Friday Fetch: Valentine’s Day for the Dogs

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, so here’s my happy little round-up filled with lots of love for your favorite 4-legged friend.

Friday Fetch: Valentine's Day Gifts for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

1. Bowtie Collar from Silly Buddy on Etsy

2. Jax and Bones Red Heart Toy from Petswag

3. Dog Doza Bed from Olive

4. Petego Bowl from Wag.com

5. Make your own Sausage Dog Kit from Jane Foster on Etsy

Ammo the Dachshund

Valentine’s Day DIY – Dog Collar Heart Accessory

Valentine’s Day is almost here, so with a little help from my mom I whipped up this happy heart DIY to help you spread some love any day of the year!

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

DIY – Dog Collar Heart Accessory

This simple DIY can be made with a few items that you can likely find laying around your house.

What you need:

  • Scissors
  • A few small scraps of fabric
  • Needle and thread
  • Elastic
  • Sharpie
  • Dog Collar
  • Cotton stuffing (don’t have any on hand? you could always use some paper towels or tissues)
  • Embroidery thread (substitute needle and thread if you don’t have any)
  • Metallic paint (optional)
  • Pencil with eraser (optional)

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

Step 1: Using a sharpie draw two small heart shapes onto your fabric. You may want to draw one on a plain piece of printer paper first and cut it out to use as a stencil.

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

Step 2: Cut both hearts out of your fabric.

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

Step 3: If you are using a plain piece of fabric then you may want to add a little Bling. By using the eraser end of your pencil you can stamp some dots of gold metallic paint onto your fabric hearts.

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

Step 4: Next measure the width of your dog collar, add about an inch, and cut this length out of your elastic. Once your paint is dry on your hearts you will want to sew a piece of looped elastic to the painted side with a needle and thread.

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

Step 5: Place your heart cutouts on top of each other (paint side up) and begin to stitch the two together using a piece of embroidery floss (or regular thread if that’s all you have). Stop stitching when you are about 3/4 of the way around.

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

Step 6: Stuff your heart with cotton filler (or any other stuffing you would like to use) and then stitch your heart the rest of the way shut.

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

Your heart collar accessory is now complete, and you can slip it onto your dog’s collar.

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

I don’t know about you, but I think it totally says I LOVE YOU!

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

If you decide not to add paint to your happy little heart, you may want to use a fun fabric instead – just like the one my mom made below.

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

I’m totally wearing my heart on my sleeve neck!

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

If you’re looking for more ways to spread a little love this year, make sure you check out my online SHOP for Valentine’s Day Greetings and more! Ammo the Dachshund

The collars I am wearing in this feature are from the lovely Mattie & Margot, and they have lots of great colors that would look oh so sweet with a happy little heart on them. 

Also you can fetch the id tag I’m wearing above from Blanket ID.

New in Shop! Valentine’s Day Cards

The special day of love is just around the corner on February 14th, have you gotten something for your Valentine yet? Well have no fear, Super Ammo is here, and I have just what you need in my Etsy Shop!

Dachshund Valentine's Day Cards // Flying Hero // Ammo the Dachshund

Dachshund Valentine's Day Cards // Flying Hero // Ammo the Dachshund

Dachshund Valentine's Day Cards // Flying Hero // Ammo the Dachshund

Dachshund Valentine's Day Cards // Flying Hero // Ammo the Dachshund

You can check out my entire line of cards and product in my Etsy Shop, Flying Hero!

Happy Heart Day! Ammo the Dachshund

Summer Love

ammo the dachshund and harley the Rottweiler

You might remember my neighbor, Harley, you know the sweet girl next door aka the Rottweiler I torment through the fence on a daily basis.

ammo the dachshund and harley the Rottweiler

Whenever I see Harley outside we run up and down our shared fence line playing. Harley tries her hardest to keep up with my fierce speed while I bark my head off at her to catch up.

ammo the dachshund and harley the Rottweiler

Then on the lucky days Harley actually gets to come over and wrestle with me.

ammo the dachshund and harley the Rottweiler

At 6 months old Harley is just a lovable giant – and she may dominate our wrestling matches with her sheer size…..

ammo the dachshund and harley the Rottweiler

….but she certainly can’t match my warp speed!

ammo the dachshund and harley the Rottweiler

How else do you think I keep my fit looking physique?

ammo the dachshund and harley the Rottweiler

Sometimes the quiet times with Harley can be just as fun though.

ammo the dachshund and harley the Rottweiler

I won’t lie, we’ve been known to give each other the goggly eyes once in a while.

ammo the dachshund and harley the Rottweiler

Harley even gave me a sweet lick on the eyeball the other day. *wink*

ammo the dachshund and harley the Rottweiler

To which I responded….GROSS…..GIRL COOTIES!

Pre-Valentines Day

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, which means I’m testing out my outfit for the Valentine’s Day Dance.

ammo the dachshund valentines day

It helps if you play this song while looking at the following pictures…

ammo the dachshund valentines day

ammo the dachshund valentines day

ammo the dachshund valentines day

ammo the dachshund valentines day

What do you think, am I cute enough to get a Valentine?

xoxo 

 

Visitor

Sometimes Trooper comes to visit me at the shop. When we were both younger Trooper and I both used to come to the shop together everyday, but then Trooper got a new job. Now Trooper visits the nursing home and rounds up the ponies on the farm almost daily – making his visits to the shop a little less frequent.

trooper at the shop

So when he does come to visit, I’m even more enthusiastic to see him.

Trooper and Ammo at the Shop

“OMG It’s you! I can’t believe you came to visit!”

Trooper and Ammo at the Shop

“I’m so excited I could kiss you!”

Trooper and Ammo at the Shop

“Now that we’ve got that awkwardness out of the way, want to play tug-o-war?”