HEREFORDSHIRE’S latest media star has been making a pig of himself as he basks in the spotlight of national coverage.
Sue, a tiny rare breed from Kentchurch, found himself pigging out on the deluge of media attention because of his uncanny ability to behave like a dog.
But his owner Wendy Scudamore has stepped in to curtail her little porker’s headline grabbing antics in the national papers and news programmes.
Sue, a six-month old Kune Kune pig, hit the headlines as a real life Babe with his ability to work with sheep and perform tricks more readily associated with his canine companions.
“I’ve been very surprised such a little thing could go so far. I have had emails from all over the world and letters and cards,” said Wendy, who breeds pigs from her Barton Hill farm.
“I have turned down the offer of recent engagements with him. I think he had done enough already because he is only young and small. I don’t want to put him off with doing too much.”
The 12-inch tall pig, named after the Johnny Cash song A Boy Named Sue, can shake hands using his trotter, run through tunnels, navigate round cones, climb ramps and complete a figure of eight – and has even started to learn how to herd sheep.
It all began after an unfortunate slip-up when he was younger.
“He was castrated by mistake at the vet,” said Wendy.
“I felt really bad about it and thought I would like to do something with him even though he could not breed.
“I decided to put him through his paces and see what he could do – although I never dreamed he would reach these dizzy heights.”
Sue next hits the spotlight with his entry into a pig obedience class at the Smallholders Show and Garden Festival in Builth Wells in mid-May.
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