Ammo the Dachshund Artist
Ammo and his first in the "Dachshund Series"
Occasionally on the Trick Ponies Blog I will mention my dachshund, Ammo. Ammo is like my adopted son. He is with me ALL the time. He comes to work with me, comes to the farm, runs errands with me, and basically just never leaves my side. Ammo is one of those dogs that has so much personality that you mistakenly think of them as human. Since the day he came to live with me in November of 2008 I had a dream for him (just like any loving mom that has aspirations for their kid).
I dreamed of the day that Ammo would sit beside the Trick Ponies, paintbrush in mouth, and paint WITH them. Since April I have been steadily working towards this goal with him. Teaching him to hold the brush, teaching him to target the paper, even taking him to training classes to get him more in tune to my training methods. Ammo is getting closer and closer to the goal, but I have yet to add paint into his shenanigans – mostly because I know it will result in a HUGE mess.
"Blue Dachshund No1" by Ammo
So in the meantime I was dreaming up a way to involve Ammo in the creation of artwork that was a little bit “cleaner”. I was looking for something we could do together while at work, that didn’t involve me on my hands and knees scrubbing paint out of the carpet. Enter scratch art.
This month Ammo created his very first scratch art pieces after I painstakingly cut out dachshund shapes from carbon paper for him. Honestly I think they are so cool! I’m totally going to hang a few of these in my house. The best part about them is that each one is different.
Ammo’s Scratch Art is available for purchase on the Painting Pony Shop, and with each one we sell we will be donating $1 to the Main Line Animal Rescue.
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love your artwork,ammo! how did earthdoggin go??? (i didn’t lose my mind and it was this weekend, right?)
earthdog was fun! Ammo didn’t qualify, as he was a little unsure about going all the way through the tunnels, but one judge let him see the rats, which he immediately started working. So with a little more practice I’m sure he’ll be flying through the tunnel. I plan to post some photos and a video soon. There are some photos already up on Ammo’s facebook page if you want to see them. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ammo-the-Dachshund/180722271918