Saving Snouts

04/25/2025

🐾🚜 Only super cool town board members take Dusty for a tractor ride❤️ Thanks Linda we are so excited to have you!!

04/24/2025

💎Jewel

We were hoping to have this done by the 6 month anniversary of what should have been her rescue day.I know her story touched so many of you and the requests for Jewel Tshirts started pouring in shortly after. This entire situation was very difficult for us to navigate as we have always had full cooperation with multiple police departments on previous rescues.

I wasn’t entirely sure how I felt about creating Jewel merch at first but over time and multiple requests I realized her story needs to be told and not forgotten💎Other police departments have already shared that her story sparked conversation and education.

I hope some day Door County Sheriff office will put aside their ignorance and decide to empower themselves with knowledge and a little compassion. There was zero reason to fear Jewel who had multiple interactions with children that entire week.

We will always make sure your story is told Jewel 🌈💎💙🦋

Jewel was about to be rescued when a police officer brutally cut her life short.. Jewel was about to be rescued when a police officer pulled up and brutally cut her life...

04/22/2025

Week #3 in Pig Tales. Today Scooter will be Hoggin’ the Spotlight

Hi, everyone, Jenkins here! Welcome back to Pig Tales.

This week I had the honor of interviewing Scooter. He lives right next door to Clover and me with his two brothers, Bean and Charlie.

As I told you earlier in my series, my piggy friends here at Saving Snouts each have their own unique and often heart-breaking stories of how they came to call this oasis their home. And Scooter has quite the tale to tell.

He and his brothers (yes, biological brothers) were born to a backyard breeder, and each was born with truly devastating birth defects. Bean was born with two deformed back legs. Charlie was born with one deformed back leg and Scooter was born with severely deformed hips causing both legs to not function properly.

Unfortunately their first set of x-rays showed there were not any surgical options. We switched gears to a new plan of physical therapy, a wheelchair for Bean, supplements to help strengthen bones and a special house was built to accommodate all their needs.

We consulted with our vet team, an Orthopedic specialist, and Ziggy's Sanctuary, which specializes in various special needs animals. We produced a plan for their house right down to special angles and incline for their ramp, the thickness of gym mat flooring, extra insulation, and a heater for winter months. They have a soft pool and a little smooth composite deck. A tiny house for the brothers.

They have their own safe space free from other pigs or predators causing them harm. We often call them the Bean Bros because Bean has the strongest personality.

Scooter is a quiet shy little guy who cautiously will let you pet him. Charlie likes attention but only in small increments and then he's off to the pool.

As if Scooter’s hip issues weren’t enough for him to deal with, he had a huge cyst on his neck that needed to be removed. For some reason, repeated attempts to drain it weren’t working. And then we discovered why.

During surgery to remove the cyst, another cyst was found underneath it. It turns out the cyst underneath was a soft cell sarcoma.

Scooter is incredibly lucky to have Tj as his Momma. She worked diligently with a wonderful veterinarian team to have this awful, cancerous cyst removed. In fact, these formidable vets were able to buy the brand-new laser they needed for this type of surgery. The vets were excited, because having this new equipment would allow them not only to help Scooter, but to help more piggies and other animals in the future. A silver lining!

After surgery, his shoulder healed beautifully especially considering the size and number of sutures.

Scooter began acting like a new pig. He completed all his treatments and started swimming in his pool. He now spends his days hanging out with his bros and rejecting kale and cauliflower in favor of strawberries. Way to live life on your own terms, Scooter!

And did I mention he has got the cutest little piggy face? Yeah, that helps him get all the strawberries he could ever want!

Unlike his brothers, Scooter still doesn’t have a monthly sponsor. Would you like to be Scooter’s auntie or uncle? If so, please let us know in the comments, and then head on over to Patreon to sign up!

https://linktr.ee/savingsnouts

Click on “Patreon” and go to the “membership” tab. Scroll down to “Sponsor a Potbelly Pig”

Thank you so much for reading all about Scooter, and for supporting Saving Snouts in so many ways.

Until next week,
~~Jenkins

04/22/2025

I want to take a minute to say Thank You to all the haters that wake up and go to a animal loving page trying to paint the world with your negativity ✌️

Your ignorance actually helps our algorithm and makes money that goes directly to all the animals living a beautiful life here😍 yes you read that right… the animals make cookie money while you make yourselves look like a fool🤟

On a side note📝 I have been rescuing pigs for close to 10 years there isn’t a single bacon joke that phases me😉

My apologies for this post to all you beautiful animal and nature lovers that are actually here because they love animals and not because they need attention 🫶 Thank you for being here💕🐽

04/21/2025

The look on your face after you took matters into your own hooves and had that tough conversation with the groundhog who had predicted an early spring.

"Better late than never", says one very happy Wilson! 🐷🐽🌼🌹🌺🌷💐

04/20/2025

🐰We hope you are all enjoying quality time with people and animals that you love💕

04/19/2025

🐽All you kiddos listen up because I’m going to give you all my secrets on how you can get cookies 😉

Step one: Look at your mom like this. Put a little effort in it with a head tilted slightly….making a adorable sucky face doesn’t hurt either

Step two: Watch her come running but be prepared for baby talk and a picture while staring at your treat for 3 entire minutes🍪💕

You’re Welcome
~ Jenkins

04/18/2025

Sometimes I’m not prepared for the memories that pop up😔 I always called Avocado my little night owl🦉💚 Everyone would be sleeping but him, I always thought it was his way of telling me he wanted one on one attention 🥑 and that is just what we would do 🌈 miss you so much Avo

04/17/2025

🍀I just want to give you all a update on our bestest girl Clover💚 She hasn’t shown any sign of further issues and takes her meds every day like the little sweetheart she is🥹 Seriously you all need to see how gentle she takes her fig bars💊🍪

04/16/2025

💎Jewel

We were hoping to have this done by the 6 month anniversary of what should have been her rescue day.I know her story touched so many of you and the requests for Jewel Tshirts started pouring in shortly after. This entire situation was very difficult for us to navigate as we have always had full cooperation with multiple police departments on previous rescues.

I wasn’t entirely sure how I felt about creating Jewel merch at first but over time and multiple requests I realized her story needs to be told and not forgotten💎Other police departments have already shared that her story sparked conversation and education.

I hope some day Door County Sheriff office will put aside their ignorance and decide to empower themselves with knowledge and a little compassion. There was zero reason to fear Jewel who had multiple interactions with children that entire week.

We will always make sure your story is told Jewel 🌈💎💙🦋

Jewel was about to be rescued when a police officer brutally cut her life short.. Jewel was about to be rescued when a police officer pulled up and brutally cut her life...

04/15/2025

Week #2 in Pig Tales. This week Dusty will be Hoggin’ the Spotlight

Hi again! Jenkins here! The hoomans around here call this little dog “Duster” or “Dusty”, but if you ask him, his name is “The Gator Aide”. He would spend the entire day riding around in the Gator if he had his druthers. And there’s a reason for that.

He wants to tell his own story, so heeere’s Dusty!

Hi, friends! Dusty here!

When I was but a wee ball of fur, I used to dream about traveling around the entire country. I’d go outside at night at the beautiful hobby farm where I lived with My First Mom, and look at the stars, and dream about driving around in my Dusty-sized RV and rockin’ out to the oldies.

One night I looked up at the starts and said to Dog Almighty, “Lord! I was BORN a travelin’ man!”

My future was set. I planned my adventure. I’d get my kicks on Route 66 then head up and leave my heart in San Francisco. Heading east again I’d feel that Rocky Mountain high, then meet up with my West Virginia Mountain Mama to explore all those country roads! Finally, Mountain Mama and I would kick up our heels with Liza Minnelli in New York, New York before heading back to my happy home in Wisconsin. The adventure of a lifetime was taking shape, and I was jazzed!

And then the unthinkable happened.

I discovered I only had three legs. Nobody had ever mentioned to me before that I was born a tripod. Now, how was I going to drive that spiffy Dusty-sized RV with only one front paw??

So I settled in and lived a happy, quiet life with My First Mom at her beautiful hobby farm, but even that dream was dashed! She had a terminal illness but found a home for me with Momma Tj. My First Mom thought I’d love living at a pig sanctuary after she went to heaven.

I was pretty sad the first week there, but then I discovered they had little tractors called Gators. I could fulfill my travelin’ man dreams right in my own backyard! All I needed was a chauffeur.

Momma Tj is usually my chauffeur, but sometimes the volunteers drive me around, too! And we could sure use some more volunteers around here!

And I’m the official Gator Aide helping Momma Tj and the volunteers deliver meals and snacks to the piggies and goats. I can show you the ropes, and we'll belt out those oldies together. It’ll be grand!

If you live close by and would like to be a regular volunteer and part-time chauffeur, please let me know! We want to meet you soon – the weather’s getting really nice ‘round this parts!

~~Dusty and Jenkins 🐶🐷

04/14/2025

Did you know this absolutely heartwarming fact? 🥹

It’s true! James Cromwell became vegan while playing Arthur Hoggett, a compassionate farmer who adopts Babe the piglet and raises her on his farm in the 1995 film, Babe. 🐷

Fast-forward to 2023, and 83-year-old James Cromwell combined his role as Hoggett with his passion for veganism to help a real-life piglet. Cromwell helped rescue a piglet who had fallen off a truck on its way to be fattened for slaughter before Easter. 🥺🙏

“Filming Babe gave me the privilege of seeing pigs’ intelligence and curious personalities, which changed my life and my eating habits,” Cromwell said in a statement. “So when I had the chance to save this real-life Babe, I jumped at it.” 😭🩷

Such an incredible source of inspiration - thank you, James Cromwell, for your outstanding activism! 👏🌱

04/14/2025

My heart needed a like minded friend yesterday and that’s just what happened 🥹 Thank You Auntie Celeste for all the goodies but most of all for all the support and love you give all of us☮️🏡🐷🐈🐶

04/13/2025

I feel this with every ounce of my heart today😔 To those of you that see farmed animals worthy of love and safety I Thank You🌱

~ someone sent this to me so I don’t know the original source to give them credit

04/13/2025

🥔❤️ Barn hair don’t care

~ Tator Tot

04/12/2025

💕Little Moon is so excited about his new friend he can hardly walk in a straight line anymore 🤣 Meanwhile Elmo is enjoying a little space I think and this momma is just happy that all three get along🐐🐐🐐

Getting to watch these friendships is hands down my favorite part of having a sanctuary 🏡