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sinkingfeeling

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5. I found a tiny newborn pig in the garden back in 1962. She wasn't one of

Reply to handmade34 (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 30, 2018, 10:16 PM

Dec 2018

mine as a different breed. The sow must have rolled on her as she had a bad hip. We took her inside, warmed her in a cooling oven, and put her in a wash tub filled with straw. Fed her a bottle every few hours and named her Poochie.

She became our pet, thought she was a dog, and chased the school bus. She loved fresh tomatoes and peanut butter sandwiches.

Our dad let us keep her for 3 years. She couldn't be bred due to her injury. She weighed 750 pounds when we had to let her go.

I often think of her.

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Tiny piglet named Bubbles: [View all] tblue37 Dec 2018 OP

not much handmade34 Dec 2018 #1

I love in the video when she starts hopping around. nt tblue37 Dec 2018 #2

They are warm and soft. 3Hotdogs Dec 2018 #3

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I found a tiny newborn pig in the garden back in 1962. She wasn't one of sinkingfeeling Dec 2018 #5

Awwww... so sweet! calimary Dec 2018 #6

So do I--and we need the sweetness these days. nt tblue37 Dec 2018 #7

Saved her bacon... from becoming bacon. DRoseDARs Dec 2018 #8