*** This episode is sponsored by Mikko’s Choice. Mikko's Choice is a small women owned business that provides high quality CBD for your pig. Use code pigpodcast to get 25% off your first order. $5 from every sale is donated to animal rescues. Go to Mikkoschoice.com or email [email protected] for more information.***    Sarah has always loved animals but especially horses. She works at an animal rescue in the Miami area and that's how she was introduced to pigs and became obsessed with...

Happy Spring! It has been a beautiful spring in Ohio so far, but it has been very wet and muddy. That got me thinking about how much mud everyone is going to have in their house right now, due to their pig going out to go potty or for eating or whatever. So I wanted to talk about how we can handle the rain when our pig doesn't want to go outside to go potty and the mud that they are going to be bringing into the house. How can we keep some of that mess outside? First of all, when it comes to...

Maribeth gives us an update on how the pigs are doing and how Tree Family Party Piggies is coming along. The reason I really wanted to invite Maribeth back to the show is because she had an experience with her pigs that was very scary and I wanted her to be able to share that with everyone because we can all learn from her experience.    Maribeth and her pigs were coming back from a senior service that ended up totaling her car. There was a lot of damage but she is very grateful that...

Recently I made a statement on social media that many pig owners and pig lovers did not like. So I am going to share what I said and why I said it. First of all, the statement I made was, “Pigs are not people. They do not need lunch or snacks.” Why did I say that? Well, It’s true. Pigs are not people, they are actually wild animals that have been domesticated within the past 40-50 years. In those years is when we started to bring pigs into our homes. Before that people raised pigs as...

Rebel Rescue Ohio is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that was created in 2018 to help small domestic and exotic animals in need. The rescue moved to the “Ranch” in 2020 as the need to take on larger "farm" pets grew. Rebel Rescue Ranch, located in Berlin Center, Ohio has the space and availability to take in and help more critters! We provide sanctuary, funding, education, vet care and find homes for unwanted or abandoned pets. If ever there is a case that we can not take on, we try to...

*** This episode is sponsored by Mikko's Choice. Mikko's Choice is a small women owned business that provides high quality CBD for your pig.  Use code pigpodcast to get 25% off your first order. $5 from every sale is donated to animal rescues. Go to Mikkoschoice.com or email [email protected] for more information. *** Food aggression is so common in pigs. It’s easy for them to become food aggressive because they are so food obsessed. If we can work with them while they are young, so they...

Rose is a High Ticket Affiliate Marketer, Beginner Homesteader and Animal Lover. She resides in Northwestern, Pennsylvania with her husband Alex and 13 animals. She has always dreamt that her life would be centered around the outdoors and animals so she decided instead of dreaming about it - she was going to make it happen. Rose has always been an animal lover but a pet pig was not on her list until her husband suggested it. She immediately started to research ethical pet pig breeders and...

Training is so important if you want your pig to grow up enjoying interaction with people. If you don’t train a pig when it is young and continue that training throughout their life, you end up with a pig that is stressed and doesn’t know how to do anything outside of its normal daily activities. Things come up in life that we can not control, so there is no way to keep our pigs' lives exactly the same every single day. When we don’t work on training while our pig is young then we have a pig...

In this episode I interview Emmaly about her pet pig Chevy. Chevy is a 2.5 year old potbelly she adopted as a piglet. Chevy and Tahoe(husky) bonded immediately and have been brothers ever since. They are both mamas boys who love to snuggle each other when mom is busy. They are always on the road exploring new places and putting smiles on people’s faces. Oh and he’s quite the fashionista! Emmaly always had a love of animals and dropped out of college to start working with animals. Now she...

***This Episode is Sponsored by Pardal’s Petite Pets*** Pardal’s Petite Pets can be found at  www.PardalsPetitePets.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552773110269 https://www.instagram.com/pardalspetitepets   Does your pig respect you? Is your pig mean, loud, destructive, demanding and bossy? If so, your pig has probably developed spoiled pig syndrome. Why does this happen? It happens when a pig becomes a leader. Pigs live by a very strict  hierarchy. So when it comes to...

***This Episode is Sponsored by Pardal’s Petite Pets*** Pardal’s Petite Pets can be found at  www.PardalsPetitePets.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552773110269 https://www.instagram.com/pardalspetitepets     My name is Brittany. I've had my pet pig Kimmy for nearly 4 years. We have a German shepherd and a blue heeler. I also have 3 beautiful girls and 2 step sons.  I wanted a pet pig since I was a little girl. Their cute snorts and adorable noses made me happy.  I work...

Keeping a pig busy inside our homes during the winter time can be a challenge. If it's cold outside the pigs don't want to be outside. If it is very cold outside, our pig can't be outside in this weather without proper housing, bedding, things to keep them warm and protected from the bitter cold wind, snow and ice. In this episode we will discuss 4 ways that we can keep our pig busy inside. Pigs need to stay busy. If they don't have anything to do they get themselves into trouble because they...

Taylor has always loved animals. She grew up with dogs and horses but has always loved farm animals. Her favorite is pigs. She has struggled with chronic illness for the majority of her life and one of her main symptoms is very bad insomnia due to pain. She would try to find things to do at night to distract herself from the pain. SHe would always find herself watching any kind of pig video on YouTube and it would make her laugh. It was the best distraction for what she was going through. She...

Pigs come in all shapes and sizes. They can be so many different colors, heights, and lengths. And each pig has its own personality. We know that overfeeding a pig really isn't good for them. It makes them susceptible to arthritis and tends to shorten their lifespan. We want our pigs to live as long as possible and be as healthy as possible. That is always the goal.    Now we are going to talk about something that is absolutely cruel and horrible to do to any living thing. .Underfeeding....

Pigs naturally do not enjoy cold temperatures. They also don’t like precipitation, or when it is windy. Naturally they prefer heat. It’s our job to keep our pig safe while teaching them that precipitation and cold weather are not an excuse to stay inside and have an accident this winter. We are going to talk about ways to keep our pig motivated to go outside in all weather and all types of precipitation. Also, how we can do it without a lot of stress to ourselves or to our pig.    Don’t...

***This Episode is Sponsored by Pardal’s Petite Pets*** Pardal’s Petite Pets can be found at  www.PardalsPetitePets.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552773110269 https://www.instagram.com/pardalspetitepets In this episode we talk to Maribeth who has been married to her husband for 4 years. When they were dating she had chronic Lyme Disease and was dying. Her boyfriend was doing everything he could to cheer her up and sent her a piglet picture and called her his little...

It is that time of year again. The time when my phone is ringing off the hook because people are looking for piglets as gifts for Christmas. I think it’s important to understand why, in my opinion, a pet pig is not a gift. In order to be successful with a pet pig, preparation is essential. If you have been listening to my podcast, or you have a pig, or you have ever visited a pig rescue or you follow any rescues on Instagram or Facebook, you already know that pigs are constantly abandoned or...

***This episode is sponsored by Hold Onto Your Hooves*** Hold Onto Your Hooves can be found at https://www.instagram.com/hold_onto_your_hooves and HTTP://Facebook.com/holdontoyourhooves     Mina Alali is a 26 year old from Sacramento, California, who grew up loving animals but expanded her love for exotics through adopting her first pet (all to herself), Mochi, a bearded dragon.  Through lots of time together during Covid, she began to train Mochi like a dog. Mochi mastered tricks such...

Emma Davis is the Founder and CEO of Mikko's Choice--a pet CBD company. Mikko's Choice offers CBD for your pig, dog, cat, horse or any other animal. Mikko's Choice is inspired by Wild Mustang Mikko and combines Emma's Animal Science background and experience in the cannabis and CBD industries. Emma is an avid animal rescuer and takes in fosters as well as supports other rescues of all species and as a result,  $5 of each sale is donated to animal rescue.    Emma decided to get a pig in...

When it comes to keeping a pet pig, many times it’s not ideal in a family's circumstances to keep a pig in the house. Or you have a pig that was raised in the house but they moved themselves outside, they like to be outside and that is where they want to stay permanently. How do I feel about this? I’m cool with it because a pig's natural habitat is outside. I have several outside pigs. They each have a fenced in area for them and they each have shelter and a buddy. It works very well. They...

The holiday season is fast approaching for those who celebrate them. There are some things during the holidays that could be really harmful to our pigs, so I like to share these reminders every year. Let’s get into what they are. Many people put up a Christmas tree and on that tree there are many items that we want to keep out of the reach of our pig. We really want to keep our pig away from the Christmas tree and the gifts under it.  The tree itself can be mildly toxic to our pig if...

If you have a pet pig, most likely you have tried to give them a bath. There is a 50/50 chance that it did not go well. Giving a pig a bath can be traumatic for the pig and us. There is a very good reason why it is so difficult for a pig. Pigs are prey animals so anything new or even slightly scary sends them into high alert and makes them panic. I have some tips that will help bathtime be much more successful and way less stressful for everybody involved.   What can we do to make bath time...

Let’s talk about pig eyes. How do we take care of our pigs eyes? What are some common complaints about a pig’s eyes that we should be aware of?   Overall pigs do not see well, they have poor eyesight. This is a genetic thing that is passed down from pig to pig. Some of that is due to the placement on the head, or just due to genetics. Think about the placement of the eyes on the pig’s head. Due to the structure of the spine, a pig can not bend its neck to look up, so due to that lack of...

Should you be cleaning your pet pig's ears? In this episode I am going to answer 2 questions. What should your pig’s ears look like down inside? What is the proper way to clean my pigs ears?    Let’s start with what it should look like in a pig’s ear? It is normal for a pig to have a waxy, oily, brown, chunky buildup in their ears. That is the wax in their ears. This wax can even have a slight smell to it and that is completely normal. This wax has a purpose. The purpose is to...