Today I was very blessed by my good friend Ellen Hudson. She let me buy one of her piglets. It is the cutes most huggable little pig I have seen. Bryson held her on the way home and they both fell asleep. How sweet! The trip was a little over an hour.
On the way home I decided that I wanted to section off a part of the pen so that this cute little baby didn't get "lost in the woods". Since the tornado in 2012, a lot of trees have grown up in the pen causing it to look more like a wooded area. I love it and think it will be better for the pigs, but she is too little to roam free. Since I don't have any other safe place to put her, I held her while Brandon put up the other fence. I thought it would only take about 10 minutes - if that. But Brandon is his father's son and doesn't do anything except for perfectly. He made that temporary fence semi-permanent and totally safe. It took him almost an hour and a half to do. I couldn't be prouder!! It is a good thing that I have a chair in the garden. I would not have been able to stand that long with the piggy in my arms. She kept snuggling all over me. I loved it. We had some good bonding time!
Because the trip was so long and we were out there so long, and not to mention it was like 95-98 degrees, I felt that she might be a little dehydrated. So right before I put her in the pen I gave her a bottle of water. Of course, she did not want to drink it. I had to squirt it into her mouth. This may have been more for my own piece of mind than for her need. Better safe than sorry though.
Then it was time! I put her down in the pen! She immediately laid down. I don't know if it was because she had been in my lap for so long or if it was because the ground was so different - she went from a solid dirt ground to "forest". Isn't that just like a baby! I pet her until she finally decided to get up. Game on! She walk a few steps, laid down, waited, got back up, walked a few steps, laid down... She did this for several minutes. It was so cute! She even found a little patch of dirt to root in. Add some food and water and all was good. I hated to leave her out there alone but Raven - our Australian Kelpie - is out there to protect her.
Today I was very blessed by my good friend Ellen Hudson. She let me buy one of her piglets. It is the cutes most huggable little pig I have seen. Bryson held her on the way home and they both fell asleep. How sweet! The trip was a little over an hour.
On the way home I decided that I wanted to section off a part of the pen so that this cute little baby didn't get "lost in the woods". Since the tornado in 2012, a lot of trees have grown up in the pen causing it to look more like a wooded area. I love it and think it will be better for the pigs, but she is too little to roam free. Since I don't have any other safe place to put her, I held her while Brandon put up the other fence. I thought it would only take about 10 minutes - if that. But Brandon is his father's son and doesn't do anything except for perfectly. He made that temporary fence semi-permanent and totally safe. It took him almost an hour and a half to do. I couldn't be prouder!! It is a good thing that I have a chair in the garden. I would not have been able to stand that long with the piggy in my arms. She kept snuggling all over me. I loved it. We had some good bonding time!
Because the trip was so long and we were out there so long, and not to mention it was like 95-98 degrees, I felt that she might be a little dehydrated. So right before I put her in the pen I gave her a bottle of water. Of course, she did not want to drink it. I had to squirt it into her mouth. This may have been more for my own piece of mind than for her need. Better safe than sorry though.
Then it was time! I put her down in the pen! She immediately laid down. I don't know if it was because she had been in my lap for so long or if it was because the ground was so different - she went from a solid dirt ground to "forest". Isn't that just like a baby! I pet her until she finally decided to get up. Game on! She walk a few steps, laid down, waited, got back up, walked a few steps, laid down... She did this for several minutes. It was so cute! She even found a little patch of dirt to root in. Add some food and water and all was good. I hated to leave her out there alone but Raven - our Australian Kelpie - is out there to protect her. 