"We've been in and out of court so many times," said Susan Lohrey.
"It's getting monotonous."
Since last July, she and husband Terrence Lohrey have been fighting animal nuisance charges filed by the Human Society.
Trial has been set for 10 a.m. April 15 at Ewa District Court.
The Lohreys got Oink, a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig, when he was four weeks old. Wrapped in a baby blanket, he could be carried on one shoulder. He's now just over a year old, and weighs about 150 pounds.
Susan Lohrey said he's the sweetest, most quiet, most gentle pig "you could ever come across."
Her husband said, "He's neutered and he's got all his shots."
Oink lives in the couple's Lumi Place yard. He has had no pig companions since his infancy, Susan said.
"The dog next door taught him to bark. Now he barks. He thinks he's a dog. He doesn't know he's a pig," she said.
"We're all that he knows," she added. "He doesn't know anybody else ... He's sweet. He doesn't have a mean bone in his body."
Oink dines modestly on commercial pig feed and vegetables, and never leaves their property, even though it's open, they said.
The Humane Society says Oink is a farm animal, and should be enclosed 300 feet from the nearest property line.
The Lohreys say Oink is a pet.
"You see Great Danes bigger than him, and you don't see people go to court on Great Danes, do you?" asked Susan.
But pigs are not pets, the Humane Society argues. "We don't want to take any pet away from any home," said Becky Rhoades, Hawaiian Humane Society director of shelter operations.
"We have a contract with the city and county of Honolulu to enforce the animal-related laws, which includes the animal nuisance law," Rhoades said.
The Humane Society received a complaint against the Lohreys, and after an investigation, determined that the pig should not be at the home.
"The big question to them was they're claiming their pig is a pet -- and according to the ordinance, a pig is defined as a farm animal," Rhoades said.
"We witnessed a violation and made them aware," Rhoades said. "The judge will make the decision whether or not they're in violation.
"We don't want to take away the pig."