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Burnie & Peni’s Memorial

Memories of Burnie…

Burnie was and will always be my best friend---May 23, 2003---June 20th 2019. I want to thank Nancy Shepherd for educating me and being there for the 16 years we shared our lives with him, she opened up a new world for me. With her encouragement I had him doing tricks 2 days after a got him! We were not club members then and behind in the pig world not knowing how as everybody else had pigs way before we did. Melissa Maxwell really helped me learn more and suggested I could do shows with him! At that time I thought all pigs did tricks! Not true! Burnie was unique because he loved his tricks! That's why he was called "The Trick Master". He did many shows at the Pet Expo fair that used to be held twice a year in Hillsboro. There were also shows at local feed stores to promote Dr. Cole's mini pig feed. I also want to thank Chris Patton who has been my right hand person to help with all of Burnie’s shows. In 2009 Burnie developed a lump on his jaw so we took him to see Dr. Cole. The diagnosis was “Lumpy Jaw”, an infection in the jaw bone. This condition is very resistant to treatment but Dr. Cole tried numerous conventional and non-conventional treatments and remained in a supportive role even after she retired and up until his last day. When he passed Burnie’s condition had progressed to double lumpy Jaw. After Dr. Cole retried, I found Dr. Blake. In 2015. Dr. Blake was working at Woodburn Veterinary Hospital and one of the few local Vets that would work on Pet Pigs. Now days he is a mobile now and recommended by the NWMPA. Dr. Blake is also the Vet we use for the club sponsored vet clinics. He has proved unbelievably helpful and supportive through Burnie’s problems. In 2012 Burnie started to suffer from noticeable arthritis at 8 years old which was very worrisome! I distinctly remember Dr. Cole telling me “the lumpy jaw won't get him but the arthritis will.” About 2 weeks before we had to euthanize him he started walking on his back ankle's not on his hoof, Dr. Blake increased his Gabapentin and no improvement, his whole back end was out now, we tried Prednisone no luck, it was something in his spine perhaps a pinched nerve, or a tumor, or possible arthritis in his spine. It was obvious he was in pain and could no longer get up or walk without two people supporting his body with towels, which was no easy task for Ron and me! It was then that we made the choice to euthanize him. The process went very peacefully, again, thanks to Dr. Blake. A heartfelt THANK YOU to each and every one for being there for Ron and I. We loved him so much and his memory will be with us forever! ~ Ron/Patty Hill 

(Below) June 30, 2019 - Meeting at Max's Fanno Creek Brew Pub in Tigard, OR for a memorial dinner in honor of Burnie, Patty and Ron Hill’s fabulous trick pig. 

Memories of Peni…

MY ADVENTURES WITH “PENI THE PILL” March 2006 - This is her history It all started with an e-mail. “When can I bring her to Portland she screamed, the sooner the better!” Soon she arrived at my door with a darling little pinto female pig on a leash, she was so sweet. When I first laid eyes on her it was love at first sight‖. Then I came to my senses and said “I can’t keep her! I already have a pig and it’s a full- time job!” Then, I thought, hum? Maybe we can put her in our foster care until we find her a new home. My husband, Ron, and I kept talking about her and decided to bring her into our happy home. That was just the BEGINNING! The first two days she moved in, she loved everybody, and everybody loved her. Day three, that all changed! That’s when she became “Peni the Pig from *&%#@”. All she did was scream. If I told her no or tried to discipline her or even if my husband talked or walked by her, she would let out this bloody scream. She had to get her own way! I decided then and there that I was going to break her of this habit or die trying. The first thing I tried was a spray bottle. After that failed, I tried using a child gate and backing her up in the corner. That also failed but only after she bruised my legs. Then I tried getting down on the floor and screaming louder and longer than she could and that worked. After several days of this, however, I lost my voice. I failed again! Then I got a whistle but that was just too annoying to EVERYONE. Then I tried a dog whistle and along with pushing her outside and let her think about it! IT WORKED!! It took me three months or more, but she was 99% broken. What a learning experience this was for us but she’s a much happier pig now and so are we! This kind of thing happens when people mismanage their pigs. Many are tossed away or in rescues from over-feeding and lack of discipline. You must be consistent because they are extremely intelligent and stubborn. Consistency, that’s the remedy. I must thank Nancy Shepherd, Jo Marie Cope, Melissa Maxwell, Doug and Jeannine Arthur and John Vincent for all their advice, support and my repeated phone calls. I also want to thank my husband and our room-mate for all their support, understanding, and tolerance. If you need any help, feel free to contact me. I might have the answer after all these trials and errors. ~ By Patty Hill, Pattyrocs@msn.com (503) 253-8768   

We love our little Peni!!!! She loves us too! As time went on Peni turned out to be a nice pig! Arthritis, hoof abscess since March 2024, stopped eating and diarrhea with blood in it and maybe a tumor with cancer in her guts also got a blooding nose after she passed, I'm thinking she was bleeding out. The vet did a good peaceful job.

RIP ~ Peni ~ 19 Years old 3-19-2005 ~ 7-6-2024 You will be missed    Patty, Ron, & Lucas

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Memories of Burnie…

Burnie was and will always be my best friend---May 23, 2003---June 20th 2019. I want to thank Nancy Shepherd for educating me and being there for the 16 years we shared our lives with him, she opened up a new world for me. With her encouragement I had him doing tricks 2 days after a got him! We were not club members then and behind in the pig world not knowing how as everybody else had pigs way before we did. Melissa Maxwell really helped me learn more and suggested I could do shows with him! At that time I thought all pigs did tricks! Not true! Burnie was unique because he loved his tricks! That's why he was called "The Trick Master". He did many shows at the Pet Expo fair that used to be held twice a year in Hillsboro. There were also shows at local feed stores to promote Dr. Cole's mini pig feed. I also want to thank Chris Patton who has been my right hand person to help with all of Burnie’s shows. In 2009 Burnie developed a lump on his jaw so we took him to see Dr. Cole. The diagnosis was “Lumpy Jaw”, an infection in the jaw bone. This condition is very resistant to treatment but Dr. Cole tried numerous conventional and non- conventional treatments and remained in a supportive role even after she retired and up until his last day. When he passed Burnie’s condition had progressed to double lumpy Jaw. After Dr. Cole retired, I found Dr. Blake. In 2015. Dr. Blake was working at Woodburn Veterinary Hospital and one of the few local Vets that would work on Pet Pigs. Now days he is a mobile now and recommended by the NWMPA. Dr. Blake is also the Vet we use for the club sponsored vet clinics. He has proved unbelievably helpful and supportive through Burnie’s problems. In 2012 Burnie started to suffer from noticeable arthritis at 8 years old which was very worrisome! I distinctly remember Dr. Cole telling me “the lumpy jaw won't get him but the arthritis will.” About 2 weeks before we had to euthanize him he started walking on his back ankle's not on his hoof, Dr. Blake increased his Gabapentin and no improvement, his whole back end was out now, we tried Prednisone no luck, it was something in his spine perhaps a pinched nerve, or a tumor, or possible arthritis in his spine. It was obvious he was in pain and could no longer get up or walk without two people supporting his body with towels, which was no easy task for Ron and me! It was then that we made the choice to euthanize him. The process went very peacefully, again, thanks to Dr. Blake. A heartfelt THANK YOU to each and every one for being there for Ron and I. We loved him so much and his memory will be with us forever! ~ Ron/Patty Hill 

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(Below) June 30, 2019 - Meeting at Max's Fanno Creek Brew Pub in Tigard, OR for a memorial dinner in honor of Burnie, Patty and Ron Hill’s fabulous trick pig. 

Memories of Peni…

MY ADVENTURES WITH “PENI THE PILL” March 2006 - This is her history It all started with an e-mail. “When can I bring her to Portland she screamed, the sooner the better!” Soon she arrived at my door with a darling little pinto female pig on a leash, she was so sweet. When I first laid eyes on her it was love at first sight‖. Then I came to my senses and said “I can’t keep her! I already have a pig and it’s a full-time job!” Then, I thought, hum? Maybe we can put her in our foster care until we find her a new home. My husband, Ron, and I kept talking about her and decided to bring her into our happy home. That was just the BEGINNING! The first two days she moved in, she loved everybody, and everybody loved her. Day three, that all changed! That’s when she became “Peni the Pig from *&%#@”. All she did was scream. If I told her no or tried to discipline her or even if my husband talked or walked by her, she would let out this bloody scream. She had to get her own way! I decided then and there that I was going to break her of this habit or die trying. The first thing I tried was a spray bottle. After that failed, I tried using a child gate and backing her up in the corner. That also failed but only after she bruised my legs. Then I tried getting down on the floor and screaming louder and longer than she could and that worked. After several days of this, however, I lost my voice. I failed again! Then I got a whistle but that was just too annoying to EVERYONE. Then I tried a dog whistle and along with pushing her outside and let her think about it! IT WORKED!! It took me three months or more, but she was 99% broken. What a learning experience this was for us but she’s a much happier pig now and so are we! This kind of thing happens when people mismanage their pigs. Many are tossed away or in rescues from over- feeding and lack of discipline. You must be consistent because they are extremely intelligent and stubborn. Consistency, that’s the remedy. I must thank Nancy Shepherd, Jo Marie Cope, Melissa Maxwell, Doug and Jeannine Arthur and John Vincent for all their advice, support and my repeated phone calls. I also want to thank my husband and our room-mate for all their support, understanding, and tolerance. If you need any help, feel free to contact me. I might have the answer after all these trials and errors. ~ By Patty Hill, Pattyrocs@msn.com (503) 253-8768   

RIP ~ Peni ~ 19 Years old 3-19-2005 ~ 7-6-2024 You will be missed    Patty, Ron, & Lucas

Burnie & Peni’s Memorial

Memories of Burnie…

Burnie was and will always be my best friend---May 23, 2003---June 20th 2019. I want to thank Nancy Shepherd for educating me and being there for the 16 years we shared our lives with him, she opened up a new world for me. With her encouragement I had him doing tricks 2 days after a got him! We were not club members then and behind in the pig world not knowing how as everybody else had pigs way before we did. Melissa Maxwell really helped me learn more and suggested I could do shows with him! At that time I thought all pigs did tricks! Not true! Burnie was unique because he loved his tricks! That's why he was called "The Trick Master". He did many shows at the Pet Expo fair that used to be held twice a year in Hillsboro. There were also shows at local feed stores to promote Dr. Cole's mini pig feed. I also want to thank Chris Patton who has been my right hand person to help with all of Burnie’s shows. In 2009 Burnie developed a lump on his jaw so we took him to see Dr. Cole. The diagnosis was “Lumpy Jaw”, an infection in the jaw bone. This condition is very resistant to treatment but Dr. Cole tried numerous conventional and non-conventional treatments and remained in a supportive role even after she retired and up until his last day. When he passed Burnie’s condition had progressed to double lumpy Jaw. After Dr. Cole retired, I found Dr. Blake. In 2015. Dr. Blake was working at Woodburn Veterinary Hospital and one of the few local Vets that would work on Pet Pigs. Now days he is a mobile now and recommended by the NWMPA. Dr. Blake is also the Vet we use for the club sponsored vet clinics. He has proved unbelievably helpful and supportive through Burnie’s problems. In 2012 Burnie started to suffer from noticeable arthritis at 8 years old which was very worrisome! I distinctly remember Dr. Cole telling me “the lumpy jaw won't get him but the arthritis will.” About 2 weeks before we had to euthanize him he started walking on his back ankle's not on his hoof, Dr. Blake increased his Gabapentin and no improvement, his whole back end was out now, we tried Prednisone no luck, it was something in his spine perhaps a pinched nerve, or a tumor, or possible arthritis in his spine. It was obvious he was in pain and could no longer get up or walk without two people supporting his body with towels, which was no easy task for Ron and me! It was then that we made the choice to euthanize him. The process went very peacefully, again, thanks to Dr. Blake. A heartfelt THANK YOU to each and every one for being there for Ron and I. We loved him so much and his memory will be with us forever! ~ Ron/Patty Hill 

Click Photos to Enlarge

(Below) June 30, 2019 - Meeting at Max's Fanno Creek Brew Pub in Tigard, OR for a memorial dinner in honor of Burnie, Patty and Ron Hill’s fabulous trick pig. 

Memories of Peni…

MY ADVENTURES WITH “PENI THE PILL” March 2006 - This is her history It all started with an e-mail. “When can I bring her to Portland she screamed, the sooner the better!” Soon she arrived at my door with a darling little pinto female pig on a leash, she was so sweet. When I first laid eyes on her it was love at first sight‖. Then I came to my senses and said “I can’t keep her! I already have a pig and it’s a full-time job!” Then, I thought, hum? Maybe we can put her in our foster care until we find her a new home. My husband, Ron, and I kept talking about her and decided to bring her into our happy home. That was just the BEGINNING! The first two days she moved in, she loved everybody, and everybody loved her. Day three, that all changed! That’s when she became “Peni the Pig from *&%#@”. All she did was scream. If I told her no or tried to discipline her or even if my husband talked or walked by her, she would let out this bloody scream. She had to get her own way! I decided then and there that I was going to break her of this habit or die trying. The first thing I tried was a spray bottle. After that failed, I tried using a child gate and backing her up in the corner. That also failed but only after she bruised my legs. Then I tried getting down on the floor and screaming louder and longer than she could and that worked. After several days of this, however, I lost my voice. I failed again! Then I got a whistle but that was just too annoying to EVERYONE. Then I tried a dog whistle and along with pushing her outside and let her think about it! IT WORKED!! It took me three months or more, but she was 99% broken. What a learning experience this was for us but she’s a much happier pig now and so are we! This kind of thing happens when people mismanage their pigs. Many are tossed away or in rescues from over-feeding and lack of discipline. You must be consistent because they are extremely intelligent and stubborn. Consistency, that’s the remedy. I must thank Nancy Shepherd, Jo Marie Cope, Melissa Maxwell, Doug and Jeannine Arthur and John Vincent for all their advice, support and my repeated phone calls. I also want to thank my husband and our room-mate for all their support, understanding, and tolerance. If you need any help, feel free to contact me. I might have the answer after all these trials and errors. ~ By Patty Hill, Pattyrocs@msn.com (503) 253-8768   

RIP ~ Peni ~ 19 Years old 3-19-2005 ~ 7-6-2024 You will be missed    Patty, Ron, & Lucas