Harvie, formerly "Harley" was surrendered by the Calgary Humane Society shortly after his former owner dropped him off at the shelter in a plastic bin claiming that she could no longer provide for him.  Harvie’s most-recent former owner admitted that she had only had him for a week or so prior to which someone else had had him for a few weeks.  As this is a common pattern that sadly so many potbelly pigs suffer through, it is most likely that this poor old boy was passed off from home to home several times before ending up at the shelter.

Harvie’s most recent rejection of a home claimed that it was due to his alleged aggression with “climbing on top of her children” that she was not able to keep him.  Since Harvie was an intact male and none of his multiple former homes had bothered to have him castrated, it was easy to see where his frustration, dominant traits and alleged aggression were stemming from.  Harvie’s most-recent former home also claimed that he was no more than eight months old.  As he had a full grown set of tusks that were protruding from the sides of his mouth and he appears to be a fully matured pig, it is more likely that Harvie was between the ages of three and four years of age at the time of his most recent and final surrender.