By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
MEET Miss Jones, or as she is affectionately called ‘Missy’ by her new Cranbourne South family.
The Mornington Peninsula Animal Shelter lucked out when the Joneses heard about their pig.
‘Truffles’ as she was once known had been awaiting a home at the shelter after she was found lost in Somerville in June.
But the minute Chloe Jones, 21, got tagged in a Facebook post about Truffles, she knew her dad, Mark, would say yes to a new female friend for their growing passel of pigs.
Truffles has been affectionately renamed, ‘Missy’ by the Jones family and now resides on the family’s acreage with new best friends, Benji and Choppy.
But Chloe said it might take some time for the trio to figure out who’s boss.
“Dad tried to introduce Choppy and Missy, but it didn’t go so well, they just have to get the pecking order in place,” Chloe said.
“Pigs are so smart, the same thing happened when we introduced Choppy to Benji, but they are really good friends now.”
Chloe said her pigs might be the only ones on the block, but they prove to be fantastic pets.
“Pigs serve so many purposes and are great for our garden,” she said.
The Joneses small farm will soon grow with the addition of chickens.
