Pets of Miami Lakes

      Say hello to Rita!  Shes a 5-year-old Labrador and hound mix, owner Jenny Onega says.

      Last November, Rita joined the Onega family -- Joseph and Jenny and their children, Lucia, 2 months, and twins Amelie and Sara, 11 -- in a community that is north of the Royal Oaks Plaza shopping center in Miami Lakes.

     Rita likes to keep an eye on the neighborhood and is known as “the dog in the window,” Jenny Onega said.  Rita is a sea dog and enjoys family boat trips in the ocean, where she barks at fish that swim past.  She also likes to lay in the sun; ride in the car; eat dog biscuits; fetch tennis balls and chase squirrels.