After owning dozens of cats in the 1950s and 1960s, Andy Warhol's partner, Jed Johnson, convinced him they should get a dog in November 1972.

"[7] In the Spring of 1973, Warhol and Archie traveled to Rome where Johnson was working with director Paul Morrissey on the films Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) and Blood for Dracula (1974) at Cinecittà Studios.

[14]By 1975, Warhol and Johnson had expanded their family by purchasing a light brown shorthaired dachshund puppy, Amos.

[16][2][17] He told socialite Lee Radziwill in the March 1975 issue of Interview magazine that he got Amos as a Christmas present for Archie.

"[16] "I took him over and he did his manly duty, and then the next day I brought Amos home, so that confused him, he thinks he got very quick results," Warhol said.

[16] "Unlike Archie who enjoyed the company of people and was very social, Amos was more like a regular dog," said Vincent Fremont, a member of Warhol's inner circle.

[7] Amos was photographed with Johnson and Warhol superstar Geraldine Smith in the February 1976 issue of Interview magazine.

[20][17] In 1977, Warhol told Barbara Isenberg of the Los Angeles Times, "Archie has a really good beginning (art) collection.

[7] They lived at 57 E 66th St on Manhattan's Upper East Side, and Johnson managed his decorating business from the fourth floor.

[31] A photo of Archie taken by Peter Hujar in 1975 was published in the book Black and White Dogs (1992) by Jean-Claude Suarès.

[32] In 2022, a mixed media image by Warhol titled "Archie, the Dachshund" was included in the exhibition "A Thousand Hounds: A Walk with Dogs Through the History of Photography" at the UBS Paine Webber Art Gallery in New York.