Piglet, who is deaf and blind, was rescued from a hoarding situation at just 1 lb. When we first met Piglet in 2019, owner Melissa Shapiro told PEOPLE "he needs to have some bigger meaning." Now, he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Melissa and Warren took him in and started to find ways to communicate with the deaf and blind dog. “Over time, we connected with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Piglet is a pink puppy who was rescued by veterinarian Melissa Shapiro from a hoarding situation in Georgia, along with his little ...

WESTPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — School assemblies are always exciting – especially when dogs are in attendance. Piglet, a deaf, blind pink puppy, has a story that inspires. “Yeah he’s adorable,” Olive Zinzi, ...

PIGLET: The Unexpected Story of a Deaf, Blind, Pink Puppy and His Family is due to hit shelves on August 3, 2021 Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CONNECTICUT — A small rescue dog is making a ...

Melissa Shapiro had been fostering dogs for years before she met her Instagram famous pup, Piglet. In 2017 the Westport veterinarian agreed to foster a tiny, pink puppy who was deaf and blind, and she ...

Piglet, a pink, blind and deaf pup who lives with six other dogs in a house in Westport, is oblivious to the fact that he’s a social media star and a novice teacher. His owner, veterinarian Melissa ...

Dear reader, I'd like you to take your phone, click Instagram, hit the search button, and type in pinkpigletpuppy. Then, you're going to slam that "Follow" button harder than you've ever slammed ...

MELISSA SHAPIRO: I get to be the one to inspire people with Piglet to do things in their lives that are positive. And that is inspiring to me. WARREN SHAPIRO: He sort of has a larger plate of issues ...