to do the tunnel, or any of the jumps, and I had never been on a balance board before. I actually really enjoyed it!

Doesn’t it look like fun! Mom says maybe this winter I can take some more agility classes, and I can’t wait! Trooper even got a chance to try it himself.

Go Trooper! Although he probably would have done even better had he been wearing his Super Cape like I was! Doesn’t he know it’s all in the wardrobe?

Glow-tastic!

When nasty Hurricane Irene came blowing through my town a few weeks ago it was lights out at my house for a little while. And when I posted a picture of me playing board games in the dark on my facebook page, my pals over at Glowdoggie decided to help a pal out!

So, when my Glowdoggie LED collar arrived a few weeks later, I did what any dog with a super cool new waterproof led light-up safety collar would do….

ammo the dachshund glowdoggie led collar

…Fashion Show!

Sorry, I know, that was kinda girly of me – so to redeem myself I made sure to also take some photos in my rough and tumble lifestyle. (aka the farm). And just because I enjoy a good fashion show doesn’t make me any less of a farm dog!

ammo the dachshund glowdoggie collar

I have to admit, I look pretty dashing in red, and this thing is just MEANT for adventurous dogs like me!

ammo the dachshund glowdoggie collar

Mom says that since the sun will be setting sooner I’m going to have to wear my glowdoggie collar every evening out on the farm to keep me safe.

ammo the dachshund glowdoggie collar

Did you know that the Glowdoggie collar is German engineered? Which pretty much means it was totally designed for me, you know, because Dachshunds are German.

ammo the dachshund glowdoggie collar

So far I was digging my new Glowdoggie collar, but there was really only one way to put it to the test.

ammo the dachshund glowdoggie collar

I had to take it down a groundhog hole!!

ammo the dachshund glowdoggie collar

Now that I have a light to show me the way I am a much more efficient digger.

ammo the dachshund glowdoggie collar

And those groundhogs are gonna have no idea what hit them!

ammo the dachshund glowdoggie collar

ammo the dachshund glowdoggie collar

If you can’t tell by the look on my face, I’m one happy ground-hog hunting dog, and the Glowdoggie collar passed my rigorous hole burrowing test!

You can fetch your own Glowdoggie collar here .

UPDATE: My friends over at Glowdoggie have kindly offered anyone who mentions “Ammo” during checkout will get FREE SHIPPING on their Glowdoggie collar to the US! Yippee!

Goat Monster

On a recent trip to Highland Orchards I met some dogs goats monsters.

goats

Mom reminded me that I have met goats before when I went to the corn maze last year.

ammo the dachshund meets goats

True, maybe I had seen goats before, but these were not the SAME goats.

ammo the dachshund meets goats

I know, because I sniffed them.

ammo the dachshund meets goats

I mean they smelled friendly enough I guess.

ammo the dachshund meets goats

But friendly or not, I quickly realized there was like a bazillion of them….and only one of me. Yikes!

ammo the dachshund meets goats

I may have spent the rest of the day looking over my shoulder – you never know when a group of goats monsters might sneak up behind you!

Lovely Weekend

Super Ammo the Dachshund

Hope everyone’s enjoying their Labor Day Weekend! Me, I was planning on going canoeing today with my family, but it looks like the rain may have put a damper on my plans. But don’t worry, I’m sure I’ll be able to come up with a nice adventuresome alternative! And I’ll be back tomorrow with a WHOLE lot of pictures from my busy weekend performing at the Ludwig’s Corner Horse Show.

Here’s a sneak peek of me dishing out the love at the Horse Show.

Ammo the dachshund children petting

 

A Sign

Guess what!? Mom got me my very own banner!

ammo the dachshund's banner

I’m so excited I could shout it from the rooftops!

ammo the dachshund's banner

I did what any dog with a totally awesome new banner would do, I had a photo shoot!

ammo the dachshund's banner

The “I’m so adorable you just want to squeeze me” Pose

ammo the dachshund's banner

The “My stunning good looks could kill you” Pose

ammo the dachshund's banner

The “Who me?” Pose

ammo the dachshund's banner

The “I’m kinda a big deal” Pose

ammo the dachshund's banner

The “Don’t worry, I’ll save you” Pose

ammo the dachshund's banner

The “My mama says just because I’m little doesn’t mean I can’t play too” Pose

I was pretty much feeling like the king of the World, but then I saw it….

painting pony

The ponies got a new banner too……and it was like 4 times the size of mine.

ammo the dachshund's banner

The “What the heck, the ponies got a bigger banner than me” Pose!

Sigh. Talk about a total buzz kill.

 

Vintage Finds

Today I thought I’d share some snapshots of my life via Instagram. You know, the super-cool retro photo app for iphone…..because I’m totally up on “what’s hot”. So, here’s a little glimpse into my life….

ammo the super dog

chincoteague minnow

ammo the dachshund

spider the kitten

crossing street

ammo and cricket

doxie races

spider the kitten

ammo and nitro

ammo

trooper and ammo

ammo and spider

ammo and trooper

mom and ammo

Sigh. Life is good.