Python super constructors -- which arguments do you put in the child method?

Question

I've created an "Animal" class that takes in parameters name and colour, and a subclass called "Pig" which should inherit name and colour from "Animal", but should also take a new parameter, TailType.

Here's what I've done so far:

class Animal(object):
    def __init__(self, name, colour):
        self.name = name
        self.colour = colour

    def get_name(self):
        return self.name

    def set_name(self, newName = ""):
        self.name = newName

    def set_colour(self, newColour = ""):
        self.colour = newColour

    def get_colour(self):
        return self.colour

    def __str__(self):
        return self.get_name() + ' : ' + self.colour

class Pig(Animal):
    def __init__(self, name, colour, tailType):
        super().__init__()
        self.tailType = tailType

When I'm initialising the "Pig" class, I'm not sure which parameters to put in the __init__ definition; should it be name and colour, or name + colour + tailType?

Also, does this subclass inherit the __str__ representation method of Animal, or do I have to write that again within the "Pig" subclass?

I'm really not sure about which parameters go where, when I initialise a subclass. I've looked at examples, and they all have very simple cases with one parameter (self).

If I try to do

john = Pig('John', 'pink', 'curly')

I get

TypeError: __init__() missing 2 required positional arguments: 'name' and 'colour'.

Superclasses and subclasses make sense conceptually, but when it comes to dealing with their syntax, I'm really struggling.

Note: please don't refer me to a general explanation of what superclass constructors are: I've read a lot of them and still don't really know how to apply them in this situation.

Answer 1

Just pass name and colour.

class Pig(Animal):
    def __init__(self, name, colour, tailType):
        super().__init__(name, colour)
        self.tailType = tailType

Think of it as super() provides me the method from the parent, bound to my object. What does it take as inputs? name and colour? Let's pass it name and colour, then.

And yes, __str__ is inherited like any other method.