Whew! I'm tired!

If you didn't get to see Porkchop, this past Friday night at Relay for Life, hopefully, you will have another opportunity to meet him. He did very well, and we are so proud of that fat pig!

The afternoon started out a little sketchy. We had hoped to paint Porkchop's Mohawk purple, to match the Relay for Life colors, but he was having none of that. Either he didn't like the noise, or the spray was cold, or he just didn't like the idea; so, it did not happen. Even food wouldn't hold his attention long enough! Then, to top it all off, we had to put his harness on, multiple times, to get it tight or loose enough so that he couldn't back out of it. We bribed him with treats for that, too, but it worked like a charm for the harness. I think he sort of likes sporting his red harness, though! We took him outside, one last time, before we headed to Relay, and he walked perfectly on the leash, in the side yard. The leash experience, out of the yard and to the truck, was a different story. At this point, we were beginning to think "Pictures with Porkchop" was going to be a bust. Porkchop threw a giant piggy fit — squealing and acting out — and we just knew he was going to do the same thing at the event.

Once we got him in the car, on his new cushion in the back seat, he was perfectly fine. We never heard another peep out of him, until we got him out of the truck, at Relay. He made it perfectly clear he was not going to walk on the leash, and we couldn't make him! Once again, a (much-subdued) piggy "hissy fit" was thrown. I had to pick his rather larger, hefty body up and walk him over to the pen — with him fussing all the way — but, as soon as he was in his digs for the night, he was perfectly fine. After about four or five grapes, he seemed pretty content.

Porkchop was a star — he climbed the steps for the pictures, sat for the crowd, and ate, and ate, and ate, and ate. We were very happy about how well he fell into the routine. We arrived about 4:30 and stayed until 11pm. That's a long time for a three-and-a-half-month-old pig! Be alert for all of the photos of Porkchop and his admirers, as well as other beautiful event photos, elsewhere in this edition.

Porkchop has been resting up, since we got home. And, I think the next time we tell him he's going to be the star of the show, he'll be ready to go! (As long as we don't try to spray paint his hair!)