Do you remember how Jude would chase the UPS truck with the dogs, then sit at the drivers door begging for treats!
Well.
He would give the UPS driver a heart attack if he was allowed to chase trucks now.
But he still sits on command.
Obeying the old hand command I taught him almost five years ago.
Jude is fond of mud – me not so much. So I throw in a lot of old hay and straw so we can get purchase in there. (Also when they leave, this will be perfect for planting the pumpkin seeds).
The day has darkened.
The rain is coming.
No more hog training for today.
Aunty Ann, who has been Jude and FreeBees guardian for the last years, was visiting this morning. And much to her delight they ran straight past me to greet her when we walked around the corner.
They love her.
I can smell rain coming.
Time to go in.
Aye FreeBee.
The cows are lying down.
The rain must be rain coming soon.
No-one really knows why cows lie down when there is rain due. I mean. To be fair. Cows lie down a lot. But when rain is due they lie down with a different attitude – calmer almost. Expectant.
Have a lovely Wednesday!
Celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
44 responses to “Jude the Rescue Hog who Sits on Command”
Perhaps your pig can teach my dog to sit. To be fair, Mouse has trouble sitting because he’s a greyhound and has such muscular hindquarters, but he’s also temperamentally disinclined to adopt such a subservient position! He’ll sphinx nicely, though.
My grandmother and great grandmother always said that about the cows laying down when the rain was coming. You saying it here made me smile. I have not heard it from anyone else before.
I love learning about animals and their behavior and this farm is like a university for reading animals.I love it.
If I remember correcting, Marcel was a lamb, right?
Yes. He was a lamb. Who lost his mother and sister at birth. – dreadful day.
I always worried about farm and wild animals out in the weather. Rain is one thing but lightning, tornados and deep snow storms, not to mention fires, sets my worry alarm in high gear. I love that the pigs remember their former care giver. I think most animals remember those that cared for them.