“She does the ride pretty well,” he said. Rice for NY Postĭuring the 90-minute drives between Orange County and Park Slope, Penny is placed in a special carrier in the back seat of Harris’ 2019 Jeep Wrangler. We will be getting calls through the night, she will lift her head up, put it down and go back to sleep.” Caiman Harris fed Penny in their yard at Sparrow Bush, New York. “She sleeps in the firehouse in a doggie bed and sleeps through the night pretty well. She knows we are coming back,” Harris explained. “When the tones go off - when we get a call - Penny looks up, sees us all running out and she knows….She stays. The sow stays in the house watch or the kitchen. Gabriele Holtermannĭuring jobs, the well-behaved piglet, who is expected to pork up to 50 pounds and live up to 15 years, knows her place. Passerby and kids love taking pictures with Penny and feeding her favorite snack, Cheerios. We just love serving the community,” he said. Penny is potty-trained and his comrades keep the station immaculate, Harris boasts. “When I brought her into work, a couple of people walking by the firehouse did a double-take, got stopped in their tracks and said, ‘That’s not a dog!’ A couple of people will stop by and say, ‘Where’s the Dalmatian?’ And we’ll say, this is our new mascot.”

She will let you pet her and will smell you. FDNY Firefighter Darren Harris brought home the bacon in June to the delight of his son and daughter. Passersby and children - who especially love to pose with, pet and feed her favorite snack, Cheerios, are in hog-heaven. Penny, who likes to preen and play, is a good-humored ham. The family lives on “a couple of acres” upstate, while Harris works a floating, 24-hours shift two days a week at the Fourth Avenue firehouse, bringing his swine-kick with him. Harris, 35, adopted the piglet from a farm in Virginia, in part because his 5-year-old daughter, Aspen, is afraid of dogs. We were like, yo’ this is pretty cool,” Harris said.

No one has pushed back on Penny’s presence. “We cook, we clean, there is a brotherhood, but now with the pig it’s definitely unique. Co-workers love it because it’s something different around the firehouse,” Harris told The Post. 239 in Park Slope are raising spirits with the addition of Penny the Pig, an adorable 3-month-old, 9-pound teacup porker.įDNY Firefighter Darren Harris brought home the bacon in June to the delight of his son and daughter, passers-by and fellow first responders. This firehouse mascot is happy as a pig in shift!ĭalmatians be damned, the members of Engine Co. Pig parts will soon be used for liver, lung and heart transplants: NYU doc Literal road hog backs up, shuts down traffic in South CarolinaĬatholic bishop who quit church for ‘Satanic’ love is selling pig semen now Nicolas Cage: I’m not an actor, I’m a ‘thespian’

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