Mom had a Birthday last week, and like any spoiled well loved pooch, I got presents too!
Welcome to my new dog agility tunnel, won’t you come inside?
Ammo practicing his #agility skills in the #tunnel #pets #dachshund #dog vine.co/v/bwxO7KOHtFh
— Kyley (@kyleydiluigi) March 11, 2013
My superstar #dachshund #agility #pets #dog #tunnel vine.co/v/bwxev39M9g6
— Kyley (@kyleydiluigi) March 11, 2013
Super fun right? 
If you’d like to find out more about my dog agility tunnel check it out Here
Those of you who are regular readers of my blog know that I’m a pretty active guy. I’m always going on exciting adventures, taking training classes, and generally just running around (boy do I love to run). But ever since Mom had surgery I’ve had to stay home a lot to take care of her. I don’t mind taking care of mom (and the good news is only 2 more weeks before we can return to regular adventures), but I do very much miss some things, like visiting my friends on the farm.
The good news is, Mom was missing the farm just as much as me, so over the weekend we took a trip out to visit all of my friends.
The Chincoteague Ponies missed me the most, and I missed Boomerang, Blitz, and Minnow just as much!
I also missed running! So I ran and ran and ran!
I also helped do farm chores, like herding the horses out to the pasture.
And then I ran some more! (Check out how much further along Trooper’s new house is! I can’t wait to give you the tour once Mom can walk a little better).
Trooper and I also did some wrestling. I won as always.
Then I spent the rest of my time on the farm helping to brush Minnow, my favorite pony in the whole wide world!
My time on the farm came and went too quickly. But I know soon we will be back to visiting my friends nearly every day – and it will be Spring! I can hardly wait!
The stars, the lights, the cameras, and the red carpet – The Oscars was on last night – and of course I was in attendance. Ok well sort of (from my couch at least), but that’s the very best seat in the house anyway.
Just because I didn’t get to walk the actual red carpet doesn’t mean I didn’t dress the part.
I wore the always fashionable Silly Buddy Bowtie – and even had a chance to get a little primping done.
I got my hair did!
Admittedly my hair dresser isn’t quite up on the most fashionable trends, but I rocked that mullet anyway.
The oscars provided me with a full night of entertainment as I got down with all the singing & dancing.
It’s almost as if I was actually there!
I also had my eyes peeled all night for one of my celebrity pals, Crusoe (you may remember that we both dressed up as Wile E. Coyote this past year for Halloween).
Crusoe apparently won an Oscar (meyer-weiner) for Best Celebrity Dog (hello, where was my nomination?) – but since the Academy Awards went on well past my bed time I just couldn’t stay awake to see his acceptance speech.
I’m sure he just rambled off a list of thank yous that included his squeaky toys and celebrity stylists – so I gather I probably didn’t miss much. *wink*
Even though I didn’t catch an actual glimpse of Crusoe on the red carpet, I have my own speculations as to why Kristen Stewart walked the carpet with crutches (run-in with a shorter than average celebrity??? hummmm Crusoe?). We may never know for sure!
Next year I hope to be out on the red carpet myself – and I’ve already started planning my outfit! I’m thinking a neon yellow tux would really make me jump out in the crowd!
So what about you, what was your favorite part of the oscars this year?
Kristen Stewart Image originally via Christopher Polk/Getty found here.
Since I’ve been laying a little low lately (while mom’s recovering from knee surgery), I decided it would be fun to share some of my adorably cute photos from my puppy years. I didn’t have a blog back then, so these photos haven’t seen the light of day in quite some time. But have no fear, it’s Throwback Thursday time, and I’ve dug through my archives and found some super sweet puppy pictures to brighten your day!
As you can see, even at a couple months old I was quite the athletic guy! It’s no wonder my muscles are huge now. And check out my spots! I bet you didn’t know that I’m actually a red dapple, and at certain times of the year (when the sun hits me just right) my spots are much more visible.
I hope you enjoyed my #throwbackthursday – perhaps I’ll have to make this a regular feature on the blog!
Toys! It’s one of my favorite subjects, and when you’re a dog you can never have enough of them! Since I have quite a few things to play with around the house, mom is constantly combating my clutter by putting my toys into baskets and totes.
I like to think I’m a pretty stylish guy, so when it comes to storing my toys I don’t just settle for any old basket. My most recent stylish purchases have come from the Land of Nod.
Not only are they fun to look at, but since they are soft I don’t have to worry about injuring my neck when getting out my favorite toys.
Of course my toys looked like they were having lots of fun in my new baskets, so I couldn’t just stand by and let them have all the fun!
It wasn’t as exciting as I had imagined in my head.
But it’s good to know that there is plenty of room for lots and lots more toys. (you hear that mom!?)
You can fetch your own toy storage totes from The Land of Nod.
Disclosure: I was not paid or perked to share these products, I just simply thought my new bins were oh-so-fun.
Did I ever tell you that I live with a crafty bunch of people? Oh yes, so when it came time to get a birthday gift for my cousin Maddie, we didn’t just go to the store to buy something, no we strapped on our tool belts and made a doll bed! Ok well Dad strapped on his tool belt, but I knew just what to do when the doll bed was ready.
So since my Dad made a super sweet bed for my cousin’s doll, I figured the least I could do was make sure it passed the rigorous doll bed test. Incase you need to put a doll bed to the test too, here’s my guidelines for dog approved doll accessories.
Ammo’s Doll Bed Testing Guidelines
Test 1 – The Jumping Test: No doll bed is doll ready unless it can pass the jumping on the bed test. So put your paws to work and get to jumping on that bed! This one gets an A++ for jumpiness!
Test 2 – The Prayer Test: We all know that dolls have to say their prayers before bed, so get your prayers ready! I prayed for more cookies – although mom says I may have mixed up praying and wishes, but regardless the doll bed passed!
Test 3 – The Stretching Test: Make sure there is enough room on your doll bed for stretching out. If your sausage body can’t fit than you can bet miss dolly won’t either. Plenty of room here for my hot dog!
Test 4 – The Monsters Under the Bed Test: And the final and most important step in doll bed testing is to make sure there aren’t any monsters under the bed. I checked, and thank goodness Dad built a monster free bed.
Well, it looks like my cousin’s doll bed passed the test and now it’s ready for lots of dolly activities. I really hope I can come over for slumber parties! Especially if there’s popcorn.
On Friday I got to leave work early on account of the snow that made it’s way to Pennsylvania.
Of course a little bit of snow never stops me from having an adventure, so I bundled up in my jackets and decided to have some fun on the farm. Did you know that ponies like to have snowdays too?
Snowdays are so much fun, but there is really only one thing that makes them oh so amazing….
…coming inside to a warm blanket and a bowl of kibble!
As you probably know, I’ve been taking weekly agility training classes since last spring. I’ve come pretty far in my training, but I still have lots to learn until I’m ready to compete.
Last week I had a visitor at class…..which means I have video proof that I’m an agility dog! Yay!
This week I decided that the teeter totter was a bit scary – I mean do you really blame me, that thing catapults you into the sky! But mom helped me get through my fears, and hopefully I’ll be back to darting across it at super hero speed just like I had been doing for the past several months.
Anyone else taking dog agility classes? What’s your favorite obstacle? Mine is the A-frame!
It’s been a while since I’ve gotten to play with my neighbor Harley. So over the weekend I popped over to her house and we had a little fun chasing her Dad’s RC Car in the backyard.
Ok well mostly I watched Harley chase the car while I bossed her around (she really has no idea she is a Rottweiler). But it was a blast!
Check out more of my adventures with Harley HERE.
This is totally going to be the name of my children’s book someday, “Farmyard Fun with a Dog in the Fog”. It sounds like something straight out of a Dr. Suess book.
And truth be told, I always have a lot of farmyard fun in the fog!
The damp blanket of foggy goodness seems to bring out all of my friends to play.
I’m always the first to grab a stick and entice my friends to join in the fun.
Catch me if you can ponies!
Before I could turn around to see who was joining me in this fun game of chase I was in the middle of nowhere, and the fog had covered me in it’s blanket!
I thought I might be lost.
Cricket got worried when she could no longer see my yellow coat in the pasture.
And Blitz began nickering for me so I could find my way back to my friends.
I’M COMING PONIES!
Phew! That was a close one!
