HIS name is Elvis and like his namesake he has issues with his pelvis.

However, unlike the The King, this Elvis lives on a farm County Durham.

The cheeky chap was the third and smallest lamb born to Custard the zwartble sheep in April this year.

But only hours after arriving, his mother accidentally stood on him causing an injury to his pelvis.

Owners John and Carol Graham spent his first few weeks bottle-feeding him, and are now so attached to the little lamb that they cannot bear to send him to market with the others.

But they also do not have the space to keep him as a pet at their home in Weardale as they already have a number of long-term resident sheep.

Mrs Graham, said: “He really is a lovely little lamb and we want to see him go to a good home.

“He would make a great lawnmower for somebody and is so friendly.”

Elvis is a mix between zwartble and texel and Mrs Graham said his fleece will yield some top quality wool.

She said: “He is going to be very handsome when he is grown up and the wool will be wonderful.

“Like all zwartbles he has a lovely temperament, he will basically be like a giant Labrador.”

Elvis currently lives with the Grahams at their Hill House East Country bed and Breakfast in the hills above Westgate.

Despite warnings from farmers that his mother would never accept him back after he spent so long being hand-reared, Mrs Graham has managed to return him to their flock with Custard once again accepting him as her own.

His sister Priscilla will be sold at the market along with their other half -a-dozen lambs later this year.

Mrs Graham said: “If we sold Elvis he would just go for meat. We have become so attached to him that we don’t want that for him.”

For more information on Elvis, contact Mr and Mrs Graham on 01388-517145 or email enquiries@hillhouseeast.co.uk