Today I thought I’d share some snapshots of my life via Instagram. You know, the super-cool retro photo app for iphone…..because I’m totally up on “what’s hot”. So, here’s a little glimpse into my life….
Sigh. Life is good.
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Picasso Pony
It’s no surprise that I spend my time with a bunch of famous painting ponies. And when mom announces “it’s a painting day”, she really means it’s a painting DAY. As in I have to spend ALL day hanging around the farm while the ponies put their brushes to work.
Don’t get me wrong, I love seeing them create masterpieces, but all day can get kind of tiring.
But, the ponies always make sure everyone has a good time. Like Boomerang, who tells the best jokes when he’s painting – they even make him giggle!
At the end of the day, the best part is always the clean-up. Well, at least it is for little doxies that love to lick the floor clean of spilled cheerios and the ponies’ sweet feed.
You can check out all of the ponies’ masterpieces from our day of painting on their Blog.
P.S. Make sure you tell them that I sent you – so maybe next time they’ll leave a few extra cheerios on the floor for me!
The Dog Days of Summer
I have some exciting news! Next month I’m going to be making some very special public appearances. First up I will be at the Ludwigs Corner Horse Show on September 3rd – 4th with my best pal Minnow the Painting Pony. We’re going to be parked out at my booth all day where we will have artwork for sale (by both me and the pony!) and we’ll be showing everyone some of our favorite tricks all day long. We also might be performing some of our acts in the main arena – when I have more details I will let everyone know! And as always the Ludwigs Corner Horse Show is a dog friendly event – so bring along all of your furry friends!
"Dog Paddling Over to Chincoteague" painting by Minnow and Ammo - 2009
Also I will be at the Chadds Ford Historical Society Dog Days of Summer Event. The event is on September 10th -11th from 10am – 5pm – and the best part is….it’s a DOG FRIENDLY event too!
I’m going to have a booth set up where I’ll be selling some of my great artwork along with the Painting Ponies’ artwork too. Minnow the Painting Pony might also be in attendance – but we have to wait and see if they can make room for him (he is kinda hefty! hehe).
I hope I’ll get to see some of my facebook and blog friends at these events! Pretty soon I’m going to need a date book to keep track of all my appearances!
You can see a list of all the events I will be attending this year on the Painting Pony Calendar page!
Super Dog vs. Super Pony – School Addition
***UPDATE*** we realize this video is being blocked for some people – as soon as possible we will upload another version. Thanks for baring with these technical difficulties!
Do you remember when I made my first Elementary School Visit with my pal Minnow back in May? Well, the day has finally come – my live performance video with Minnow is complete! My Uncle Taylor (the filmmaker) shot and edited this whole video – and it turned out really cool! Not that it wouldn’t, considering I’m the star of the show.
P.S. Minnow may have won the trophy this time, but there is no way I’ll let him beat me next time!
***UPDATE*** if you are having trouble watching the video above, try this version (without the super cool super hero music) – ON YOUTUBE
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Say What?
Rumor has it that mom’s recapping all of Minnow’s adventures on Chincoteague Island last week on his blog. Which also means she’s hogging all my computer time….jeesh!
So while I patiently (or not so patiently depending on how you look at it) wait my turn on the computer – you can head on over to Minnow’s blog to check out all the fun I missed when they went to Chincoteague. And don’t forget, there is one more day to enter my giveaway for a FREE Scratch Art Painting! It just might be your lucky day!
Super Dog and Super Fort
I’ve been hanging out in my Super Fort all week while my mom and Minnow are in Chincoteague. And yesterday IÂ finally got to talk to my mom on the phone, and she said Minnow has been working very hard performing at the Pony Centre all week. She even e-mailed me this picture of Minnow being all…..Super!
Apparently he’s been drinking a lot of this:
And after I hung up with mom and headed back to my Super Fort, I realized something was missing.
My SUPER CAPE!
Yeah, we all know who’s going to win go fish today!
P.S. Mom, if you are reading this – it was Minnow II and Ammo II that unrolled all the toilet paper in the bathroom….I swear I told them not to!
Super Fort!
Remember when I told you yesterday that my pal Minnow and my Mom left me all week to go have fun on Chincoteague Island without me? And remember how sad I was? Well, I decided to make the most of my time alone all week at home – and I did what anyone in my situation would do……I built a fort in the basement!
Welcome, to my Super Fort!
The Super Fort is quite awesome, and I even brought along a soda for later.
I was really having a good time in my Super Fort, but then I started to miss my Mom and Minnow again. That’s where Minnow II comes in.
Minnow II looks just like the real Minnow! And the best part is that he doesn’t even slobber on me when he gives me kisses!
Minnow II
The real Minnow – see, almost as good as the real thing!
Anyway, Minnow II said he’d play cards with me – on account of I was all lonely at home.
Oh, and to my left is Ammo II – I decided it’s always best to have Dachshund’s outnumber ponies when you are playing cards.
I might have lost the card game and thrown a little temper tantrum. But in my defense, I think Minnow II cheated.
Those crafty ponies and their go fish cheating ways!
Initiation
The Painting Ponies that I live with are a special breed (according to my mom). They are all Chincoteague Ponies, which means they were either born wild on Assateague Island in Virginia or they are related to the wild ponies from the island. My best pony friend Minnow was born wild on Assateague 18 years ago – how cool is that – technically I’m friends with a wild animal! Mom says Boomerang and Blitz are not directly from the island, but their parents are.
Since I learned that to get off the island, Minnow had to join in on the annual Pony Swim, I decided that Blitz and Boomerang should probably learn to swim too. It was time for initiation!
I of course watched safely from the sidelines.
Blitz and Boomerang are on the left, and my other pony friend Jet is on the right. Jet is not a Chincoteague Pony so she was exempt from initiation, but chose to participate – well, because she’s an overachiever.
The ponies we’re just taking too long to get to the swimming part, so I had to send in my assistant to get them moving.
It’s Super Trooper, assistant swim coach!
I like to make Trooper think he’s important.
And we have a swimmer! Boomerang has passed initiation! Now he can call himself a real Chincoteague Pony. I’m like the best swim coach ever!
There should be a trophy for that or something!
Is there room for me?
My Painting Pony friends recently got a new horse trailer.
Can you believe it? All three of them can fit inside there. I was almost a little jealous.
But then I remembered I get to ride up front. In the air conditioning. Yeah, not so jealous anymore.
Friday Fetch: Dogs at Weddings
I decided to have a little fun today via one of my new favorite sites, Pinterest. So while looking for something fun to share with you guys for my Friday Fetch, I decided to search “dog wedding” (you know, just for fun). The result looked a little something like this:
Click on each image to find their source.
Magical right? Sadly I didn’t get to attend my mom & dad’s wedding (I was born the very next day!) – but I suppose it would have looked a little something like this:
Yes, I’m quite jealous that Minnow got to attend the festivities without me. He even got a very important job!
He was the “flower pony” and had to walk down the wedding isle tossing flowers as he went. He was such a good “flower pony” that I was thinking maybe I should hire him out. I can see it now, “Amazingly talented pony tosses flowers at wedding for big time celebrities”. I’m totally gonna be rich. hehe.
wedding photography above by Dan Williams Photography