March 2005,

Firstly, Julie and I would like to thank you for your book. Without our pig bible I do not believe Rupert would be the happy pig he is today. It answered all of our questions and gave us some much needed peace of mind at times.

Our question is. I have read in your book that Rupert should have his own area to relax and catch up on his beauty sleep. We have moved him to a room off the kitchen which has little disturbances during the day, other than our conversations in the kitchen. But is close enough we can check in on him.

Soon after we noticed he was getting "grumpy". As soon as we walk in his room he would literally jump out of his blanket burrito and stare us down. To this day we believe he is still half asleep and we give him a few minutes to collect himself and we scratch his cheeks and continue talking to him to relax him as we pass.

Should we have him in a more traffic area to allow him to get used to passerby or is he really just startled?

Love your website,
Jon & Julie
Saint John, New Brunswick
Canada

Kathleen