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Painting with Pigs

3/19/2015

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A few weeks ago, we noticed that Boris (our boar) was starting to show a little bit too much interest in the two girls. We started working frantically to get the next pasture fenced in order to avoid the dreaded teen pregnancy situation. We worked through two weekends of rain and mud and Nick finally got the pig house finished last Sunday, while I had to work.

He is the builder and I am the painter. Since I got some extra time Tuesday, I decided to take advantage of the weather to paint the pig house. Since we had a tough time getting the boy and girls separated, I left the two girls in the pasture while I was trying to paint. I painted the top of the house figuring that by the time I got to where they could touch the wet paint, they would have lost interest in what I was doing and go off to root and graze. Wrong... the game began.

Every time Natasha would come over, I would try to chase her away, yelling "Shoo! Shoo!". She would prance off with her tail going behind her like a propeller, only to circle back around and tag the wet paint with her snout. Rocky took notice of this terrific game and decided that she needed to play too, only her participation involved adding butt prints in the wet paint.

I finally gave up with almost as much paint on the pigs as there was on the pig house. Despite their best effort, pigs are terrible painting assistants, but they have forever left their mark on their house.


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Bobbie
11/29/2015 11:15:19 pm

OMGoodness! How cute are these pigs! Did you have as much paint on you as the pigs did?

Hubby built me a shed. We have 5-English Bulldogs who have to be in our face no matter what we are trying to do. Painting the shed was about as comical as you painting the pig pen. Try raking leaves and having each "kid" sitting in the middle of any pile you make. I try hard to be stern with them, but they always win with their adorable faces and personalities.

I'm sure I'd be a real sucker when it came to pigs! But how much fun when you stop and think about it.

Great post and fun pictures ~ thanks for sharing!
Bobbie :)

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