IN MEMORIAM
Animals we have loved and lost
Twiggy
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Twiggy, (Pfolly Fashion 138) was our foundation sow. Very sadly she had to be euthanised in February 2022 due to an eye infection suspected to be associated with a brain tumour. She was a real character and raised almost fifty piglets for us.
Pip
Pip the dog, our rising 16 rescued curly-coated collie heartrendingly had to be euthanised in April 2023. She spent many years as a Pets As Therapy dog visiting care and dementia homes. She also competed at agility and was in a display team travelling the country to demonstrate obedience, flyball, agility, tricks and fire-jumping, and even made a couple of television appearances. She really enjoyed supervising our activities on the farm, and simply adored visiting the local beach at Pembrey.
After over 15 years of being central to our family, she has left an enormous hole. She is buried in her favourite field.
Branwen
Branwen, (Trausmawr Warbler 2) was only with us for five weeks, but her gentle, loving nature endeared her to us very quickly. We bought her in pig with her first litter to try to help the rare Warbler line. There were complications during her farrowing and, despite four vets working on her for hours including doing a Caesarian section, a very rare operation on a pig, she sadly died the next day. We hand-raised her three surviving piglets and have kept her daughter, Olwen, in the hope she will be good enough to breed from and continue her dam's legacy of helping to save the Warbler line.