Pets

2½-year-old creamy golden retriever Summer and her best friend, Keanu the Samoyed, are seen daily prancing up and down Riverside Drive and enjoy being greeted at Patys Restaurant on a regular basis. They love Toluca Lake for the myriad of routes they can take on the well-groomed streets, and they happily pose for pictures with the neighborhood children on Halloween.

11-year-old Chihuahua/Pomeranian mix Maxx has a talent for making even the crankiest person smile at his cuteness. In addition to spreading joy by visiting the residents at Belmont Village, he is a well-known regular at Toluca Lake locations including A La Mutt, Image Arts, Pergolina, Generales & Generales, Patys, Forman’s, Spin the Bottle and Rose & Sage.

10-year-old Poofy lost an eye to glaucoma last year, but has completely recovered and is happier than ever! She loves to sit by the window and watch birds and squirrels in the yard, and also enjoys snuggling and helping out with opening the daily mail. An extremely talkative cat, she can even carry on conversations.

14-year-old Veruca is a Russian blue with a mysterious backstory that is unknown even to her owners, who adopted her when she was already 10. Veruca watches over Toluca Lake from her noble perch in a second-floor apartment, observing her kingdom from the Moorpark onramp all the way to Vineland Street. She enjoys yelling for food, and then eating that food.

Coco Chanel enjoys hanging out with her owners as well as two other rescue dogs, Perito and Sapphire, while watching the Lakers games. She also loves her walks and sniffing around the community to see who has been where, collecting and analyzing lots of information that normally would bore humans.

Nicknamed “Henry the Cute” and “The Watch-Cat,” this Maine Coon always appears when the doorbell rings and makes sure to let his owner know if the food bowl gets empty. He enjoys playing with squirrels in the backyard, and jumping to the top of the six-foot-high wall just to see if anyone is watching.