Pigs Need to be Warm Too

A lovely sweater was donated for our boy PeeWee. It fits perfect!! Here's to a warm winter.




One was also donated for our little Rudy. Pictures of that soon!

Open House

The open house was so much fun! We had around 350 people come out to see the sanctuary and meet the pigs. It was great to see people enjoy it so much. The pigs came out for attention, pumpkin and pictures.






We had many blankets donated. The pigs will surely be warm! We also had a lot of peanut butter donated. We won't have to buy any for months!! Thanks everyone!




For those wondering, we use the peanut butter to give the pigs their medications :)


Through the open house we were also able to get a sponsor for one of our new pigs, PeeWee! Lucky girl :)

We are busy busy prepping for the open house Saturday. Much of this includes making sure all of the fields are raked. With near 24 fields, this is no quick task!




Here is our Main field all cleaned up.

November Newsletter!

Our November newsletter has been sent out and is online. If you'd like to see it go here:
http://ironwoodpigsanctuary.com/


I wrote an article on pigs making pig friends. Couldn't be better timing as little Rudy and his new sister Katie were seen cuddling this morning.


Katie was a recent foreclosure case and did not live with other pigs. It's nice to see her making a friend.

Photobooks!

Ironwood now has their own photobooks! I made these last week and am already getting orders, especially for Christmas presents. They will be available at our open house on November 13th, or you can contact me directly. Proceeds benefit the sanctuary :D

They are 7x9 with a soft cover and 22 pages of pig goodness!

Rudy update

Our little boy Rudy is growing up! You may remember, he has been diagnosed with spinal deformities and an inner ear deformity. Rudy has been doing well. He still has unstable moments but for the most part is able to walk a lot better. He enjoys spending time exploring the yard with other pigs. He likes to give kisses and thankfully still lets me pick him up. Rudy also still prefers to sleep in a lap. Who could say no!?

Here is Rudy when he first came to us:







Here is Rudy now!

Newbies

I haven't updated the blog in a while. I've been updating our Facebook page a lot more and we've been crazy busy at the sanctuary. Our latest happenings include taking in more pigs and taking pigs in for surgery. We've had a lot of sweet newcomers lately! Here are two of them, Ashley and Pebbles. They are adorable and love to talk! They come from a neglect case in Phoenix. They came to us underfed and covered in ticks. We've treated them for the ticks and have been giving them vitamins.



Two other newcomers are Stella and Katie. Katie comes from a foreclosure in Buckeye. She's been having a blast exploring and getting attention. Stella was found as a stray in Phoenix. She is full of energy! Such a sweetie.