Pig chases balls, sits when advised and walks on a lead similar to a canine

A PIG known as Oakley reckons he’s a canine — and that’s no porker.

The hog chases balls, will “sit” and “lie down” when advised and walks on a lead. He snorts at supply drivers and goes to strangers for a stroke.

Pig Oakley plays fetch with owner Josie just like a dog

Pig Oakley performs fetch with proprietor Josie similar to a canineCredit score: East Information Press Company

Josie Hunt, 51, of Sunflower Park Animal Sanctuary close to Gainsborough, Lincs, took within the Kunekune breed pig when his house owners couldn’t cope.

She was not stunned to study he grew up with canines. She stated: “It’s superb. There’s no pig in him!”

Lovable Oakley’s confusion makes him a real-life ‘Babe’ just like the ‘sheep-pig’ made well-known by the youngsters’s e-book and film.

Baffled Josie stated: “He lives in our entrance backyard in a pen and when folks stroll previous, they must have a re-assessment.

“In case you throw him one thing he’ll go and get it, in case you inform him to sit down, he’ll do it and in case you inform him to go to mattress he does.

“That’s why we haven’t put him with the opposite pigs as they battle and he’s simply too comfortable.

Josie, 51, even takes Oakley for walkies on a leash Credit score: East Information Press Company

'We get funny looks when we go out on walks', Josie says

‘We get humorous appears after we exit on walks’, Josie saysCredit score: East Information Press Company

Oakley, a Kunekune breed pig, loves being strokedCredit score: East Information Press Company

“Supply drivers get a little bit of a shock after they see him within the entrance backyard and he runs proper as much as the gate and stands up on his legs like a canine – he loves getting a fuss from them.”

“We are going to get some humorous appears after we exit on walks,” she added.

Debbie Emmerson, a Greater Schooling Lecturer in Canine Remedy and Animal Science at Writtle College School, stated: “Pigs are extra clever than many individuals realise.

“They’ve mental skills similar to canines and like all animals will repeat behaviours that profit them.

“This implies they are often skilled to carry out a variety of spectacular behaviours on cue.

“Being raised in a house, it is seemingly Oakley had extra formal coaching from his house owners than most pigs would expertise, and he might have mimicked what the canines had been doing by way of observational studying.”