Piglet

Nicknames: Piggy, Pigpen, Ratfink, Snort, the Finkster, Little Boy Blue

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Piglet is a very sweet boy who was rescued from a very neglectful situation and given a chance to live the good life. Piglet wasnt ever let out of a kennel. He was living in a ton of his own excrement When he was first rescued, he had a very bad case of mange. It was so bad that he was almost completely bald. He was extremely malnourished and weak. He has gained 10 pounds in his 2 months of foster care and his coat is almost completely grown in. He will be a beautiful boy someday and is well on his way. He is currently 45 lbs and is approximately 12 months old. His growth was stunted at such an early age that he will probably always be a smaller dog. He loves everyone he has ever met, dogs and people alike. The first time I gave him a rawhide, he didn’t really know what to do with it, but now he is obsessed with rawhides! Piglet learned sit and lay down very quickly (he loves those biscuits!) He is quickly learning OFF and to walk on a leash. He is also good around his food. Piglet loves to play with toys and to fetch the ball and will bring it right back to me. Piglet doesn’t mind receiving a bath, as he has to do weekly. He loves to poke his head in the shower curtain when his foster mom is taking a shower.

The following was Piglet's original bio from his foster mom:

About Piglet: Piglet is a very sweet boy who was rescued from a very neglectful situation and given a chance to live the good life. I don’t think that he was ever let out of a kennel. When he was first rescued, he had a very bad case of mange. It was so bad that he was almost completely bald. He was extremely malnourished and weak. He has gained 5 pounds in his 5 weeks of foster care and his coat is almost completely grown in. He will be a beautiful boy someday and is well on his way. He is currently 40 lbs and is approximately 11 months old. His growth was stunted at such an early age that he will probably always be a smaller dog. He loves everyone he has ever met, dogs and people alike.

The first time I gave him a rawhide, he didn’t really know what to do with it and looked to his foster brother Spot for guidance. Now he is obsessed with rawhides!! He loves to play with Spot, a 2yr old male pit bull. Aggression has never been an issue, even though he was still intact for the first 5 weeks (due to his depleted immune system).

Piglet learned sit and lay down very quickly (he loves those biscuits!). He is quickly learning OFF and to walk on a leash. He will share food out of the same bowl, even another male. And I will often catch him and Spot gnawing on the opposite ends of rawhides. Note: he does not like the 14 yr old matriarch in the household stealing his rawhide (as she often likes to do) and has begun to growl at her when he has a rawhide, which I quickly take away, so hopefully he will learn. The older female has gone after him a couple of times, and he hides under the bed to get away from her. Piglet loves to play with toys and shares well with Spot. He loves to fetch the ball and will bring it right back to me. Piglet doesn’t mind receiving a bath, as he has to do weekly. He loves to poke his head in the shower curtain when his foster mom is taking a shower.

Piglet’s ideal day: get up off the bed where he is currently allowed to sleep with his foster mom and immediately start playing with his foster brother. Outside to play several times a day. A walk to check out the world. More playing with his foster brother. Eat breakfast and settle in to a rawhide. More playing, a nap, more playing, more rawhide chews. Show off his lay down skills for biscuits as often as possible. Play fetch and skillfully remove the squeaker out of any toy. More rough and tumble play with other dogs, then makeout. Another walk to see the world, then nap on the couch with foster mom with his nose nuzzled into her armpit. More playtime with other dogs and a final spaz freakout on the bed as he tries to burrow in the blankets , rolling over and over, then suddenly out of nowhere immediately snoring and fast asleep for the night.

Pet peeves: his kennel (although getting better), being left alone, dogs that won't play with him and dogs that try to steal his rawhides right out of his mouth.