it's said that pigs are smarter than dogs, but how affactionate are they compared to dogs? do they care about you, greet you when you're home, and cuddle with you?
>>5100049Spoilers: they aren’t smarter than dogs. the two species have brains of equal capability, size, and neurological complexity tuned to excel in different sets of tasks. so you expect a straight brain upgrade from a dog but what you get is an animal that is retarded in all new ways just so it can be better at finding hidden food using its snout to destroy things
>>5100049They bond with their owners but it mostly amounts to them following you around all the time. I had a coworker with a potbelly pig and while I enjoyed playing with it he made it sound like keeping a potty trained goat in your house. When no one was home to watch it he had to keep it in his basement so it wouldn't eat the house.
>>5100049Honestly if you want something that follows you around everywhere and is much muchhhh smarter than a dog, just buy a parrot, even a simple green cheek conure completely ratio them, but you have to be prepared for philological damages you could make them endure if you treat them badly
>>5100058>>5100049Some pigs have dog like levels of personality. Out of a group of 10 that I've had for almost 2 years now as breeding stock they each sort of have their own personalities, and a couple are weirdly conscious. The most human forward/social ones are basically like constantly hungry and very strong non biddable dogs. They come up to me for scratches and will happily flop over for belly scratches, some know their name and will run over when called, get excited when I'm around, etc. Super social animals that can be very sensitive even though their pain tolerance is obscenely high. They clearly show empathy for one another and form bonds with each other as a group, and with other non pig animals. Really cool animals that are a pain in the ass to keep because of how smart and tenacious they are. Difficult to keep them inside fences..
