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sinkingfeeling

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10. Pigs are wonderful animals. It's just trying to keep them 'thin' that's the

Reply to frogmarch (Original post)

Mon Nov 18, 2013, 10:03 AM

Nov 2013

problem. I had a pet pig as a kid. Sow had rolled on her and crushed her hip. She limped and couldn't be bred and my gentle dad let us keep her for about 4 years. She weighed over 530 pounds when we finally had to give her up.

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Rescue animals, now siblings, meet for the first time [View all] frogmarch Nov 2013 OP

Valentine's a very lucky pig to have found a forever home and a life long evperience of being loved. Auntie Bush Nov 2013 #1

Yes, she sure is. frogmarch Nov 2013 #2

oh this just melts the heart TorchTheWitch Nov 2013 #3

It melts my heart too. frogmarch Nov 2013 #4

amazing how one small photo TorchTheWitch Nov 2013 #9

Love it! Phentex Nov 2013 #5

Now that you mention it, frogmarch Nov 2013 #6

Love that first photo! Curmudgeoness Nov 2013 #7

I do too. I told my sister frogmarch Nov 2013 #8

Pigs are wonderful animals. It's just trying to keep them 'thin' that's the sinkingfeeling Nov 2013 #10

It was kind of your dad frogmarch Nov 2013 #11

That first picture takes my breath away... ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #12

The picture looks almost ethereal, frogmarch Nov 2013 #13