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Piglet who couldn't walk now runs with the dogs

On a farm, a mother pig sat on one of her piglets. He came away with badly hurt legs and could barely stand, but he kept his face up and his tail wagging. more

A local farmer called Michelle about the litter. The little pig could stand a bit but could not walk, so he flopped around with a smile on his face. "Okay, we're gonna give him a chance," she says. The piglet, fittingly, is named Chance.

Michelle took him in at the sanctuary and introduced him to the dogs there. They seemed to know the little guy needed help. Mostly, they just wanted to be his friends.

She was a bit worried at first. Chance weighed 10 pounds and couldn't walk, and she wondered what that would look like once he reached 400. He was going to grow fast.

So the work began. She gave him exercises, and she fed him in set positions that made him use different muscles. Chance was always happy to eat, so mealtime doubled as a workout.

Within a few months, he was standing and walking on his own. Soon he could climb stairs. For a pig who once could only flop, it was quite a turnaround.

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Still a small pig, Chance stands on his own in the snow.

Through all of it, Chance stayed fearless. He never seemed to care that he didn't feel good, and he always looked on the bright side.

Now that he's big, he has no limits at all. He runs and plays with the dogs, and his floppy ears bounce as he goes. A giant German shepherd Michelle was fostering took to him completely and gave him little licks.

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On a farm, a mother pig sat on one of her piglets.

Chance weighs at least 400 pounds now and is still growing, which Michelle calls more to love. He lives outside full time and roams the farm, getting into things.

Every day when Michelle says hi, he comes running over and looks up at her with that little nose. She says it is special to have that with an animal she loves so much.