Janneke's Mom first adopted Jan and another piggy (Piet) from a German pet store in 2005. When Janneke visited her mom at Christmas, Jan charmed his way into Janneke and the Winky Girls' heart and home. Rumor has it, Jan had a particular soft spot for Suus. It is no wonder Janneke often referred to him as a "Casanova."
One of the first experiences we shared with Jan the Boar, was his first bath. He sure was cute!
Later that year, the Winky Girls and Jan the Boar were invited to the Royal Wedding of Lady Jasmine and Prince Biscuit. Jan escorted his lady Suus to the big event and even performed with Charlie, Chester and Snowball of the infamous Rumblestrut Blues.
Performing with the Rumblestrut Blues helped Jan realize his singing talent. At Christmas time, he sang the solo "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas."
In March of 2007, Jan was selected as the official Pet of the Day. Read it here.
Jan the Boar also participated in the PigOlympics at Lake Elsinore. Because he loved to reconstruct furniture in his spare time at home, he flew to Lake Elsinore earlier than most of the other piggy participants to help built the Olympic village. Once it was built, he participated as a star player on both the soccer and baseball team. He showed off his muscles during the Cilantro Pull and strutted his stuff in the Piggie Train. And of course, he made the crowd go wild as he performed with the Rumblestrut Blues.
Let's not forget, one of Jan's greatest accomplishments. Jan became a LAPS member in June weighing just over 3lbs. His slave was so surprised of his achievement since he allowed his ladies to eat first.I could never put into words how special Jan the Boar was as well as his slave. This is from Janneke's post on the GPDD:
"He was extremely sweet. He loved to cuddle. I sometimes felt that if he only had had longer paws, he would have wrapped them around me. Instead he just pushed his nose firmly in my neck. He made an excellent piggy puddle. When he stretched out on your lap, enjoying being stroked, I had a whole lap covered in hair. He also made piggy-airkisses every morning when i came to bring the pigs their food. Handling him was the easiest thing ever. I could do anything with him. Just this Friday i discovered that he loved it when I laid him on his back, and rubbed his belly. It made him smile the piggysmile (upper lips parted) I will never forget that last smile. When I petted him in his cage, he would sometime roll over, just because he forgot to stand while he was enjoying being petted.
He was also very gentle towards his ladies. Every morning when i brought the veggies, he would stand waiting in a corner of the cage until his girls received their veggies. Only then would he run towards me and get his own veggies.
Although he was very sweet, this did not mean that he did not have a mind of his own. He could be very strong headed. For example, when he decided that he wanted to remodel my new table. Not even yukkie perfume sprayed on the table legs could keep him from his mission. Or every time when my sisters boyfriend fed him his vitamine c and he refused to take it from me for at least a week. Trying to tell me that uncle erwins pills were mucht yummier (or telling me to get a boyfriendslave, i dont know ;-) ).
Jan had the biggest nose. People who have met him, always say that he looks like a rabbit.
That was also one of his nicknames, 'neus' (which is dutch for Nose, it's pronounciation is similar to 'noise' ). I also just called him 'beertje' (which is dutch for little boar/bear and is pronounced as 'Birtjah'. boar and bear are the same word in dutch and this title fitted him perfectly)
Jan (i'm sorry to say this ;-) ) had a very girly wheek. It was so funny. It was soft and high, like a little shy 3-year old girl. I will miss that sound.. it always made me smile."
Jan, we're going to miss you. Thank you for sharing your life with us. Jan leaves behind his slave, Janneke, his herum named the Southern Winky Girls of Suus and Yaya, his Aunt Mieke, his cousins, Dunya, Lotje and Guiny. Our thoughts are with your family.
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