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I'm sorry to bug you but this is desperately important and a very serious question: is it ok if I make a t-shirt that says "Don't bring your dogs to the clown park"? I don't want to like steal your intellectual property but holy cow I need that on a shirt immediately.
@roswell-greyson im not on tumblr much anymore i just saw this woops. yes you may as long as you send me one so I can wear it to the dog park
Goth Clowns are just Mimes
My gf who works with clowns says that mimes came first so technically clowns are just Scene Mimes
Your gf who works with clowns
Also called the common or white clown, the whiteface clown is a popular species of domestic clown. They’re more relaxed in temperament than the average red clown, but tend to be less suited for young children and thus have fewer breeds.
I can’t believe i forgot to post this pet clown reference…
Cleaning Frills and Bells - At home advice for caring for your clown
If you own a Clown with bells, frills, or anything else that dirt, grime, or creme pie filling can easily get stuck in it’s important to make sure they’re cleaned frequently. The frequency depends on the number and type of frills, and most vets recommend anywhere from a few times a week to every day. For frills, you’ll want to be delicate. A baby Shampoo/Water mixture with warm water works well, as do baby wipes. If they’re not too dirty, cotton balls and warm water will do fine. Make sure to get into every crease, and always rinse thoroughly. If left to dry, soap can become irritating to the clown’s dermal layer.
Bells are similar to teeth for most clowns; a toothbrush and special paste will help them be spick and span. It’s important to note that due to the hollow shape of the bells, things can get lodged in them easily, much to a clown’s irritation. Make sure to check regularly, especially if they’re incessantly shaking the bell in question. For cracked or broken bells, take your clown to the vet! Some clowns regularly shed their bells to grow new ones, but it can still be painful if not removed.
Thinking about adopting a clown in the near future? Have some shittily made just readable enough clown breed sheets for all your pet owning needs!
This is exemplary!
can i get some more info on kreepus clowns? ive been curious.
Of course!
Kreepus Clowns are excellent and loving pets. Many myths perpetrated about them can make them seem dangerous or threatening, but they are anything but! I’l debunk some myths and let you know why they exist.
1. Kreepus Clowns are dangerous
Kreepus clowns are no more dangerous than any other breed. They have intimidating markings and builds, yes, scare people, yes, but harm? Maim? No way! These are loving clowns who enjoy being scared and want to share that enjoyment with you. Kreepus clowns are usually depicted as feral or “killer” in media, and whilst this contributes to a harmful stereotype, it is very entertaining to watch! I’l explain more later.
2. Kreepus clowns are purely solitary
Nup! Kreepus clowns can thrive in a troupe, and get along well with most other clowns and humans. One of the reasons Kreepus clowns are so popular in the horror genre in because they are so easy to work with! They view each scene as an elaborate scare, and usually, producers will have another Kreepus clown on set, so that the starring one gives a more enriching performance! They also get on well with most other pets, though I have seen some videos where they can have fights with cats, so be careful.
3. Kreepus clowns can be traumatising to owners.
This one grinds me gears. A well trained Kreepus will scare their owner to whatever the set degree and parameters are, as established when first being trained. Kreepus clowns are one of the most intelligent breeds, and are highly responsive to their owner’s reactions. Kreepus clowns are known as a “cornerstone” troupe member: they stick to their place in a hierarchy and rarely branch outside of it, and this applies to owners. This myth is mostly perpetrated by people buying Kreepus clowns as a halloween “decoration” and not bothering to train them.
4. Kreepus clowns can live off of candy corn
They need a varied diet like any other clown. Candy corn is a treat, not a meal.
5. Kreepus clowns are bad with kids.
Nope! Many Kreepus clowns are considered “Nanny breeds.” They are very protective of their own chucklets, other clowns chucklets, and your “chucklets.” Their intimidation factor used to be prized for keeping away intruders, whilst still being excellent at looking after any kids left at home. They are just big, honking chickens really.
If you have any other information you would like to know, just ask!
Thanks for the question!
Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of misinformation floating around about various breeds of scare clown. This is undoubtedly because of the movie ‘It’, featuring an untrained, rabid scare clown.
Anybody who says scare clowns are a newly developed and dangerous subset clearly hasn’t read into the history of their breeding. While scare breeds are dangerous to a native environment if allowed to roam or if mistreated, they can serve as valued members of a family when well trained.
Example: This lovely early breed of Crested Axehandler posing with its loving family. Note how it protectively hovers over the children, who are visibly comfortable with their pet. This is because Scarers were originally ‘nanny clowns’, their menacing appearance keeping potential harm-doers at bay. Despite their name and striking looks, a cared-for scarer is a friendly, life-long partner. But laws have been passed to keep these harmless creatures from finding homes legally, and have been beaten and abused when found roaming on their own.
Please reblog this to raise awareness of the true nature of so-called ‘scary’ clowns.
Clown PSA
It’s getting closer to that one holiday again.
That’s right, Halloween.
I know a lot of people will buy pet clowns to use as “decoration” to scare trick-or-treaters. It’s almost become traditional, which is sickening.
What usually happens to these loveable clowns when the Halloween spirit dies down? They’re let out on the streets, abandoned in the woods, maybe even euthanized when their owners realize they don’t want to care for them anymore.
The fate for these forgotten clowns is even worse.
Many people will see them wandering about in cemeteries, the park, on the side of the road. These helpless clowns will try to come up to us in dire need of love and attention, but due to the rather off-putting appearance of the scraggly clowns, we run away from them.
Then they are left alone once again.
Please, before you adopt a clown just to be festive, remember that you are committing to nurturing a living thing.
Or even good and work with a local troop!
Theres a local troop of kreepus mixes in my neighborhood who usually work construction and landscaping with there owners, but every halloween theres a few home made haunted houses and families that hire them for the night.
Because there kreepus mixes they LOVE doing this each year and its a really fun way for them to play.
(Though Jingles never gets to do the haunted houses cause he cant bare to scare any kids under ten, the sweet heart. He plants the most beautiful gardens though)
DONT BRING YOUR DOGS TO THE CLOWN PARK
I just got a frantic call from my mom to bring our jesters inside because she saw on our neighborhoods clown fb page that someone brought there little dog to the clown park last night. It was some little wire terrier and it tried to pick a fight with (of corse) one of the neighborhoods kreepus mixes and the clown got spooked and TOOK A BITE OUT OF THE DOG (we know this clowns troop, there all working kreepus mixes that aid in construction and landscaping. We live outside Washington DC so most clown troops around here are working clowns) WHY would you bring your little dog to a CLOWN PARK!? The city has a dozen dog parks but only one clown park and its meant to be a safe place for clowns to clown. Theres talk that that kreepus might get put down for this, even through it was provoked. And its supper close to halloween. There saying this dog is not going to make it, i don't care if the dog is good with your clowns at home how irresponsible can you get!?
There is no room for tradition in clown care.
Clown care should NOT be stagnant. It should always be evolving and improving. This applies to breeders, hobbyists, “casual” owners, everyone. It also applies to anyone who keeps clowns for profit. If clowns are raised to be eaten, they should still have the most up-to date care available. If you find something that works, great! Use it, recommend it, whatever. But keep doing research. Keep learning and trying to improve. There are very few things that were done 50 years ago, even 20 years ago that have not changed or been improved upon since then. If a breeder, store, rescue, etc. tells you that they’ve been doing something a certain way for more than a decade, start questioning.
a common theme in clown anatomy is their unique bone structures and air sacs. as always these differ in function and appearance between each main branch. the sacs are normally located right under the costume layer, typically named the clowns second skin before you hit their main body and organs.
clowns have very strong lungs for honking and normally sport air sacs below their main ruffles/costume element. their threat displays typically centre on charging and honking. air sacs function in puffing up their costume in response to threats. mimes are very feathery and ruffled, they have hollowed bones and multiple air sacs for their intricate appearance. puffing up specific bits of their costumes aids for communication and body language.
jesters lack hollow bones and use the air sacs for flaring out their costume elements and ringing bells. a key feature of jesters is their threat displays in colour, they’re able to flush blood into certain parts of their costume to induce dramatic and frightening colours.
Clown and Jester being their cute selves.
Clown likes cotton candy, rabbits, Christmas and dogs, while Jester likes salted popcorn, bats, Halloween and cats. You get the idea.
Sometimes I just want to draw cavity inducing sweetness, okay?
I swear to god though, how do you have a clown with any amount of hobo or railroad in it and not have child locks on your stove. when did this not become common sense?
Sounds like a story. Do tell, what happened?
oh god, I posted yesterday asking for help rehoming a clown that burned down part of her last owner’s kitchen because they didn’t provide her proper fire pit enrichment OR had child locks on their stove.
im still mad about it
Oh my goooooooodddddsssssss poor thing. If I was in a position to help, I would. Sadly I’m not able to care for those breeds BECAUSE I know I’m too inexperienced. There’s a breeder who lets me visit–all the fun of playing with them, without any of the, you know, putting an animal at risk due to improper handling. Why doesn’t anyone else seem to know not to take on an animal you can’t handle? (I know I know, it’s because only the bad ones make the news, but still….)
Ugh, I’m rambling. Good luck!
Fortunately we found someone who could take her, and they are getting the proper train cars together this week to send her to Louisiana.
Ok but that Mini Clown feel when your clown gets excited to preform for you but your in bed so they preform on top of you and mash all your organs but there too cute to get mad at
always remember to take your clowns to the clown park as socialization and exercise is key to raising a happy and healthy clown
Also please remember that Clown Park =/= Dog Park!
My dad took our dog on a walk the other day and said he saw someone had taken there bozo mix to the dog park and a goldendoodle had chased it up a tree and he had to help get it down
@sockknitteranon
oh, shoot! that's fixed now!
Peanut is a rescue from the ferial Mini Mardi Gras Railroad clown colonies that are in south Georgia and Louisiana (we're pretty sure she has some bozo and carnie in her, but shes mostly Mini Mardi Gras). This isn't an easy breed combo, and that's why my friend who runs the rescue I got her from has a hard time placing them, but they make really good companion clowns for more experienced clown owners
Peanut mostly functions as a companion clown, and the combination of the breeds makes it so she's good to travel with me in cars and things (something that is not easy for Railroad clowns). shes still young and were still training her, but shes mostly trained to give me Deep Pressure Therapy (DPT) when my anxiety gets bad or I start to dissociate. shes also just a cuddly clown to begin with, and knows when I'm going through a depression spell and will often try and preform DPT to me to get me out of it.
because she's so small though she's not as good for doing things when my chronic pain flairs up and cant get things off of high shelves for me, but because my family house is already set up for Mini Mardi Gras Jester mixes and we have a household wise mini clown highway, Peanut is really good at bringing things like my meds or water if I'm stuck in bed. We also have some Mini Mardi Gras mixes that are bigger and they help if I need heavy lifting.
my advise if you're looking for a service clown is to look into what you need your clown to do, and what breeds would go well with that. I knew I wanted a Mini Mardi Gras mix not only because of that's what I grew up with (we've had them for generations on my moms side) but because I knew I needed a clown that could ride along with me to give DPT and keep me focused without hurting my back when I carried them.
any other tip is to meet the clowns first and get a range of their temperament. if the clown isn't in tune with you, or is more high-energy than you can handle, it's not the right clown to use a service. you can train a clown all you want but at the end of the day if you cant keep up with your clown its gonna do more harm than good. I would also look into if your clown needs a troop or not, and if you're living space can accommodate that. its one of the reasons you see Jesters as service a lot, there a bit better functioning without a troop if they have something to do.
I hope that helps?
Please do not declaw your clowns
Clowns need their retractable claws to hunt and climb. Removing them is not only costly but can seriously hurt your clown both physically and emotionally
a happy clown bb
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