Capeless Super Dog

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Ammo

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!

Friday Fetch: Petico Tees

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Ammo

Sometimes our people need a little help in the fashion department. I don’t know about you, but I’m super embarrassed when my mom takes me for a walk in her stinky barn boots, torn jeans, and a shirt that looks like the ponies’ spit paint at (which they probably did).

So I did a little happy twirl when I found Petico Tees, an Australian company that makes T-shirts and brooches that feature modern dog designs.

Now if only I could convince the ponies’ that they wouldn’t make good canvases!

UPDATE – this shop unfortunately no longer exists.

Spider. The Monkey?

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Ammo

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

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Ammo

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

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Ammo

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

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Ammo

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

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Ammo

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.

Lumber Yard

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Ammo

It seems that around my house a dog’s day is never done.

Just when I think it’s time to punch out for the day – here we are headed to Lowes for lumber……until 9pm at night! Thank goodness mom felt sorry for me and let me sleep in the car…..

……instead of having to ride around in the shopping cart…..or even worse…..

…inside mom’s purse!

I was really hoping all the new lumber was for something really cool, like a dog house or a firetruck! But alas, mom says it’s to build garden boxes and the rest of dad’s workbench.

Really? We had to go to Lowes at 9pm for that? Just wake me when we make a pit-stop at Petco please.

Clean-up Crew

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Ammo

If I wasn’t a shop dog, I’d totally be able to get a job as a janitor. No crumb uneaten, no floors unlicked, I’d make the place spotless!

That’s why when the ponies are done painting for the day they call me in.

I find every little speck of dropped grain!

Boy those ponies are wasteful!

Now that my belly’s full with pony grain, I think I’ll head out to the pasture. I’m sure the ponies have left some stinky presents for me out there. They’re very thoughtful like that.

Check out what my pony friends painted over on the Trick Ponies Blog.

Cupcakes & Diapers

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Ammo

On Sunday I had the feeling that something exciting was going to happen.

Clue number one was that I had to get dressed up!

Mom said we were going to have a Baby Shower for her cousin.

“Does this mean I’ll get to play with Babies?” – Me

“Not quite, but there will be cupcakes & diapers” – Mom

So I parked myself on the couch and waited for these so called cupcakes & diapers to arrive.

And I waited.

And then just as I was getting really tired of waiting…

The cupcakes arrived! (I may or may not have licked a few…..shhhh!)

In fact, lots of food arrived. I tried my best to look awfully cute so that the mom-to-be would send some treats my way, but it didn’t quite work out as planned.

So instead I took a break from party mode and took a nap on the couch for a while.

I instantly perked up though when I heard we were gonna play some party games. “Games? I love games!”

“Someone help me cut my ribbon so I can guess how big the baby belly is!”

Then the highlight of my day….the diapers arrived! And you’ll never guess what. There was melted chocolate inside of them……sweet glorious day.

Apparently it was for some game where you have to guess which melted chocolate bar is inside the diaper. I think I need to brush up on my chocolate bars, because I failed miserably….even with a few taste tests!