Sniffany’s Pet Boutique

03/03/2025

03/02/2025

Not a new study but worth posting again as it still stands true! 🙌🏼

What you choose to put in your puppy’s bowl 🥄at an early stage can literally affect their whole life, not to mention your bank account💳 with future vet bills if you decide to add nothing to their food!

“I only feed my dog their kibble, I NEVER give them anything else!” was once a proud pet owner statement, but microbiome🦠 research proves this is a BIG mistake. Study after study shows the more diverse your pet’s bowl is, the healthier their gut and immune system can become.

A brand new study from Finnish Veterinary Scientists shows healthy human food🍗🥦 leftovers offered to puppies significantly reduces allergy symptoms and skin problems later in life. This long-term, protective effect increased the more often real foods were added, so the more exposure puppies had to a variety of healthy leftovers, the more protection there was from developing skin issues down the road.

“…even if the dog🐶 eats 80% of its food as dry, adding a minimum of 20% of the food as raw significantly decreased the risk of AASS [allergic skin disease] later in life.” – Dr. Anna Hielm-Björkman

According to the scientists, feeding a variety raw or minimally processed, real food early in life may lead to microbial exposure that enhances the immune system early on, reducing allergic responses later in life. Some of the foods owners fed in this study were fish🐟 and meats🥩, vegetables🍆 and roots🍠, culinary mushrooms🍄, buttermilk and other fermented milk products🥛 and berries🫐.

03/01/2025

Welcome to March! 🍀
Spring is coming! 🌸🌼🌺
It’s going to be a great month. Come in and let us help you spoil your pet with healthy food and snacks! 🐾

02/28/2025

Win this gigantic octopus! Buy anything with cash from now till March 31 and be entered to win this guy! 💵 🐙

02/28/2025

Today is the day! Shop small and SCORE! Tons of great deals today and tomorrow! And to make things more fun…..anyone that pays with CASH through March 31, will he entered to win our gigantic Oliver Octopus! $99.99 value! Come shop with us! 🐙

02/27/2025

Guys! We are having a HUGE SALE tomorrow and Saturday! 30% off of ALL toys, gifts and supplies, 40% off of ALL beds, and clothing (this includes cat trees, collars, leashes and harnesses and 50-75% off other select merchandise. Don’t miss this giant blowout sale! 🐶♥️🐈

02/27/2025

Guys! We are having a HUGE SALE tomorrow and Saturday! 30% off of ALL toys, gifts and supplies, 40% off of ALL beds, and clothing (this includes cat trees, collars, leashes and harnesses and 50-75% off other select merchandise. Don’t miss this giant blowout sale! 🐶♥️🐈

02/25/2025

One day will not fix the system.

Boycotting major corporations (Amazon, Walmart, Target, etc.) for 24 hours is great, but putting your spending on hold for one day will only bring a record low sales day, followed by a record high sales day.

If you want to make a real difference, this can't be just one day. Find a local business and SHOP SMALL. Pay with cash, if you can. There are so many ways to keep your money within your own community.

I promise, there are real families and business owners in your community and they rely on your sales to make rent and put food on their table. They donate to your kid's silent auction. They sponsor the little league team. And they NEED your support. Every day, another friend has closed their small business and every day, corporate giants continue to grow their profit margins at your expense.

No, not everything can be found via small business. At the rate that locally owned brick & mortar stores are closing, it's less every day. And no, not everyone has the time or resources to shop in-store or make more than one stop on the way home from work.

But please know that every dollar that you DO spend with a local business has a significantly larger impact than the dollars you DON'T spend with the corporations worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Just make the switch where you can:

- Independently owned market, bakery, CSA, or restaurants
* instead of Walmart, Kroger, Chipotle, etc.

- Independently owned coffee shops/roasters
* instead of Starbucks, Dutch, etc.

- Independently owned gift, home, book, and specialty stores
* instead of Amazon, Home Goods, Barnes & Nobles, etc.

- Independently owned pet supply & tack stores
* instead of Chewy, Petsmart, Wilco, etc.

And if you can't find it "Shopping Small", do a little research about the places you are doing business with. Have they wiped their DEI policies or are they standing firm against discrimination? Do they pay and treat their workers fairly or are they notoriously anti-union?

So, yes, please boycott major retailers this Friday, February 28th. But then, take that money you would have spent elsewhere and make a positive impact in your own community. I promise you it is worth the extra dollar or two, or the time it takes to drive downtown.

Please feel free to share and tag some of your own favorite small business when you do.

02/21/2025

Hey friends! We are hanging out at the Linn County Kennel Club Dog Show today and this weekend! Lots of cool vendors and dogs! Come see us! 🐾

02/20/2025

Hey Swag Baggers! Thank you for your patience! We had to scramble this month since our toy shipment didn’t come BUT we rallied and I’m pretty sure your dogs won’t be disappointed! 🥳💕🐾

02/20/2025

Hey Swag Baggers! Thank you for your patience! We had to scramble this month since our toy shipment didn’t come BUT we rallied and I’m pretty sure your dogs won’t be disappointed! 🥳💕🐾

02/19/2025

♥️🇺🇸🚔

Officer Arthur has a new partner! Meet K-9 Ace!
Ace is a Malinois/Shepherd mix and will be 4 years old in March. Ace comes from Ridgeline K9 LLC and is trained as an apprehension K-9. Officer Arthur and Ace are now a certified team!
Ace loves to play tug and chase his ball. He is fitting right into the Arthur household and getting to know his department family as well!
Ace would say his best feature is his floppy ears and that he is a very good listener.
He is also a big boy who is weighing in at about 85 pounds.
P.S. This awesome photo was taken by Joe at Sniffany’s Pet Boutique and we are so grateful for his incredible photography skills!

02/18/2025

Attention little dog friends! We just got a shipment of super cute collars for the littles! 🐶💛

02/14/2025

Happy Valentine's Day from Sniffany's Pet Boutique! Don't forget to pick something up for both your pet and human loved ones today. We've got cute cards, candles, and lots of other human gifts to make sure it's not *only* about our dogs and cats today, although we are giving away free dog cookie Valentine’s to your dog if you bring them in today. Also free cat treats! 🥰🐶😻♥️

Come downtown and see us 10am-6pm at 222 W 1st Ave.

02/13/2025

Hi friends. At this point, we won’t be opening at 10. We will keep a close eye on the roads and keep you updated. Might be open this afternoon if things clear up. Stay safe and warm everyone!

02/10/2025

It’s Valentine’s Week!! Do you have date plans with your sweetie? Is your sweetie your dog? Well here are our top five reasons why dogs make the best dates this Valentine’s Day:

1. Dogs don’t talk. I could elaborate, but I think we can all agree this is a good thing.
2. If you worry your dog will destroy your lovely home four seconds after you step out the door, you can put him in a crate. The authorities frown upon this when it comes to dates.
3. Dog slobber is cute. Date slobber is very NOT cute. Ever.
4. You don’t have to share your dessert with a dog (and probably shouldn’t). This is great because dessert is the best part about Valentine’s Day and all that stuff conveniently makes dogs sick. So you get your tempting torte all to yourself. Perfect!
5. Dogs don’t care if you are “presentable” or not. You don’t have to buy expensive shoes to hang out with your dog. You don’t even have to shower. Netflix and chill means exactly that! No makeup, no ironing, no Spanx required. Amen. 🐾

Get into Sniffany’s this week and get your furry Valentine a special treat. They love you unconditionally. Return the love ❤️ 🐾💜 🐾 ❤️

02/08/2025

We got some new cat toys today. They will be available to purchase when the princess decides to let me price them. 😽

02/06/2025

We just got a shipment of some of the CUTEST new Tall Tails toys in! Your dog definitely needs one! There’s also a frequent buyer program on these toys!! ♥️🦴🐾