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!
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?
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!
The other day mom visited Petco without me. I know the horror! But at least she didn’t come back empty handed. And even though she didn’t buy me EVERYTHING I wanted, she did come back with the scoop on some new dog-gone great dog toys.
One of those items is The Doggie Bag. A new product from Hyper Pet. It’s a wiggling, barking, bag of fun! Their website boasts that it’s the perfect toy for hyper dogs.
Hyper or not, their fun promo video (see below) made me want to give it a try myself! The fact that it had a couple of cute little long haired Dachshunds in it may have helped a little too. So maybe if I promise to be really good next time mom’s at petco she’ll pick me up a doggie bag.
You can fetch The Doggie Bag at Petco (selection may vary at different stores) and on Amazon for $17.
If you follow me on Facebook, than you might already know that recently I picked up a special little item for Trooper to use during our performance this weekend at the Keystone Dachshund Races.
That item? A SUPER girly tutu fit for any princess.
Trooper wasn’t as thrilled about it as I am – and lets just say he refused to do some of his tricks during practice. So I did what any Super friend would do….
I put on the tutu!
I guess Trooper’s not as secure in his manliness like I am. And even though I am a boy, I look dang good in this tutu.
And if the rumors are true, than Princesses get whatever they want, right? Well this Prince-ss wants a new rawhide, and perhaps a couple of toy trucks. You know, just to balance things out a bit.
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?”
I decided to have a little fun today via one of my new favorite sites, Pinterest. So while looking for something fun to share with you guys for my Friday Fetch, I decided to search “dog wedding” (you know, just for fun). The result looked a little something like this:
Click on each image to find their source.
Magical right? Sadly I didn’t get to attend my mom & dad’s wedding (I was born the very next day!) – but I suppose it would have looked a little something like this:
Yes, I’m quite jealous that Minnow got to attend the festivities without me. He even got a very important job!
He was the “flower pony” and had to walk down the wedding isle tossing flowers as he went. He was such a good “flower pony” that I was thinking maybe I should hire him out. I can see it now, “Amazingly talented pony tosses flowers at wedding for big time celebrities”. I’m totally gonna be rich. hehe.
wedding photography above by Dan Williams Photography
