Here’s a quick how-to video of the Long and Short Stitch, a stitch I use all the time when embroidering animals. It can look like fur or feathers, esp when done so it isn’t so consistent… I wanted to show the basics of the stitch and tried to be as uniform as possible here. With emulating fur, stitch in the direction the fur would go naturally and go over stitches if you want more depth or thickness.
This video has no sound to distract you from learning the stitch.