November 2007
I’m dark haired, fun to be with and friendly, of mixed ancestry; my father was a working sheepdog who seduced my mum who was a Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross – we’re not sure what her parents were, but my owner (whitevanwoman) thinks that I have Labrador genes, as I am good at hurling myself into rivers and have a keen nose for anything remotely edible.
Aged 4, I’m in my prime, and weigh in at about 28kg. My favourite hobbies are eating, saying hello to people, saying hello to other dogs (particularly female collies), playing fetch with anything fetchable (particularly tennis balls), swimming, and stealing loaves of bread off the worktop.
I used to go to dog school every week and graduated with my gold Good Citizens Award about 2 years ago.
The Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog - Gold award (for being very very obedient)
Then I spent a year training to be a Mountain Rescue Search Dog which I loved doing because it involved tennis balls and saying hello to people, and I have to admit, I was quite good at it.
The first find of the day was the winchman's buttie box
Unfortunately, we had to stop doing Search Dog training because Whitevanwoman was too busy doing other things (like working and fixing the inside of her kennel) and I really miss it but we still play “search” sometimes which is great fun.
Since then we have had more time to spend with Whitevanwoman and my housemate, old Lanky lad, SidPuss and Miss Tibby Tabby and, I have to admit, life is pretty good although I do wish my dinner bowl was bigger.
I do wish my dinner bowl was bigger
You can read about my day to day adventures in my blog. There are photos and videos of me and my mates and you can listen to my favourite songs. I hope you like my site.
January 2009 update
The first limited edition of “Memoirs of a mongrel – may every day be a tennis ball day” were printed and distributed to my very best friends for Christmas 2008. I hope to get a publishing deal this year, so if you would be interested in a copy, do let me know.
May 2009 update
Rigg’s blog has moved from www.etribes.com/riggthepig to www.rigg-the-pig.com . The adventures of a hairy hooligan continue and the past 2 years of Rigg’s blog will be added to the new site.
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