Show me your pets

Omg I want Poppy pig!!!!!

Waaa I love Poppy Pig!

Does she live more or less like a dog, is she toilet trained etc? How long do pigs live for?

I bought a collar for Penny from a lady who makes them, she also does harnesses that are custom sized, so perhaps that would be an idea if someone nearer you also made them?

Excess of Dreamies I think. She's even bigger than this now!

Meet Oliver ! He runs & is definitely man of the house.

Sleepy gerbils

I love gerbils!

She is totally awesome! Yes, it is basically like living with a really big, really greedy and really clever dog. We got her as a weaner at 8 weeks old from a guy who breeds pigs for meat, so she had not lived indoors from birth. We had her fully toilet trained within a week of us bringing her home. She lives in the house mostly, and sleeps in a dog bed at the bottom of our bed. At 6am every morning she comes down to my side of the bed to wake me up and I take her out for a wee and her breakfast. The rest of the day she comes and goes as she pleases. She learned to open our back door from the inside so if we leave her indoors she'll let herself out to do her business in the garden.

She answers to her name, comes when we call, will sit on command. She loves music, and will wag her tail in time to the beat of songs she especially likes. We had to fit a lock onto our fridge because the little bugger learned to open it! When she was little she would walk on the lead and we used to take her to the beach, she used to swim in the sea. She's too big to go in the car now, so we can't get her to the beach and she won't walk too far anyway, but we take her for a walk up the road and she'll walk to heel.

She's 20 months old now and fully grown, pigs live to around 12-14 years old.

This is incredible! What made you want to get a pig?

My pooch. Fern

i love your pig I sooo want one!!!!!!

Aww! Such cuteness! And I love Poppy-Pig!! Here is our little fluff-ball Commander Spock, wearing a crown constructed from a tissue--

Oh my god, I actually can't cope with how cute Peppa is. I love bichon frises.

I LOVE Poppy Pig as well, I've always wanted a pet pig! Think I would have to give up bacon sandwiches though.

Cinnamon...My inlaws have a Ziggy... identical to yours...same eyes of course too!

I thought he was unique!

You've all seen Buster a million times. So here is again! And I've just realised I clearly let him on our bed too much.

Some gorgeous pets on here. I love how the rats snuggle up together and look so cosy.

Here is my gorgeous little sausage Chip.

I love these threads! Here are Mimi (white muzzle) and Rudy (smaller cat)

Aww Kharv just seen on your "getting to know you" thread that you have a patterdale!! He's so lovely, our last doggy was a patterdale - we don't see many others about at all Brilliant & such loving dogs! Had to quote this pic cause it's my favourite!!

Thanks lovely x

I always wanted a pet pig, ever since I read 'The Sheep Pig' as a kid. My childhood bedroom was always full of piggy pictures and ornaments, but I never thought I'd have a real one, mainly because I get severe asthmatic reactions to fur and feathers and have had anaphylactic reactions to dog and cat saliva so I was resigned to never having a pet I could cuddle (we had fish but it wasn't quite the same!). Then I read an article about a blind woman who had a seeing-eye pig because she was allergic to dogs. It said that pig hair and skin is genetically very similar to human so is hypo-allergenic to people with dander allergies. So we found a breeder, and did a few allergy experiments with Poppys pig-mummy and when we found out I wasn't allergic that was it, decision made!

Haha was yours a bleeding nightmare too? We keep telling him it's a good job he's handsome. Ha.

To be fair to him, he's perfect in most ways but he really really hates dogs when he's out on his walks.

They do have bucket loads of personality though, don't they?

Haha yes so much personality! She was a nightmare at times especially out walks haha.

Very hyper and always wanted over to other dogs, looked like she was taking us a walk most of the time!

So comical as well though & they're so loving, we only had ours til she was about 5 as she was so ill, took fits & had numerous skin conditions and gaining so much weight on her medication it was kinder to have her put to sleep. Took us years to get over it and even consider getting another dog.

She was a softie but I remember taking her out a walk one night and she seen a fox and almost dragged me off my feet trying to get to it haha, feisty when they want to be I'd love another patterdale someday though!

Aww this makes me super happy. I love them all!

Here are my two diddy pups. Hitchers of instagram must be sick to death of the sight of them. Sorry!

Ari

Aryas own tail sneaking up on her

CUTE OVERLOAD!

Pavone- what is your Instagram name please? I can exchange endless puppy pics with those of cats and failed craft projects. You in?

IN! As long as at some point the craft projects and cat pics overlap. I wanna see some crafty kitties!

I'm esiuol_pavone ?

My baby Zorrokins. He's a rescue cat and a total moggy but someone once told me he was part Burmese.

Helping me with invitations:

Helping me read the paper.

Making sure Mum gets her rest:

If you ever need a Patterdale fix, feel free to follow my Instagram. I'm a Buster over-sharer. @loveontopuk