{"id":19437,"date":"2026-03-11T07:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/a-love-connection-thanks-to-the-farm-animals\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:07:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:07:52","slug":"a-love-connection-thanks-to-the-farm-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/friends-and-family\/pets\/a-love-connection-thanks-to-the-farm-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"A Love Connection Thanks to the Farm Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know it\u2019s a match when the bride and groom agree on an all-animal wedding party. <\/p>\n<p>It all began in 2011, when Ryan Phillips switched to a vegan lifestyle to <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/living-longer-living-better\/7-easy-habits-to-improve-your-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">improve his health<\/a> and developed a passion for ending the suffering of animals farmed as food. Then a family asked if he could take in a breeder pig, and he couldn\u2019t say no, despite living on the second floor of a Williamsburg, Virginia, condo with a no-pets policy. Within a few years, Ryan was caring for pigs Pumpkin, Charlotte and Millie; Tesla the rabbit; Emmie the Yorkie; and Beatrice the chicken\u2014all in the condo.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to October 2018, when Ryan bought land 10 minutes down the road and established <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifewithpigs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Life With Pigs Farm Animal Sanctuary<\/a>. He saved his first dairy cow the following month. She had a twin brother, and a heifer with a bull twin will most likely be infertile and unable to produce milk. The farmer had marked her to be killed, but his daughter begged him to let Ryan pick her up. Her dad agreed. Ryan named the three-day-old calf Jenna in honor of the farmer\u2019s daughter and called his sanctuary friends for advice on keeping this scrawny but determined calf alive.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\" style=\"float:right\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-86516\" alt=\"\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/isthisforreal_embed_3.jpg\" width=\"325\" \/><figcaption>   <em>Jenna asking to play<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, more than 2,000 miles west, in Arizona, <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/better-living\/inspirational-quotes-for-animal-lovers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another animal-lover<\/a> named Mallory had been following Ryan\u2019s journey on social media. She loved seeing photos of Ryan snuggling with Jenna. It was clear that this cow considered Ryan, who slept in the barn with her during her tentative early days, to be her dad. In 2019, Ryan posted about wanting to save a local cow from abuse, and Mallory jumped in to help. She spent weeks coordinating the rescue with Ryan by phone. Eventually, Mallory flew east to meet the animals at Life With Pigs\u2014and, of course, Ryan, whom she quickly fell for.<\/p>\n<p>With her human-like behavior and goofy nature\u2014sticking her giant head in every window until someone came out to play, for example\u2014Jenna charmed Mallory further. Soon Mallory, who\u2019d lived in Arizona her entire life, decided to stay in Virginia with Ryan and his growing <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/friends-and-family\/pets\/finding-hope-in-an-animal-sanctuary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">animal sanctuary<\/a> for good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a crush on a guy I saw on the internet hugging his cow,\u201d she says on the Life With Pigs website. \u201cI never imagined I\u2019d end up spending my life with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ryan popped the question in the cow barn, with Jenna nudging his leg to remind him to get down on one knee. The couple traded cow rings in a farm ceremony as \u201cbest cow\u201d Jenna and \u201ccow of honor\u201d Maisie led <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/friends-and-family\/pets\/6-ways-to-include-pets-in-your-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a wedding party of three dogs<\/a>, three pigs and a gaggle of chickens and turkeys. \u201cJenna played such an important part in our meeting that we agreed she had to be front and center,\u201d Ryan says.<\/p>\n<p>Though she adores Mallory, Jenna still demands attention from her dad. \u201cShe\u2019ll put her two horns on my waist and push her head up against me while I hug her neck,\u201d says Ryan. \u201cShe can tell when you\u2019re sad and will rub against you. The pigs will too. 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