Tuesday, 26 May 2009

P.S. to the previous

....And then yesterday evening, having shut all the chickens and ducks away for the night, my trusty spaniels and I were doing the usual 'constitutional' walk up the drive before going to bed ---- when suddenly Gunner darted into the copse and sparked an almighty cacophony of squealing.... like a diver coming up for air, he darted out of the wood, looked expectantly at me and then darted back in again ... provoking a repeat of the squealing, only this time accompanied by a whole orchestra of similarly agitated noises.
Going to investigate, I found a very disturbed piglet running round and round the perimeter of the pen - again - with everyone on the inside - including Samson and Precious next door, making increasingly urgent noises.
"More than I can cope with alone" I decided, going in search of The Boss....
who duly emerged in the encroaching dark with a large torch.
Not only did this illuminate the situation in the woods but it also attracted the errant piglet so eventually, with Boss holding the torch and Gundog and I cornering piglet --- and all the onlookers making as much loud noise as they could.... we caught the little blighter and returned her over the fence to her family...... who, by now were all absolutely starving following the unaccustomed evening exercise....... food was the only answer.... For all of them, of course.
I have an idea that it is Malibu who keeps getting out of the pen.... pigs being inquisitive things, she's probably off in search of her 'namesake'.........................
With sanity returned, the dogs and I resumed our constitutional and, checking piglets on our return, found JD fast asleep in the food bowl!

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