With a little help from a friend...

Santjie's other friend comes to say 'hi'

With a little help from a friend...

Marnus will need all the help and know-how to raise Santjie [aka Sanna]! Don't have a clue how he'll manage, as the idea with raising little ones is to have them with you 24/7 for a while. Cannot imagine Marnus running up and down, fixing fences, climbing on roofs, tracking wild animals, making a fire, shower and loo! with the little missus hanging on all the time.... must be a sight! As for all the pooh and pee in his cabin if the lady does not wear a nappy - can't imagine me doing the job. Our six dogs are all I can manage daily! Five of them being 'presents from Rebert throughout the years [and then he's off to London for some time...] and one being Marnus' other best friend, Travis [SPCA].

Sanna and her new 'mamma'

Marnus is given the oppportunity to raise Sanna.... what a 'heavy' and boring!, name for this little missy. She is hyper sensitive, screams and shrieks non-stop and needs someone to calm her .... looking forward to see what this 'parentship' with Marnus will bring about! From one hectic ranger to a hectic, fretful kid.... love might really conquer it all! But this I know: our son has a lot of love to give. Santjie is in the best hands possible and she will come to love and trust him - with lots of love and bits of good discipline she might become a more plegmatic madame!

Rejected? No, loved!

I learned a lessons today. Pigs can also get rejected. I find it strange, more sad. Does a mom pig know her piglet is ugly? Aren't they all?! These pics of the pig made my day. The Ridgeback adopted the dying piglet and after a few days the dog had more milk to offer and the little one sucked without taking a pause! The dog just had her own litter some weeks ago, but the constant 'nagging' of the piglet jolted the Ridgeback mom into action and more milk kicked in for the beauty to survive! What a joy. What upsets me most about this fantastic mothering is the fact that many, many humans don't even care for their children and babies as they should. It takes a Ridgeback to put them to shame.

Pics taken in Germany.

Train them!