https://photos.app.goo.gl/mB6iC3Nm5WGa9wrE6 :lol:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/bGRLfxotr3HKEbqcA
Very tired afterwards. https://photos.app.goo.gl/wjSnWkiWwsNv2km67
Adorable!!! What is Piggies name? I’ve never seen a pig with that coloring before. Cute vocalizations!!!
Woody short for Woodrow (Lonesome Dove reference). Woody is a 8 month old neutered Kune Kune pig, and yes, if he’s not sleeping he keeps a running commentary. Really sweet guy. We’ve previously owned two pot bellied pigs, but this is our first Kune Kune and the only pig who has ever wanted to follow along on a trail ride. Trail is right next door.
Here is the beginning of that ride. https://photos.app.goo.gl/p8Fd2VbBe7ssjxZ68
I thought he would stop/turn back once we went into the woods, but nope, he seemed determined to come along. I only walked, stopped frequently and cut the ride short to accommodate him. He was one tired pig by the time we got back. Will have to confine him if I want to go farther or faster; don’t want the cute, sweet piggy to have a coronary trying to keep up!
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I love how he just climbed then jumped over that little branch on the trail. That’s so cute. Was he following the dogs or you or the horse? Cute little pack member.
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Everyone really. He was not raised with the dogs. We’ve only had him about a month, but he is very sweet and likes everybody and everything, and wants to be included. I think it was more, everyone was going: me, horse and the four dogs, and he was like, hey wait for me! It was hysterical. You can hear him vocalizing in all three video clips. Worth turning the sound up.
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Fun.
We raise heritage hogs. Mainly guinea hogs and red wattles. But they aren’t housed at the horse farm.
They follow just about anyone and anything if they can. They’re herd bound and if no pigs are about they will wattle after humans and dogs especially if they are relaxed and know you. They always talk too. We call it pig-dar. Sadly their hearts aren’t very big so don’t take him out in the real heat or for long. I had a new gilt run through the fence to greet me at the neighbor’s because she heard my voice and truck…she quickly panicked once she realized this wasn’t home and ran all the way back. They’re quite tuned into home.
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:lol::love-struck:
Aaaaand… now I want a pig :rolleyes:
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I know, right! I like pigs. They are funny little beings. We’ve had two potbellied pigs, both neutered males, who were funny little guys, but impossible to keep contained in a pasture within our present field fencing, and then would root up anywhere and everywhere they pleased, and thus were rehomed to places with sturdier fencing. I didn’t mind their free ranging; I did mind them tearing up the flower beds, especially the ones right next to the house.
And that’s the best thing about this little short-snouted Kune Kune, he grazes, but doesn’t root and is SO sweet and laid back; not at all reactive and the Potbellies, could be easily spooked. Anyway, Woody free ranges and so far that’s fine. If we ever decide that’s no longer allowable, we will invest in some hog panels and some electric mesh for his own place. I hope it doesn’t come to that as he’s pretty adorable just pottering around doing piggy things. He only gets really noisy at feeding times and as soon as he gets fed, it’s all done. He has a pile of straw in one stall he beds down into at night and he really is quite furry.
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STOP ENABLING!!! :eek:
Kune Kune sure sounds like my kinda pig.
A friend had a potbelly - Wilbur - that loved her, DH not so much.
She’d get home from running errands in town & DH would be fuming “Your pig is loose & I can’t get him penned!”
She’d just say sternly “Wilbur! Get back in there!”
Pig would trot right into his pen.
Of I wasn’t so close to subdivisions & busy roads…
I’ve wanted a goat forever, but do not want to have to redo my fencing & for the same reasons above, no goat.
Wonder how the neighbors would feel about a Woody… 
How does he do with roads?
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We have a long driveway and are set back off the road and the property is perimeter fenced, so he really doesn’t have any exposure to the road and would not fare well. He is not at all bothered by our noisy tractor as when moving round bales around the other day, he would walk right up to a tractor tire and scratch himself on it while it was running and we were maneuvering bales. So would be at risk for a car strike if he ever got too close to the road. He has shown zero interest venturing that far up the driveway away from friends and food.
Also, they do get a bit larger than potbellies. I’m expecting him to be about 200lbs. I expect as he increases in girth that his aspirations towards exercise not involving inhaling food will vastly decrease. A shame. We’ll see.
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LOL!!! Will have to remember that and it’s funnily accurate. :lol:
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Oh, I love your Woody! His running commentary is great. I’d love to expose my horse to a pig on the trails, but in our area we only have a woman who rides a longhorn steer, training enough!
Happy trails Woody!
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@FatCatFarm Whew!
That was close.
A Woody would not fare well on my farm :no:
I am on a corner lot & thanks to creeping urbanization (on a pretty low level) traffic on both roads can be busy.
So I will enjoy him on your posts.
Cuz there should be more Adventures of Woody :winkgrin:
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What a fun training partner! Having such a trail companion would be great for my reactive gelding. Did your horse need much work to get used to having the pig around?
They’re hilarious animals. So chatty. I’ve a sow that is a screamer though and we argue a lot. You can tell their mood by each individual’s vocal pattern.
I have AGH which are kind of kune kune but always black and with more varied build. Given the room most of mine will graze rather than root unless it rains and the grubs are out. I use mine to clear brush and keep the woods open at home. I have ponies so I’m afraid if my hogs ever got in with them they’d be murdered.
Woody gets quite screamy and dramatic at feeding times. He carries on so that you would swear he is about to die if not fed RIGHT! NOW! Follows me around the barn, screaming practically non-stop. It’s the only thing he does that is really irritating. Once he’s fed he shuts up. This morning I hurt his feelings when I booted him out of the barn over it and yelled at him. I mean, pouting, acting all offended, major hurt feelings. Yeesh! Such a drama queen. Even a treat didn’t completely win him back over. :rolleyes:
That’s pigs for ya. They’re generally not in danger of being starved.
I bought a sow from a guy that had let her roam about. She was about 100lbs overweight (on a frame meant to carry 300) and boy will she tell you off. She’s currently third in line to be fed because I’ve two sows with piglets and she will let the whole neighborhood know about it. You want to talk drama you should hear this girl. She’s as gentle as they come though.
You do not ever feed a nursing sow last. My big girl was close and my boyfriend made the mistake of giving her daughter donuts first…that sow dropped her whole 700lbs to her knees under the electric wire and flipped the hog panels up and over in about two seconds flat.
Good way to get a horse used to stuff…just buy a spoiled pig.
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