--- title: Abandoned Piglet Becomes Friends With Puppy: Photos description: This is almost too adorable for words canonical: https://time.com/4234079/abandoned-piglet-friends-with-puppy/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-23T18:07:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:25.554Z og:title: Tiny Piglet and Tiny Puppy Become Best Friends og:description: This is almost too adorable for words og:url: https://time.com/4234079/abandoned-piglet-friends-with-puppy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tiny Piglet and Tiny Puppy Become Best Friends twitter:description: This is almost too adorable for words twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Tiny Piglet and Tiny Puppy Become Best Friends by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 23, 2016 6:07 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 23, 2016 6:07 PM UTC Meet Piper, a tiny abandoned piglet who was rescued by a family in Tennessee. (They already have a flock of mini pigs, so they knew how to properly care for her.) As the family explained on [the Instagram account ](https://www.instagram.com/kookieandkipper%5Fminipigs/)where they document their pets’ adventures, the tiny piglet was alone in the cold with no shelter—so they “packed up and drove 2 hours to save this angel.” She seems to be enjoying her new home quite a bit: Most importantly, Piper the piglet has made friends with the adorable puppy who lives next door: Look at them playing: Oh, and when Piper’s not playing with her puppy friend, she’s being a fashion model: Another day, another glorious [animal friendship](http://time.com/3785941/animal-friendships/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4234079/abandoned-piglet-friends-with-puppy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4234079/abandoned-piglet-friends-with-puppy/"},"headline":"Tiny Piglet and Tiny Puppy Become Best Friends","datePublished":"2016-02-23T18:07:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:25.554Z","description":"This is almost too adorable for words","url":"https://time.com/4234079/abandoned-piglet-friends-with-puppy/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4234079/abandoned-piglet-friends-with-puppy/","name":"Tiny Piglet and Tiny Puppy Become Best Friends"}}]}] ```