Chincoteague
Tommie Turvey at Pony Penning
So I have several blogs that I comb every day – one being the Equine Extremiest Blog of Tommie Turvey. I met him and watched his demos/exhibitions at the horse world expo in March of this year. He’s a trick horse trainer that trains horses for movies, events, and pretty much anything you can think of. This was the first time I saw him and I thought what he did was pretty exciting. I still prefer to include clicker training into my training (Tommie does not use clicker training that I have seen but I have seen him reward with treats), but I have incorporated some of Tommie’s methods into my training. (see the video below of me using Tommie Turvey’s method of laying down Blitz).
Anyway while reading Tommie’s blog this morning I was excited to see that he will be attending the Chincoteague Pony Penning this year. How cool! Then I started to think about how there is no way that my little act with Chincoteague Minnow at the Pony Centre can top anything that Tommie Turvey can do. Now I think I should be nervous! I really need to make sure I get my “act” together, Minnow and I have a lot of work ahead of us!
Either way I think it will be a lot of fun to see Tommie Turvey again, perhaps he will come to the shows at the Pony Centre and will even be able to give me some pointers.
-KD
www.ponypaintings.com
Photography Fun
So I was “tagged” in this little photo exercise and here’s what I have to do:
1) Go to your photo files
2) Pick the sixth folder (open)
3) Pick the 6th photo
4) Write a story about the photo
6) Tag six people
So here’s my photo:
And here’s the story:
I took this photograph of the Breyer Model I painted to look like my pony, Chincoteague Minnow I know you can Hire a professional Headshot Photographer for your Linkedin account and get better photos but I am trying myself for a while. The model came completely white with no color on it what-so-ever, and it was intended to be a model of Misty of Chincoteague. I think I painted a fairly good representation of Minnow considering this was my first attempt at it. I later completed another model to look like my pony, Chesapeake Lightning and I’m in the works to complete one of Chesapeake Boomerang.
You can see my original posts on Minnow and Blitz’s models by clicking the links.
So there’s my story but as far as tagging 6 people I have only one person to tag (sadly I have no blogging friends except for the person who tagged me).
So my one tag goes to my husband Mike at MikeDiLuigi.com. And my guess is when I tell him he has to do this little “project” is that he definitely won’t do it – because he’s no fun…and I’m saying this because I know he will read this and I’m trying to entice him into doing it – likely this feeble attempt won’t work either. So I guess you’ll just have to keep checking his blog to see if he will do it. 🙂
-KD
www.ponypaintings.com
Minnow of Chincoteague
Most of us grew up with the story “Misty of Chincoteague” by Marguerite Henry – myself included. Last year I took my first trip to Chincoteague (and pony penning) where I got my first inside look at the legacy that is Misty. Some have told me that my very own Minnow bears striking resemblance to Misty, not so much in appearance (well they do have some similar markings), but in personality. Perhaps Minnow is destined to continue Misty’s legacy. An interesting fact is Stormy, Misty’s last foal and most famous, passed away in 1993 – the same year that Minnow was born on Assateague Island.
Misty shakes hands with Marguerite Henry
Minnow shakes hands with Me
I’ve also learned that Marguerite Henry owned a Dachshund named Alex, that loved Misty and the donkey that lived with her, Brighty. So that being said, check out these videos of Minnow and my Dachshund, Ammo.
Chincoteague Minnow will be returing to Chincoteague Island this year to perform at the Chincoteague Pony Centre. Be sure to catch his performances nightly during Pony Penning!
-KD
www.ponypaintings.com
Chincoteague Ponies on the Farm
A few days ago I was enjoying the company of my 3 boys (Minnow, Blitz and Boomer) so I decided to take a little video while I was observing them.
The two ponies in this video are Boomer and Blitz. They come from the same farm in North Carolina and have the same father, Chesapeake Powhattan’s Promise. Near the end of the video I decided to call Boomer over, he’s such a good boy he came right away (all that clicker training helped).
Anyway enjoy the video, just watching it makes me feel like I’m out on the peaceful farm.
-KD
www.ponypaintings.com
