Kelly's Creature Comforts

04/08/2026

03/18/2026

It comes back to this.
Almost every single time.

When someone is struggling with their dog and making very little progress, most of the time it comes back to these two things. Our enthusiasm often takes over when they're doing well and we sometimes forget the very basics.

We cannot just keep pushing through and hoping the dog will cope. Yet that’s exactly how many people decide to train their dogs and that is a much longer and harder “battle”.
It’s also completely unfair.
We've set them up to fail, but often can't see that we've done this and they haven't.

Are they able to think clearly and make good choices?
Can they even hear us?
Or have we put them in a situation where the connection between us is already lost and all training has gone out the window?
That is not their fault, it’s ours and yet we don’t stop and look at our own choices that we've made and how they’ve contributed.

These two fundamentals are so easy to forget, especially when we have had a great few days and they’ve done well.

When things suddenly start falling apart, before changing the cue, the method, or the reward, step back and check these first. These two areas are the stumbling blocks we have popped in front of our dogs and we are now tripping over them too.
Enthusiasm is fantastic, but too far too soon usually backfires and then we struggle to work out why.

More often than not, the answer is right there.

03/16/2026

11/11/2025

🚨URGENT 🚨 OFS is critically low on kitten food. It has been six months since OFS put out a plea for kitten food. Our shelves are nearly empty. With the goverment shutdown, getting supplies has been difficult. We have two bags of dry food left for 31 cats/kittens in rescue. The wetfood is almost gone. I am going to swing by the Feed Store on the way home and grab a few more bags.

If you have ever considered donating, now is the time! It is SO easy to just pick up a single bag of food on Amazon. A bag feeds the entire cat building for three days. A box of wet food feeds the kittens for two days - Please consider helping.

📦 Amazon Wish List: https://a.co/cTsJwcf

Every can of food, every bag of food allows us say “yes” to another cat/kitten in need. Thank you for helping us care for all these babes.

You can donate towards cats, here:
https://www.paypal.me/onalaskasanctuary
https://venmo.com/u/onalaskafarmsanctuary
https://cash.app/$OFSRescue
Zelle: [email protected]

11/01/2025

10/15/2025

Happy Riley Day ... 10yrs young

10/14/2025