Dear Spider,
Next time you play king of the mountain, will you please tell me.
I can climb too you know!
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The Training of a Super Dog
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.
At least I won something.
The End.
Rwarrrrr!
Oh Happy day! It’s getting warmer and warmer out at the farm, which means I’m getting to have a lot more fun with my kitty friends.
Hey Spider! Want to play jungle animals? You can be the Tiger and I’ll be the Lion. We can go on Safari together!
Humm. It’s a nice try Spider, but you’re being a little too “pretty” for a Tiger.
Yeah, that’s it. Blend in, so we can hunt for Safari creatures!
And then pounce when they least expect it!
I just wish you hadn’t gotten sooo great at blending in when we play Jungle animals….
….because really….where are you?
Capeless Super Dog
It’s that time of year again. Time to break out my super helmet & super cape and start practicing all of my super skills! Because this super dog is going to school!
Really.
Apparently next week me and my pal Minnow the Painting Pony are taking a trip to an elementary school! I have to know something about the famous Misty of Chincoteague – you know – from the children’s book. Something tells me I better get the cliff notes, that or maybe Minnow will let me copy off of him if there’s a test.
Regardless on being a little behind on my reading assignments, I have been practicing really hard.
Oh, what’s happening over there?
Spider & Cricket are off on a hunting expedition without me?
Sorry, my super hero duties will have to wait until later! I’ve got some hunting to do!
P.S. Super Heroes are a lot more SUPER when SOMEONE remembers to bring their SUPER CAPE to practice. Honestly. I would have made my hoop jump had I had my special cape!
Afternoon Snack
Ok. This is your warning now. If you have a weak stomach, do not read any further. If you are eating breakfast, lunch, or dinner, do not read any further. I am not responsible for any discomfort that might happen upon you after you read what’s next. You have been warned!
That being said, this is what I look like most afternoons on the farm. Rummaging around for what can only be described as the perfect afternoon snack – well at least to most dogs.
It takes a little searching, but eventually I find what I’m looking for.
Yum Yum.
*Don’t say I didn’t warn you!
Spider. The Monkey?
I’m pretty sure that Spider the Kitten isn’t really a kitten at all. She’s a monkey! Well, a goofy looking monkey, but still a monkey.
Certainly looks like a monkey right? I half expected her to be carrying around a bunch of bananas.
I’m not gonna lie, I was a bit jealous. I mean I can’t climb trees! It’s not fair, how did she get so good? Then, I spotted her working out her tree-climbing “guns” on the rope climb.
Drat. I’m gonna start having to hit the gym if I’m ever gonna get as good as her.
Easter Treats
Well my Easter plan worked, because the Easter Bunny definitely visited my house!
Mom made me wait to open my Easter basket until after we went to the farm & fed all the ponies. As you can imagine by that point I could hardly contain my excitement! So when I finally got my paws on those presents he left for me – I went a little nuts.
Oh Boy!
Immediately I took cover under the bushes in my yard, because I knew Trooper would want to play with my new toys.
As you can see he found me.
But that’s ok, because Trooper’s gonna have this look on his face when I get even!….
hehe.
Balloons
Boy did I have a fun Easter! How about you? Don’t worry, I plan to tell you all about it in a few days – but first I remembered I forgot to tell you about something I did last week!
Remember the baby shower I got to go to last Sunday? Well I can’t believe I forgot to tell you that mom actually let me help set up for it! I know right, she never lets me help!
The best part….it involved Balloons of all things!
I guess I can sorta understand why mom doesn’t usually let me help with things like these….because I had a little accident….
We had one Balloon casualty. But it’s not my fault…..it’s really hard to tie a knot when all you have are paws! Sigh.
Hippity Hop
Oh hey. I guess you’re wondering what I’m up to for Easter.
Well I knew the Easter Bunny should hopefully be making a trip to my house. But I’ve been a little naughty lately. I’ve been having a little fun chasing the Easter Bunny’s friends in my back yard. I know I shouldn’t, but honestly it’s just way too much fun. So I was a tad worried that the Easter Bunny might skip over my house this year.
So since I’m so smart, I came up with a really good disguise so that he was sure to come visit me….
What do you think? I could totally pass as a bunny right?
Well, you’ll have to excuse me, because now I’m off to hunt for my Easter basket. I really hope my disguise worked! I’ll really be sad if I miss out on all those yummy Easter Eggs!
Happy Easter Egg Hunting!
xoxo Your Pal,
Ammo the Dachshund Bunny
Friday Fetch: Pinterest
Ok, this might not exactly fall under the category of dog, but for a design-loving pooch like me (who also happens to work in a custom frame shop), it had me at hello.
Pinterest is sorta like a virtual pinboard — a place where you can create collections of things you love and “follow” collections created by people (or dogs like me) with great taste. You can use Pinterest to collect and share all sorts of things — wedding inspiration, favorite T-shirts, Dog collars. You name it, someone is pinning it. So when my mom heard about it over one of her favorite blogs, Young House Love, she just knew we had to check it out.
One of the first things I searched for when I logged on was (of course) the word Dachshund. And you will never guess what popped up at the top of the search results!?
That’s my scratch art! How totally cool!
So as luck would have it, mom said I could make my own little “inspiration board” – where I could share all the cool things I’m loving. You can check out my board here. And here’s a little sneak preview of my work in progress….
So if you sign up for an account be sure to follow along on our Pinterest Page, where you can not only follow my likes, but the Painting Ponies’, and even some things that catch my mom’s eye.