Super Ammo Vs. Super Trooper

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Ammo

Last year I was invited to perform at the Keystone Dachshund Races during their lunch break, it was my very first performance ever as a young and inexperienced 1 year old! I thought I did ok, considering I was new to the game and had only learned most of my tricks in a matter of a few weeks. You can watch my performance from last year here. (I’m WAY better at my tricks now!)

Well this year when they invited me back to perform, I knew I had to up the anti a little. So since my bestest performing pony pal, Minnow, couldn’t come with me – I asked my pal Trooper to fill in for him. Now Trooper is new to the whole performing thing, and I told him he had to learn a whole bunch of new tricks if he wanted to perform with me.

In the end we put on a Super entertaining duel between two friends. Here’s a taste of how it all went down:

(P.S. if you want the full effect – with my super awesome hero music – you’ll have to catch one of my live performances! Apparently youtube isn’t super music friendly!)

Performing at the Dachshund Races is very hard. Because not only does the stage smell like a bazillion other doxies (butt sniffing heaven!), but it is also littered with dropped treats. Talk about hitting the jackpot, bacon bits, hot dogs, cookies and more! It’s super hard to concentrate on your super tricks when working for treats seems pointless since free ones are on the floor!

But, me and Trooper pulled it off, and I’m sure we made a few people giggle!

Better luck winning the trophy next year Trooper! This super doxie is unstoppable!

Heavy Weight

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Ammo

Yes, you read that right. I was in the Heavy Weight division at the Keystone Dachshund Races this year. You might not be able to tell by looking at me, but I’m a hefty 20lb “tweenie”. (and no, that does not mean I’m fat). It just means that I’m too big to be a mini dachshund and too small to be a standard dachshund, and it puts me in the weight class with the big dogs!

In my 5 Qualifying heats I earned three first places and two third places, which earned me three racing spots in the semi-finals.

In my semi-final runs I was up against some stiff competition, but in my final race I narrowly beat my fellow heavy weight competitor, earning me the coveted spot to run in the FINAL RACE!

Basically I beat out all of the heavy weights in my division, now it was time to run against the lean, mean, mini-dachshund, Dudley!

I raced my little heart out, but in the end, Dudley had a narrow edge on me – beating me to the line by a nose!

Mom and Dad were proud of me no matter what my finish. And I’m just glad I redeemed myself from my horrible racing skills from the past 2 years (in my defense I was just trying to play with all the other puppies – I’m a friendly guy!).

You can watch my previous racing escapades here and here.

And now, here’s my montage of all of my racing fun this year:

Stay tuned for more details about my big performance with my pal Trooper!

P.S. I guess this means I AM faster than a speeding bullet! huh?

Recovery

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Ammo

Today I look a lot like this:

Because yesterday I was at the Keystone Dachshund Races, and I did a lot of this:

and this:

and I even won a few of these:

So, even though I love each and every one of you. You’ll just have to wait until tomorrow to hear all about my fantastic adventures. Because I’m still doing a lot of this:

So peace out pooches! Until tomorrow!

P.S. if you really can’t wait to see how I did at the races, head on over to my facebook page!

Super Duper

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Ammo

Wow! We’re only a week away from my big performance at the Keystone Dachshund Races with my pal, Trooper. Trooper has been practicing really hard, he had to learn several new tricks in the past few weeks. So I finally decided that Trooper had earned a little reward for his efforts.

So mom and dad helped me build my pal a Super Hero Box! (Just like mine – only bigger). Of course it turned out so great, that I had to take it for a little spin myself.

And no super hero is complete without a super cape! So my pal Baxter’s mom whipped up a cape especially for my buddy Trooper.

I totally had to take it for a test spin.

“Um, mom, do you think Trooper would mind if I kept his cape and box?”

The Training of a Super Dog

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Ammo

These are my two best friends. Minnow the Painting Pony and Trooper. All three of us do lots of things together. Minnow and I get to perform together as Super Pony and Super Dog. Trooper and I mostly just wrestle. I’ve been feeling kinda bad that Trooper doesn’t get to go on big trips with me and Minnow, so I decided to do something special for him.

I’ve decided to take him on as my protege and train him to be MY sidekick, Super Trooper!

Minnow pretty much busted out laughing when I told him this.

After all, Trooper is a little big to fit through my hoop.

But I’m a pretty good trainer – so I know I’ll get my pal Trooper set straight! After all, he only has about 4 weeks to prepare for his…..

…… FIRST PERFORMANCE!

And the best part is …..Trooper has to perform in front of all my Dachshund friends at the Keystone Dachshund Races! It is certain to be epic!

Don’t worry, I told him I’d perform with him as the Star of the Show (so no one will notice too much when he messes up). So if you don’t want to miss Trooper’s debut performance – and my amazing wonderfulness, be sure to come to the Keystone Dachshund Races and watch us perform at lunch time! Admission is $2 – but it goes to charity!

P.S. I’ll be racing for Charity too! Although no promises on a winning race – I hear last year’s champion, Mr. Monkey, will be back to defend his title. I’m shaking in my boots!

Oh and in case I don’t embarrass myself enough on this blog. Here’s some photos from my first dachshund races when I was just 8 months old.