Sheila the big pig is getting a bit too big. Fat I think. So Ton and I took her for a little walk. After she had managed to get past the new compost heap, we had a nice wee trot around the back.
Going back in and out of the Logan’s gate often so she knows her way home. Each time we came out just a little further.
She followed me very closely. I could only really get one shot of her as she was at my heel the whole time. Though once she broke into a frolic, which made us all laugh. Sheila, TonTon and I.
Boo stayed inside with Marmalade. He is not calm enough to be around Sheila when she is nervous.
I pruned some mulberry as we walked and we brought it back .
To have with dinner.
Then back to work I went.
Although I know that today it is going to get cold again, these last few days above freezing have been very productive. A reprieve.
I am hoping that Sheila and I can go for a wee walk every day that it is warm enough. We usually walk about the fields doing the chores. This is the first time I have taken her through the gates and down the back where there is long wild grass to munch on and space to run that is not rutted mud and ice. And she was very well behaved. Being cooped up in a paddock must be awfully boring for this pig. Plus she loves to follow me around.
Have a lovely day.
Your friend on the farmy
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
70 responses to “Sheila goes walkies down by the creek”
What a funny thing she is…love the one with the chickens!
Pop over to the Corner if you get a chance – Sarah got a photo you will just love!
what a superb capture! good for sarah.. c
Always been my dream to have a pet pig, trouble being that they do get so big Having my pet pig slaughtered would be out of the question so no pig its ever since I saw the film Babe..
lovely walks and lovely pics … Happy New Year
And even working pigs like Sheila get to have nice walks.. c
A nice walk for a very social and loving pig!!! You could show her in the fair and win all sorts of prizes you know.
Linda
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I never event thought of doing that.. I just need a little girl to enter her.. c
I think they have slots for adults to show their animals…they do here anyway. But your little neighbor could put her in the breeding class (for she could never be sold) and take her in FFA or 4-H. I’m sure she would take best of the show and Grand Champion…then there would be tons of orders for piglets from your farm!
Just say’n
Linda
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OH, what a thought.. I did not even think of it that way.. getting orders.. lets hope i can breed her!
I bet Sheila had a great time 😉
I thoroughly enjoyed the virtual walk…glad to see that the weather is being a bit more sensible.
Aw, that’s so sweet. 😀 She must be such a grateful walkies pig that I bet she would behave herself no matter what. Yesterday on our road trip we passed several fields with critters. Most with sheep, but a couple with pigs. I loved to see the pigs just running around rooting in the fields. Boy the pig fields are dug up something proper. They all seem to have little pig houses…like dog houses. All the pigs round us seem to be something smaller, like the Oxford black and sandy or the British saddle backs. Or maybe just those breeds have lovely fields to run around in. On the closest field to us are a bunch of white sheep and one black one. I must walk up there and take a classic photo. 🙂 Morning C, hope your day is shaping up to be lovely and above freezing.
I like the idea of the little Dog Houses.. soon i am going to have to get clever with my hands and build some myself.. they would be perfect shelters.. c
I was there, beside you as you walked along. That’s how it felt, anyway. These are the moments of your life I so appreciate sharing, the walking along with critters, talking with them, laughing with them.
You could say it is a case of pigging out up the creek without a paddle!
I am shuddering at the thought of being happy to get a few days above freezing temperature …
Pigs are so smart, I think they must get bored easily. I’m sure that’s what made the pigs on our farm so cranky.
That is something I have thought too. i give mine sticks (actually prunings from the fruit and mulberrry trees) and they carry them around and fight over them and even take them to bed with them, plus balls, we have two bowling balls that they push around, but I really can only let sheila out for walks.. the others get to run in their fields every day but not for too long or they would tear the winter grass up.. c
Having an ecstatic frolicking full size pig running towards when you are out walking is something else. Trust is the word, so far mine have always swerved at the last moment! It is worth it though to see those giddy piggy moments. And I think they enjoy our company just as much.
Daisy is even worse, she runs at you at full throttle and you look at her gangly legs and her huge body and wonder how on earth she is going to stop in time, but she always does.. so far .. c
You’re so lucky to have such animal friends and vice versa. I love how much Sheila loves you! Did you always have this rapport with animals? Or did you have to have the farm to realize it? It seems like they provide so much companionship…speaking of which, I’m missing Kupa a bit. Funny how that works even over the blogosphere.
Dogs and babies have always loved me, but birds think i am special..sparrows particularly will often surround me as they fly past.. I think my brain is very simple, so it is easy for me to think like a pig or a cow.. I am missing Kupa too.. the days are drab without our flash of blue.. c
I miss Kupa too…sigh…(((hugs)))
that’s too funny; i thought she had broke out and went for a walk 🙂 but she is very well behaved
What a lovely walk. The French meteo said it is going to rain virtually non-stop while my family is here, but the sun is blazing out of a beautiful azure sky and they’ve gone for a long exploring walk while we prepare a Christmas dinner for tonight. Jock’s doing the potatoes. I’m still not ready to walk with other people as I am very slow and get tired after ten minutes. I wouldn’t suit Sheila at all!.
Enjoy the reasonable weather while it lasts.
Love,
ViV
Sheila walks very very slowly, in fact she might be the perfect walking companion, she would come up to your hip, unless you are taller than me, so when you are tired you can lean on her and she would very slowly walk you home again.. the nice weather is not gone, back to grey skies and cold.. poo.. glad your family have a lovely day today though, a good walk builds up an appetite!
Proper Christmas dinner tonight – I’m about to take the turkey out to rest, and start the veg.
A very hard frost and blue sky today, which is a welcome relief from the storms that have blown through here. More storms due on Monday, so we’ll enjoy the winter clarity while it lasts. Happy Sunday to you and the farmy!
blue and white.. your garden will be looking lovely.. you have had a bad run of weather, but i guess it is winter! morning misky darling, how is your mail by the way, still being attacked?
Yes, still attacked but I can move faster than her now. And now she’s decided that there’s something growling at her inside the fridge — it’s the motor turning on. The problem is that her hearing is going, poor old dear, so sounds are distorted. It must be scary for her.
Sheila is such a delight! I love the photo with the chickens! Hilarious!
I was surprised to learn you have 5 roosters! I’m wondering too what do you feed TonTon, Big Dog, and Boo? They all look so healthy. And how do you know when a pig is overweight? You mentioned Ton being overweight the other day but I couldn’t tell.
They eat a lot of raw meat, bones the lot. When i am too lazy to defrost the meat I have bought a rice based dog food, no corn or soy at all, and lots of milk and eggs.. I think Ton got a bit chubby when I was down with the injury.. but we are back on our long walks now so that should help.. c