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Plan A...or is it Plan B?

7/6/2015

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What do you do when "Plan A" fails on the farm and you JUST KNEW it was going to work...you just let the animals do their own thing and call it "Plan B."  This is exactly what happened when we attempted to load the boar onto our trailer as he is ready to embark on another adventure at his new home doing what boar pigs do best, snoozing all day in the recliner while "hogging" the remote.  

So plan A, and actually the only plan was to back the trailer up to the gate (check), get the boar to come to the gate (check- he came running when he saw us), give the sows some snacks away from the boar to keep them away (check), and then dave puts some electric fence around the boar to keep everyone separated so he can load him (uhhhh...not quite).  so because he didn't electrify the wire, as it was unnecessary with this task and the animals have always respected the wire, it didn't keep everyone out.  They knew it wasn't "hot" and OF COURSE the sows wanted the boar's treats and vice versa.  so everyone is moving in and out of the quick, simple enclosure.  While this was occurred, it caused Dave to say phrases like, "Get out of there, come onnnnn," while attempting to push these 700 pound hogs in or out of the fenced area (and as you guessed, they didn't budge, and I even thought I heard a snicker from one of them he was trying to move).  During this chaos, the pigs were moving huge branches all over as they ran to try and gobble up the snacks and the branches were getting caught on the wire.  Getting a little frustrated, Dave decided starting over was the best option.  So he rolled up the wire, got some hard boiled eggs ready and put them in the trailer (which are our hogs favorite snack), left the door open and while Dave was preparing the wire again...the boar simply walked onto the trailer.  Huh...that seemed too easy, so Dave shut the door and was done. 

Oddly enough, this method has worked countless times before, so we aren't even certain why Plan A was even considered.  Next time we come up with a plan, we will just skip it and just go straight to Plan B.  Here is a picture of our boar posing for the camera in the trailer.  It is a little off because I couldn't actually see what I was taking due to not being able to see in the trailer from where I was standing. 
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