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  • Welcome to Heather Ogg’s Blog

    Come see what I've been up to. Mostly dogs, horses, and country life. Thanks for dropping by!

    Heather Ogg is a passionate designer, photographer, musician, and self-proclaimed creative-junkie. Her 20 years as a designer has given her photography a very distinct creative style. Although she specializes in dog photography, Heather also enjoys portraiture, landscapes, product photography and loves vintage work.

    Before becoming a professional designer and photographer, Heather was a veterinary assistant with aspirations of becoming a dog trainer. Her extensive knowledge of dog behavior creates a fun photo experience producing beautiful photos that you will treasure for years to come.

    Heather believes in being thankful and giving back. She volunteers her design services to EQUI-KIDS Therapeutic Riding for people with disabilities in Virginia and the SPCA Monteregie south of Montreal.

    Heather grew up in Montreal, Canada, where she studied Creative Arts, Illustration & Design, and Photography. This multi-talented visual artist’s career spans Montreal design studios, the corporate world and B2B with Bombardier and Pratt & Whitney Canada, and the wide-ranging challenges of her own creative design and photography business. Heather’s work earned International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Communicator of the Year Ovation Awards in 2003 and 2004.

    You’ll find Heather, Derek, daughters Sarah and Lindsay, and their dogs and horses enjoying their new old farm in North Wiltshire, PEI.

The Cottage Studio

My husband Derek has been working really hard on our cottage getting it ready for the slew of guests we’ve had this summer, particularly our kids and grandkids visiting from Montreal and Ottawa. The cottage will also double as a photography studio. I am seriously loving it!

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bev - Congrats Heather. This looks awesome. Can’t wait to see more!

Andy & Vanessa

We have a big family. A big beautiful family with a bunch of kids and it is something that I cherish very much. Last week we had the whole gang together here on the farm for the first time since we moved and it was so wonderful. We have always taken family portraits but unfortunately we couldn’t pull it off this time. The logistics of a family of 13 is crazy! But we did manage to photograph Andy and Vanessa and daughters Alyson and Amelie in the cottage. Thanks Andy and Vanessa. Love you big! Here’s a few photos for ya. xo

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Hondo

Here is Hondo the Labrador Retreiver who lives among the minis at M & M Lucky Hooves. Now think about it… poor guy has to compete for a little loving with all those attention getting minis around, eh? What a sweetheart. He followed us around the pasture the whole time, gentle as can be. I love old dogs very much. My favorite animals by far. Take a look at that face and I’m sure you’ll see why.

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Mary Gallant Executive Director, - Heather you are terrific! To capture Hondo like that, it’s amazing. He doesn’t look so old in those pics. But he’s such a good boy, like I tell everyone “He’s my horse dog”. He looks after all the minis here at M&M Lucky Hooves farm. I can’t imagine him not being here. We just love him so. Thanks Heather

All the Pretty Little Horses: M & M Lucky Hooves

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to visit Mary Gallant in Bloomfield, PEI and her fabulous minis Prince, Gidget, Fidget, Bartoya and 7-week-old Chakyra. They were so well trained I was inspired to try to work more with my horses. I have lots to learn and Mary was wonderful in sharing her knowledge with me. Her horses are awesome. This lady knows what’s she’s doing! Mary runs M & M Lucky Hooves, a non-profit organization promoting the love and awareness of Miniature Horses through therapeutic healing in the community. This involves bringing the horses into senior care facilities, hospitals, schools for the special needs, to the homes of learning and physically disabled individuals, and anywhere that therapeutic healing of minis is needed. I love minis and have worked with therapeutic riding organizations but never knew that minis could be used in this way. Seven-week-old mini Chakyra was very affectionate with me and I posted a fun little video on my facebook page of her trying to sit on my lap and give me kisses during the shoot. And yes… I loved every minute! Visit M & M Lucky Hooves at www.mandmluckyhooves.com to find out more about the magic of minis. Enjoy!

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