Updated 18 September 2017 |
Pets of the Months Archive 2016-2018 |
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posted 27 September 2018
PET OF THE MONTH
MEET MISS DARBY WELLINGTON
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A mix of Chihuahua and Toy Terrier, Miss Darby Wellington is a friendly 13 month old puppy. Her owner obtain from her daughter in Spring Branch, Texas. about 2 months after she was born. Miss Darby Wellington comes from a litter of eight where she was the runt.
Miss Wellington likes to bounce and fetch a ball. Her favorite store is Home Depot, where some residents recognize her owner and say hello. Another place she likes to go is Gibbs Park, a small park near the corner of Heil and Graham. |
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A change from Texas, Miss Wellington really likes our California mild weather. Her favorite pet friends at Harbour Vista at two resident Basset Hounds. For her first experience at the beach, she certainly liked the sand. But has not gone into the water. ■ |
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posted 19 July 2017
PET OF THE MONTH
MEET THE COMFORT DOGS
Westley
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Sofia and Westley are two comfort dogs for their owner. Sofia is a three year Maltese Weiner hound. While Westley is two and half year old Maltese Pomeranian beagle.
Sofia was given to the owner by a co-worker because she is lay back and mellow. She is very cuddling, sweet and always want to be with you.
Westley was found on FaceBook as a comfort dog for Sofia and to keep Sofia company when the owner is at work. |
Sofia
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Both dogs are are very energetic and obedient. The owner has put in some great effort to stop them being interested in Harbor Vista ducks. But both dogs like to chase squirrels and birds. These dogs like their big outing at the local park and love to go to the beach for a swim. ■ |
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posted 22 October 2016
PET OF THE MONTH
MEET ELEVEN ORANGE PLATY FISH
 Meet Snappy. Happy, Sleepy, Nappy, Sneaky, Stinky, Wiggly, Tingly, Kingly, Blingy, Clingly and six other nameless Orange Platy fish residing in an aquarium at Harbour Vista.  Snappy the mother and Happy the father recently gave birth to sixteen baby fishes.
Encouraging the Birth
For the birth, a thunder and lightning app was set up on the owner's iPad  projected against the aquarium. He also drained 30% of the water from the tank to protect the new fish when born. With the help of Tylenol for a night cold, the resident was awake when they were born at 3AM. He was able to save the majority of new born fish who had no idea they might be mom’s or dad’s next meal. Unfortunately he lost two of them. ■
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posted 22 July 2016
PET OF THE MONTH
MEET GREAT BLUE HERON
Because the Bolsa Chica Bird sanctuary is just around the corner, Harbour Vista ponds and streams can attracted large waterfowl birds. It is not uncommon to see white egreps walk our streams. What is unusual and is our pet of the month, is a Great Blue Heron.
There he was standing across from a bridge on Grunion side near the garages. This bird stood at lease five and half feet tall. He held his gaze on me as I approach.
I move slowly, but he could finally not trust me anymore and took flight. Great Blue Heron can have a wing span of six feet. This one flew pass a  building stairs and across a balcony into the sky. He was beautiful. Hope he returns. Anyway, one of our resident ducks complained to me that Ishould take a picture of her and her new duckling and stop gaping at the blue heron. So I obliged. ■
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posted 11 March 2016
PET OF THE MONTH
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MEET EMMA
Emma who also goes by the name Mimi is a pure bred Boston Terrier. She was a one year anniversary gift from her owner’s boyfriend and just recently turned one year old on February 1st. A few favorite things that Emma likes to do is go bike riding around Huntington Beach with her owner's in her basket. Another favorite of hers is going through the "In-N-Out" drive through and having her owner's order her a meat patty with no salt. |
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Emma also likes to play dress up. She likes watching ASU football games with her Dad in her favorite ASU jersey. Say hello to Emma. ■ |
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posted 19 January 2016
PET OF THE MONTH
 MEET HUXLEY
“Hux’s” as their loving owner calls him was scavenging in the wild for some time living off the wild life. But with loving helpers from the local veterinary, he was transformed into a great dog who loves little kids and dogs (except those who don’t like him).
It took a couple of trial homes before Hux’s decided he was exactly the right dog for his owner at Harbour Vista. He loves walking around with his owner at Harbour Vista meeting other dogs and residents. ■ |
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