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catbyte

(38,423 posts) Fri Nov 21, 2025, 01:03 PM Nov 21

Pig locked in dark stall for 10 years tastes freedom

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Pig locked in dark stall for 10 years tastes freedom (Original Post) catbyte Nov 21 OP

Pigs, like all animals, deserve so much better from us. What a great human being this man is. Borogove Nov 21 #1

A lot of people got potbelly pigs when they were all the rage, Bayard Nov 21 #2

Two years, that's patience Wild blueberry Nov 21 #3

Wow, she became a house pig. red dog 1 Nov 22 #4

Borogove

(391 posts)

1. Pigs, like all animals, deserve so much better from us. What a great human being this man is.

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Fri Nov 21, 2025, 02:29 PM

Nov 21

Bayard

(28,093 posts)

2. A lot of people got potbelly pigs when they were all the rage,

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Fri Nov 21, 2025, 02:29 PM

Nov 21

And then found out it wasn't going to be as easy as they thought, especially when they weren't little and cute anymore. There's always tons of them up for adoption.

Glad this girl found a good home.

Wild blueberry

(8,026 posts)

3. Two years, that's patience

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Fri Nov 21, 2025, 11:59 PM

Nov 21

Lovely tale. Thank you.

red dog 1

(32,238 posts)

4. Wow, she became a house pig.

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Sat Nov 22, 2025, 01:25 AM

Nov 22

Reminds me of an episode of "All Creatures Great & Small" when Mrs. Pumphrey got a baby pig as company for her Pekingese, Tricky Woo.
When James Heriot told her the pig couldn't live in the house, she was devastated.
"He can't live outside," she said. "He'll get pneumonia.'
Herriot's reply: "He's more likely to get pneumonia living inside."
He advised her to have her handyman, Hodgekin, build the pig a "nice pig sty with a long run."

Thanks, catbyte

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