Thank you, no. We had four or five of them on my grandparents' farm, and that was more than enough. Fortunately, we also had a much more secure enclosure for our pigs than the neighbor here has.
As long as this pig remains good-natured, I do not mind (much) shooing him out of the yard. However, I'm aware of how bad-tempered pigs can be, which is why I'm reluctant to get too close to one (especially one that probably outweighs me) without a stick in my hand.
While I've been the family City Slicker for well-nigh twenty years now, spending my youth between my grandparent's farm and a set of US Forest Service bases in the Sierra Nevada has left me prepared for the challenges of rural living at times like this. I'm surprised at how easily some of this stuff comes back to me.
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Date: 2009-06-02 03:19 pm (UTC)As long as this pig remains good-natured, I do not mind (much) shooing him out of the yard. However, I'm aware of how bad-tempered pigs can be, which is why I'm reluctant to get too close to one (especially one that probably outweighs me) without a stick in my hand.
While I've been the family City Slicker for well-nigh twenty years now, spending my youth between my grandparent's farm and a set of US Forest Service bases in the Sierra Nevada has left me prepared for the challenges of rural living at times like this. I'm surprised at how easily some of this stuff comes back to me.