A piglet's best friend: Animal forms unbreakable bond with boxer dog after being orphaned at one day old

By Paul Milligan
PUBLISHED: 18:52, 30 April 2012 | UPDATED: 19:26, 30 April 2012
This is the picture that proves a dog really is for life, as Susie the pug dog and Tabitha the piglet cuddle and play as best friends do.
The pair became unlikely pals when Susie’s owner rescued the piglet when she was found abandoned at the side of the road, just days old.

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An unlikely pair: Susie the pug dog and Tabitha the piglet have become best of friends

BFF: The pair struck up the unlikely friendship three weeks ago - and are now inseparable

The pair were inseparable, and their owners made videos of the pair playing together - which showed Tabitha climbing all over her new mum.
However in just a few months, she’s grown to almost the same size as her adoptive mum.

Susie's owner Wendy Valentine rescued five-week-old Tabitha after she was discovered on the side of the road, at just a few hours old

Saved: Susie's owner believes Tabitha the piglet either escaped from a local pig farm - or may have fallen through the slats on a lorry as her mother gave birth on the way to the slaughterhouse

Susie’s owner, Wendy Valentine, who runs the Hillside Wildlife Sanctuary in Norfolk, said: 'I think Piggy and Puggy, as we call them, are best friends for life - regardless of how big Tabitha grows.
'Someone brought Tabitha to us just days before Christmas after finding her at the side of the road.

Five-year-old Susie has given Tabitha plenty of TLC and helped nurse the piglet back to full health

Come here you: Susie gives her friend an affectionate pat on the head

'She was so small her umbilical cord was still attached. There were no pig farms anywhere near where she was found, so we can only assume she fell from the back of a lorry - possibly on her way to slaughter.
'We had to feed her by hand, and I brought her into the house with me so I could keep an eye on her. But Susie immediately took an interest in her, and wouldn’t stay away from the basket she was in.
'I let them play together and it was obvious Tabitha saw Susie as a mother figure. They would nuzzle up together - they didn’t leave each other’s side.

Roll over and play dead: The two unlikely friends enjoy a spot of playtime

Susie's owner Wendy Valentine runs Hillside Animal Sanctuary in Norwich, Norfolk, where Tabitha and her new friend can enjoy messing about

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