Esther the Pig 🐷

It's a HORSE, baby!

That's utterly appalling. A pig in your home. And the poor dog gets nothing.

I love Esther. Great Facebook posts

Pigs are quite tidy and easily house broken. She's a big girl though. They obviously love her.

She looks like she could eat them both

That porker is as big as a house!

The OP must not know much about pigs. They can be huge, enormous.

Looks like a monster

This doesn't surprise any of us real DLers who are all too familiar with sows at the trough.

If people think that a large, fat female mammal in the house whose primary interest is being fed and whose secondary interest is being assured over and over that she is loved is unusual, they need to pay attention.

But, on the topic of the quadruped swine, the question is not whether it is possible to "housebreak" a hog (which it is, if you consider using a litter box and dribbling shit all around it as "housebroken," because hogs do not squat and aim), it is why you would live with a standard-sized hog in your house. Idiots such as R4, citing "love" and pretending to knowledge about such creatures, which are NOT pot-bellied pigs (a nuisance all their own), are too typical in today's DL.

It is obvious to anyone who is familiar with such animals that the hog is ill-suited to the flooring in that house. It is babied and emotionally stunted. A note on "two breakfasts" from the fool woman shows the motives and M.O. involved.

A pet standard hog is possible. Many children (not adults) around hog raising become attached to specific animals, and hogs are smart, sensitive, weirdly acute when worked with, and not usually violent if piglets are not involved. But even a pet hog needs to be kept outside, out of the house, in its own space, with its own shed/cover, rut space, water (ample water), and the freedom to do what hogs do. And I have witnessed previously docile adult hogs become violent when upset (they are demanding and highly emotional animals, and they are NOT domesticated). If you have seen the damage a hog's teeth can do, you would not be so droolingly approving of this.

But this crap is not cute. It is evidence of a psychiatric condition at worst and bad judgement and bad decision-making at best. And if you question this, please consult the ample literature on hoarding, emotional dependence on pets, and other relevant information. Much of it is aimed at a low intelligence and education level, so even R4 could learn something from it.

^^^ party pooper

Isn't she owned by a gay couple?

[quote]Isn't she owned by a gay couple?

yes, from Canada

There are many breeds of hogs, just like chickens, horses, sheep, dogs, etc. You don't train a hog to use a litter box, Jesus Christ. It goes outside just like a Saint Bernard or a Great Dane would.

Esther is fine, she sends her love, R9. Having followed her for a year or so on Facebook, I don't worry much about the cute gay couple, but I do worry about the dogs and other critters in the house. The guys feed her well and constantly cater to her, but jealousy could easily happen. Oh, and she lets herself out and in when she uses the 'facilities' outside, so that's apparently not much of an issue.

They can get much bigger than that.

Female hogs that have been spayed are quite docile. Males are very territorial.

Dang bro

That's a big pig. That's the Scott Rudin of pigs.

Why, Lena Dunham looks particularly well in this photo.

OMG, you can go on a cruise with the pig.

Have mercy!😱

Ham mercy

Pigs are smart. I grew up on a farm. When you went in and out of their pens you had to make sure you were blocking the view of how you opened the gate. Once they saw you they would know how to get out. Plus bacon is so delicious that I'm sure pigs feel it's on honor to die to put it on your table. Never trust anyone who doesn't like bacon.

[quote]That's utterly appalling. A pig in your home. And the poor dog gets nothing.

Think of how the hog feels.

The poor dog gets only a pet on the head. Dumb cunt.

Hey, dat is a pig.

Scrolled back to look at a number of posts on Esther's Instagram. Duller than dirt. Endless pics and vids of her sleeping, eating, drooling (gross), walking around in stupid outfits and......not much else. She looks bored and totally disinterested in human contact other than to get food. I can't see what her owners get out of keeping her as a pet, unless they like the attention she brings them.

She's beautiful.

Georgie...

Sweet

She gets a bath daily during the summer and weekly in the winter.

That's a lot of SizzleLean

[quote] That's utterly appalling. A pig in your home. And the poor dog gets nothing.

Welcome to my world.

From r9: If people think that a large, fat female mammal in the house whose primary interest is being fed and whose secondary interest is being assured over and over that she is loved is unusual, they need to pay attention.

And when she dies, she can be the snacks at her own funeral!

Outfits? Where do they get clothes big enough?

Nevermind. I had forgotten Lane Bryant

That's some pig!

IF you wait until a pig dies naturally, can you still have it butchered into bacon, chops, roast, etc.? Or does that have to happen at a certain age. They could eat Esther for 2 years.

That was dark R35.

Aged meat has better flavor

I haven't looked at pigs the same after a farmer close to my hometown was eaten entirely by his pigs. Law enforcement didn't know if he died from a medical reason in their pen or if they attacked him and ate him. They ended up taking the pigs out to the University of Oregon, I believe, where they would make that determination. Creepy weird story. I didn't eat bacon for a few months after.

We had a pig almost as big as this one we called Myrtle.She was very tame and very smart,and my brothers and I made the mistake of treating her as a pet.My dad kept her for about 4 years,would breed her and sell the piglets (the ones we didnt raise and eat) until one day we came home from school and there was Myrtle,hanging between 2 pine trees ,split from top to bottom. My brothers and I became hysterical,and I wouldnt touch pork again for many years. Coincidentally,Myrtle hated my father from day one and wouldnt let him near her,but I used to sit in the pen with her and play with her babies and she never tried to attack me. I think she knew my father was a bastard!

On any animal you butcher the meat does become last tasty. If you wait for animals like a cow or pig do die of natural causes, into old age for them, the meat generally become inedible. Most pigs get butchered at about a year old. Ten months if you're going for more delicious bacon.

Here's the story if anyone doesn't believe it.

Sounds like something out of Hannibal.

Jesus! I would never own a pet that eats more than I do.

I did like Arnold.

Keeping livestock in the house is common in rural England, Scotland, and Ireland..

We believed you the first time, r44. The DL believes.

Great, if I move to rural, England, Scotland, or Ireland, I might care.

"And when she dies, she can be the snacks at her own funeral!"

Hehe 😂😂😂😂😂

OP = City Boy

The hog resembles the family.

Pigs are incredibly bright, we had one a little smaller than Esther and she was housebroken....she would sit on her hind quarters and watch TV with us. My mom would knit and "Mable" would watch my mom and try to mimic her knitting hand movements with her front hoofs.

Pigs are big, smart and can be sweet (or not) but couldn't they let her live in the barn?

OK, she might be a little chunky, but calling our sister a pig is going too far!

No comment from Suzanne Sugarbaker?

Wassup with this big ass pigs in the house trend?

Oh my!!

That poor dog is going to go missing one of these days.

She's relatively small compared to some feral hogs. Here's one that was taken in Georgia. 1100 lbs.

That thing is dangerous

Beautiful cankles.

What. The. Fuck. is that thing at R60. That just runs wild in Georgia? I knew there were wild hogs or boars, but that big?

Scary

Oh, FANK you, R34. We couldn't tell that clunky, obvious metaphor was about frauen. So glad we have YOU to break it down for us.

Eeek

She looks like a sweetheart. When you have a ranch some animals just sort of distinguish themselves and become part of the household.

It can be a pig, a chicken, a sheep. You just never know but it happens pretty regularly.

I wouldn't even imagine eating them. I have been a vegetarian for over 20 years.

r65, I was wondering what stupid-assed metaphor someone on another site would make about pigs and gay men.

Based on this thread, I suppose it might have been earned.

R68, are you lost?

R70, I am, and always have been.

R61=Brian Fellow

My aunt had one of these - a guy ripped her off by selling her a full size pig that was represented as a pot belly. It was crazy smart when it grew up and loved fried eggs. She could open the fridge and cupboard doors with her mouth and many times when my aunt would enter her kitchen in the morning, Wilma would have a skillet and eggs out. She couldn't cook them though because she her hooves couldn't turn the dials on the stove.

Who couldn't love this sweet girl.

Awwwww.

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Bruh...

She loves her midday nappies.

Do they fart a lot?

My housebroken pig has not farted in the last 5 years or so....once you get them on a proper diet all is good.

Esther always goes outside to void her bowels and to break wind. She is a lady in every sense of the word.

I follow an account on Instagram of two boxer dogs (@orzotheboxer) and the family also has a small pig (@oink_itsoliver). That pig is hilarious in the videos and it's made me consider getting my own little pig in the future.

As long as you know that ALL little pigs (no matter what lie the breeders tell you) eventually become behemoths like Esther, or even bigger.

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Ham mercy

Shake it fast

Little pigs and frenchie

I've spent a lifetime searching for an answer to this riddle:

If pigs are so smart why do mother sows roll over and squash their own piglets???

Bieber

I've always wanted to have one of these as a pet.

Ham Mercy

I love Esther, but it's true she doesn't do all that much. I think it's really her two dads that make the story. They love her so much, I can't help it, it touches me.

Sophia: Aw, look at the cute little baby Dorothy: Ma, it's a pig! Sophia: Hey, you were no prize either when we brought you home from the hospital, but we loved you anyway.

[quote]I love Esther, but it's true she doesn't do all that much.

That's not true. She can do a lot to feed a village of 80.

Back in the day the way you knew when a pig was ready for slaughter was you stuck your thumb in its anal opening and pinched to see if there was a lot of fat which is what you wanted.

Ewwww

That pig will try to mate with them, mark my words.

Esther deserves a meeting with Victoria Sleestak.

You called?

That "vegan" pig will develops a taste for meat and swallow them whole.

Spoiled

On Planet Earth 2 they showed incredible footage of a leopard in India hunting pigs. The leopard grabbed a piglet but got chased by the pigs which were twice as big as the leopard.

r97, that sounds like Erna's last escort experience.

Fucking scary. She's the pit bull of Pigsylvania.

Wowww

Her fanny's pretty cute.

Pasta

Cute

Who dat, dude?

Bitch, please. I have followed Esther and the Boys on FB for the last 2 years........that bitch has it better than all Y'all.

The dog is like WTF is this next to me competing for treats.

A huge pig as a pet...this is really weird. But I guess it makes them happy. And the pig sure looks happy. Esther has it pretty damn good.

So they fart?

They have a turkey named Cornelius who is absolutely adorable. He likes to snuggle and go on walks with the gang.

"You know, Dorothy, I was thinking how WONDERFUL it is to have a pig living here!"

Cute chitterlings

Esther looks delicious.

Do they plan on slaughtering her eventually or are they just going to let her die of old age and then bury or cremate her?

Not that I think it's wrong or anything, but Christ is that a major outlay in funds. It's like having a pet rhino almost.

And her pets are big, too!

ANOTHER Mariah thread!??!!

ANOTHER Janet Jackson thread?!?!!

That’s not nice dude

ANOTHER Sarah Huckabee Sanders thread?

Leave Esther alone! She hasn’t hurt anybody!

Hello, Esther.

I just call her Eppie.

Makes me hungry

I'm an Esther fan on FB (fan of the boys, too). She apparently had a serious seizure of presently unknown cause a few weeks back, which has pointed out the size limitations of the CAT machines used by vets in her neck of the woods in Canada. Luckily, she's been improving, but is not 100% at this time. Pretty obvious she's adored by her dads, who have been quite upset with worry.

BBVFffgfff

Well no more jokes about me now !

certain breeds tend to be on the heavy side

Das a pink cow

The swine is being exploited by the capitalist white homosexuals that own her. We must kidnap her and make available for consumption by the people !

Hmmmm

R136=Brian Fellow

ESther’s Parents are gay dudes.

I, personally, like Hank. He's a mini-pig and a star.

CUte

"A pig in your home. And the poor dog gets nothing."

R2, could this incorrect judgment be because Esther is female and (you assume) the dog is male? Typical DL .

I think Kirstie Alley could play Esther the Pig in a movie. That would be fun!

R9, it's better than being bacon.

Meet Esther (if you haven’t already), the Canadian pig who is changing lives

Many years ago when i was a teen my family went to the State Fair and while in the pig area a huge pink sucker like Esther got loose and started running towards us. My mother started screaming and ran away. It was hilarious. Pig was quickly caught and returned to the pen.

Darling I love you but give me Park Avenue....

They have a turkey named Cornelius who likes to cuddle.

ANOTHER Chrissy Metz thread?

No. A Kirstie Alley one.

It’s an ugly sweater, but she’s hardly a pig.

Hold on, I need to write something down before I forgets!

[quote]you stuck your thumb in its anal opening and pinched to see if there was a lot of fat which is what you wanted.

Oh, you charmer you, R97! Don't tease us! Tell us more!

No R151, an Amy Schumer thread!!

lol @ r33

Let sleeping pigs lie

I dated a pig farmer with a large white like that. Most whites won't grow because people kill them first for consumption. He was a hardcore vegan. I know this sound like EST but that's true. The pig was smarter than the dogs. Very cuddly.

That's a lotta ham!

That's a big dog next to the pig, but looks like a Chihuahua by comparison.

Lol true

I follow Esther's account and her parents [italic]adore[/italic] her with every fiber of their being. Sh is a very spoiled and lucky pig.

I googled Esther.. and in the photos, she always has a "smile". She's a happy pig. :)

Bless Esther

Is this Carl the pig’s mom?

FINALLY someone has been found to play Sarah Sanders in a bio pic

A pig and a pit bull . Typical attention hos touched the in the head.

Advocate: Esther the Wonder Pig, the commercial-sized pig who became a social media smash hit when the gay men who adopted her began chronicling her adventures as she grew from what they thought was a micro-piglet into a 650-pound house pet, is getting a feature film, according to Deadline.

Since Esther’s “dads” Derek Walter and Steve Jenkins adopted her in 2012 and began posting about her in 2013, she has amassed a social media following that includes 1.4 million Facebook users and more than half a million Instagram followers. She’s also been the subject of three books including Esther The Wonder Pig, Happily Ever Esther, the vegan cookbook Esther Approved!, and Esther The Wonder Pig, a children’s book about love and family with a gay male couple at the head.

That's a lot of bacon.

I love pigs, and i read that they are the smartest animals (with dogs and dolphins). But i also read that they are sometimes used by the mafia and serial killers to get rid of bodies. So i have mixed feelings about Esther 8i adore Cornelius, tho)

My father grew up in an Amish community. At eight he decided to ride a mama pig.. She threw him off and bit his calf. Had the scar until his death at 68.