Creative Critter Cuts

08/21/2024

06/11/2024

The 5 Second Rule you should actually follow!

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12/15/2023

In the memory of our beloved cats that we have lost. 💔🖤❤️

11/21/2023

📸 Look at this post on Facebook
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With the holidays coming up make sure you remember that’s some plants can be deadly to cats.

10/05/2023

Our Best Friends

10/05/2023

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07/29/2023

Beautiful Art work cat

07/19/2023

Training Tip
This one was actually stolen from The Perfect Puppy Company , but a very important lesson for Malinois. Instead of bragging how much time and energy your Malinois needs, let’s start bragging about how well our dogs know how to settle. We already know they are a high energy breed, let’s also use their intelligence.
Teach your dog how to do nothing. Teach them how to just watch the world go by. Teach them how to be still. Teach them how to observe but not interact.
We focus so much on teaching our dogs what to do that we sometimes forget to teach them how to just 'be'. And it's so beneficial for so many dogs for so many reasons. A worried or anxious dog can build confidence by observing and assessing the world around them. A puppy can learn that not everything around them is relevant to them. A busy dog can learn to find their off switch. A reactive dog can observe from a place of safety. And every dog can learn that sometimes we do nothing and that's ok...
If I could give just one piece of advice to all new puppy owners it would be to practice doing nothing with your pup. It will repay you in spades. So find a quiet spot, park yourself and just watch the world go by together...

07/14/2023

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🗣 This quote is one I say to a lot of my clients, but especially the ones who have dogs with stranger danger, anxiety around certain people, or with dogs who don’t like petting from unfamiliar people or petting in general.

🌎 As a society, I think we tend to “feel bad” telling people our dogs need space or that they can’t be pet or touched. Also, people sometimes tend to feel there’s something “wrong” with dogs who won’t just willingly allow complete strangers to come waltzing over to immediately talk to them, touch them, hug them, and gaze at them.

🐕 So if you have a dog who needs some space, I am here to tell you that there is nothing “wrong” with your dog! They just have feelings and boundaries that we need to respect, and help manage and train properly to improve their reactions over time.

🐾 We of course want to help them feel better in these situations that make them uncomfortable, and training can certainly assist with that. But some reactive dogs or dogs who don’t want to be handled by strangers, won’t all of a sudden become social butterflies, if ever. As pet parents, our job is to respect our dog’s boundaries and work with them to make better choices.

🐶 Dogs, like people, are allowed to say no, to not want to stop and hug a stranger, to not want to be gazed at by unfamiliar people or be touched by any random person on the street.

👍🏽 It’s totally ok for your dog to say no, although it should be our goal as their humans to not make them feel like they have to. Tell people no for them - be their advocate!

Here are some ways to say no for your dog:
- “We are training right now. ”
- “She needs space.”
- “We are working on ignoring people.”
- “Not today.”

🚨 Bottom line: speak up for your dog. Don’t be afraid to tell strangers no on behalf of your dog. Remember, your dog is your family and you’ll probably never see Bob from the hardware store ever again. So don’t appease a stranger at the cost of your family member’s feelings or well-being. 💕

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06/07/2023

Perfectly said! Absolutely true.❤❤

05/29/2023

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05/03/2023

I got a message late this afternoon from an extremely kind woman who found a opossum in her yard that was clearly in distress. It was trying to get under her shed but had no use of it's back legs. I asked her to carefully get the opossum in a box & bring it over.

When she & her son showed up, I took a look in the box & it appeared the opossum had passed away on the way over. Upon bringing the box inside, I noticed the opossum had an old jaw injury where the lower jaw bone was exposed. I continued to check the opossum out as I wanted to be sure it was dead, even though the smell alone had me sure that was the case. I then turned the opossum over & was shocked to find 2 tiny legs & tail coming from the pouch. It didn't seem possible with the way mom was splayed out on the ground with no use of the back legs.

Mom was clearly a fighter. She fought long enough to give this little miracle a chance.

Once I was able to pry the baby away from mom, I quickly realized how cold he was. Even still, he hissed repeatedly & screamed in protest ( which is the only way I can think to describe it ). He did this until I carefully wrapped him up like a snug little burrito in a fuzzy blanket.

Sadly, we don't know what happened to the other babies but I'm so happy that there's a little bit of a bright spot in this tragic story ❤️

( The family did check the area for other babies but none were found )

02/14/2023

WOW!!! 🦁🥰
Recycled Cardboard Boxes, Paper Bags, & Glue!

Credit/Creators: Sue Beatrice & Andy Gertler

02/14/2023

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