The piglet who thinks the dog is her brother

Name: The piglet who thinks the dog is her brother
Uploaded: 2022-04-25T20:00:00Z
Duration: 3 min 2 s
Description: Jenny's son hears noises in the bushes and finds a tiny black pig, all alone and still shivering from the storm the night before.

Jenny's son hears noises in the bushes and finds a tiny black pig, all alone and still shivering from the storm the night before. more

There is no sign of a mother pig or any siblings, and the family knows she needs to be taken in. Jenny already has a dog, a cat and a horse. Now she has a piglet named Pepper.

Pepper is "pretty dramatic" for the first few weeks, as Jenny tells it. She follows Jenny and her son everywhere and makes the loudest noises at them, almost like she is talking to her mom.

Then she picks a role model. Pepper really thinks Trout, the family's small white dog, is her sibling, and she wants to do everything he does.

A small white fluffy dog stands on dry grass, mouth open, looking forward. A headline runs in white letters across the lower third. — Trout, the family's small dog, is the one Pepper decides is her sibling.

One night the family heads out the door and can't find either of them. Then Jenny spots the pair far off. "You better get in that yard," comes the call. "You took Pepper with you." Pepper is right behind Trout every step of the way.

"I just think it was so cute that they went on this adventure," Jenny says, and she's glad they came back. Ever since, the two are seldom apart. They are, in her words, their own little crew.

A fluffy white Bichon Frise puppy and a small black piglet in an outdoor grassy setting, suggesting spring or summer. The headline runs in white letters across the lower third. — Jenny's son hears noises in the bushes and finds a tiny black pig, all alone and still shivering from the storm the night before.

Size helps. Trout was around Pepper's size, and Jenny thinks she was never scared of him because he has a gentle side. "They really are just the best of friends," she says.

Pepper feels at home now, and it shows at the gate. When the family comes into the yard, a welcome party is waiting, with Trout, Pepper, a cat and a little horse all glad to see them. Pepper makes them smile, Jenny says, and that seems to be her job.