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SSDreamin
Almost Self-Reliant
Pig girl ate solid food yesterday!!! First, she gobbled up some slightly watered down yogurt. Then, when DH got home, she ate some bread for him! 
She even stood for a few seconds on her hind legs - pretty wobbly, and plopped down on her butt, but she is trying! DH came in from feeding her and said "You know, she is most definitely a pet now, don't you? I've only been here an hour, and there is no way I can put her down now. " 
He says we should keep her and try to breed her and, if the vet is right and she can't, we should just keep her around as a pet. He is such a softy!
Well, she isn't out of the woods yet, but we will probably move her to a pen in the barn tomorrow - if she keeps eating - and bring her sister in to visit.
Woohoo! The marathon of Nascar series championship races are at an end. Very disappointed that 'My Man' - Jimmie Johnson, had issues in the pits and didn't get #6, but
for the Michigan boy - Brad Keselowski - who got his first championship (& a check for 5.6 million 
) yesterday!
She even stood for a few seconds on her hind legs - pretty wobbly, and plopped down on her butt, but she is trying! DH came in from feeding her and said "You know, she is most definitely a pet now, don't you? I've only been here an hour, and there is no way I can put her down now. " He says we should keep her and try to breed her and, if the vet is right and she can't, we should just keep her around as a pet. He is such a softy! Well, she isn't out of the woods yet, but we will probably move her to a pen in the barn tomorrow - if she keeps eating - and bring her sister in to visit.
Woohoo! The marathon of Nascar series championship races are at an end. Very disappointed that 'My Man' - Jimmie Johnson, had issues in the pits and didn't get #6, but
for the Michigan boy - Brad Keselowski - who got his first championship (& a check for 5.6 million ) yesterday!
I have *suggested* rigging up a temporary piggy wheelchair for her, so she can be more mobile until her back legs heal. DH vetoed it :/ He pointed out that, if she doesn't keep trying to use her back legs, they won't get stronger, and he said he refuses to build a wheel chair for a pig 
So, if they don't get better, I will build her a wheelchair! I guess I'm like BB, I have a soft spot for disabled animals - but I AM concerned about rigging up an apparatus for a huge pig girl come next Spring 
on the Venison! Our beef is being slaughtered Friday 
she'll be back with her sis in no time. One things for sure, she couldn't head out to the barn quick enough - she's really stinking up the garage 
