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Beastly Thoughts Professional Dog Services We take a holistic approach to you and your dog which means we talk health, nutrition, psychology and training! Covering Shropshire, Mid and North Wales.
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I am Karen Boyce - Owner of BTPDS - Est. 2007

TRY OUR OSWESTRY & WREXHAM PACK TRAINING WALKS - TOP UP TRAINING & ACCESS TO AN EXPERT TRAINER: https://bookwhen.com/events48

PLUS FREE ARTICLE - https://karenboyce.podia.com/family-driven-puppy-training We provide 1 on 1's, courses, workshops and problem sessions and behaviorals. Weekday daytime and evening training available as well as weekends.

Dedicated puppy classes, obedience all levels, Hoopers, Kennel Club Good Citizens plus many other doggy skills/needs covered.

My latest Pets article is out for the amazing Love Wrexham magazine ❤️This month I have had a quick look at some of the ...
23/08/2024

My latest Pets article is out for the amazing Love Wrexham magazine ❤️

This month I have had a quick look at some of the latest technologies owners have available to improve their pets’ lives.

Why not have a look? Or dive deep into the numerous articles I have written over the years. There is a huge wealth of information in there for everyone, and not just about dogs!

In today’s tech-savvy world, our pets are getting their own share of cool gadgets. Pet technology is changing how we care for animals.

Here at Beastly Thoughts, when we are thinking of how to help dogs, NUTRITION is a corner stone of our problem pyramid;...
21/08/2024

Here at Beastly Thoughts, when we are thinking of how to help dogs, NUTRITION is a corner stone of our problem pyramid; the other corner stones being “owner relationship”, “canine fulfillment” and “physical health”.

It only takes one of these corner stones to be weak and the whole pyramid falls down!

Remember “Wrong gut = wrong behaviour”

Think very careful about what you are feeding your dogs, particularly if you are having any behavioural problems.

This testimonial from Dogs First and Dr Conor Brady is inspiring. Have a read and have a think 🧐

BEHAVIOUR DIET SUCCESS...THANK YOU!

Hello Dr Brady,

I’m sending this note to thank you so very much for the knowledge and information you so generously share.

From the Raw Pet Medics and various YouTube segments, I learned of your book.

I have a canine youngster who was a wild child. I’m a knowledgeable dog person, understand behaviour, training.. and this girl was just over the top despite training, exercise, and mental outlets. Her energy was so high, she would shriek in excitement and over-arousal, grab my shirt, hurl herself at the door, do laps around the house, and be at the window, screaming at birds.

Her hyperarousal was not remotely useful for work!

I started studying more in behaviour and knew that diet had to play a role, despite the quality I felt I was providing.

I found you on a podcast, and there it was.. the answer I hoped to find!

We are about 4 months clean, as we say. No more carby kibble or freeze-dried food.

The change in all of my dogs has been something that cannot be denied, but this particular girl, wow.

She isn’t slamming and screaming and racing about like a Tasmanian devil.

She has good thrifty energy, without the chaos in her brain!

Friends who train with me, are so impressed with her ability to focus and stay on task, and ask me what I did to bring about the change.

I believe they are sceptical when I tell them we are feeding a raw, species-appropriate diet, no more neurotoxins, chemicals, no poison.

Your book, Feeding Dogs, looks weary as it sits on my desk as it is read so often; highlighted pages, folded corners and bookmarked. It sits at the ready should I feel a friend needs to hear the good word.😊

My youngster was my pride and joy. My own breeding, just a gorgeous and brilliant prospect. But my heart was starting to break as I watched her becoming more hyper, more overly aroused, and just steps away from reactivity.

It is with great joy that I share this note. My girl is blossoming into the dog she was meant to be, and we have you to thank for this.

I wish you the greatest success in your endeavours, and hope you find these stories validating.

Sincerely,

Jody D.

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So great to hear this. I remember chatting to the trainers in a guide dog school after they changed from dry to raw, they all said the same - the trainability of the dogs improved. They were simply better able for the training.

Think kids after the crap food is brought out at the birthday party. You think you should get the homework out with them 20mins later? Or do you lock them outside and draw the curtains until the Mars and Nestlé "food" products wear off?!

Hard to say which aspect of a good, fresh diet is the most important - less carbs / sugar, better protein and more of it (eg tryptophan and D-phenylalanine?!), better omega 3 and more of it, better vitamins and minerals or more of them, less noxious chemicals that aggravate, more bioactive compounds known to help, better gut flora (where all your happy head compounds from?), on and on and on.

Truth is, it's not one of those things, it's ALL of those things and at the same time.

It truly saddens me that there are many wound up dogs out there going from trainer to trainer, behaviourist to behaviourist, maybe to end up on head meds now being pushed hard by the industry, when the foundation is simply not there for them to concentrate on the task. How frustrating for them and owner. Imagine them going to kennels as a "hyper" dog. Maybe if we stop feeding him skittles for a bit, see how he is then?!

Want to learn more about WHY real, biologically appropriate food WILL fuel better behaviour in your pet? Check out my popular course on exactly that below...
https://www.drconorbrady.com/resource_redirect/landing_pages/2149820502

Well what a fantastic day at Farm and Pet Place Gledrid speaking with all sorts of dog owners about their issues 😮And al...
17/08/2024

Well what a fantastic day at Farm and Pet Place Gledrid speaking with all sorts of dog owners about their issues 😮

And also catching up with current and old clients ❤️

I had a blast.

Thank you to everyone that came to see me.

And thanks to Steve at the store for inviting me 🙏

Hopefully see you all again soon ✅

Monday morning is a traditional one on one training time for me on the Chirk Telford Avenue Park. Amazingly I have a co...
15/08/2024

Monday morning is a traditional one on one training time for me on the Chirk Telford Avenue Park.

Amazingly I have a couple of spare slots!

Are you interested in working on those little annoying things like pulling, jumping up, not coming back or just general inability to pay attention to you.

Well get in touch and let’s train 👍

11/08/2024

Well another fantastic Saturday of doggy stuff.

This time Sioe Llanfyllin Show!

Across the 15 classes we had 180 entries. And the dog owners of the area and afar did us proud by rising £265 towards this amazing show.

The results are in:
Class 1 - Best Puppy - Pip the Labrador with Sian Evans (Still have an extra Best Puppy rosette for you!)
Class 2 - Best Junior - Dash the Border Collie with Phoebe Duggleby
Class 3 - Best Non-Sporting - Lacey the Akita with Viv Ellis
Class 4 - Best Sporting - Clyde the Labrador with Amber Williams
Class 5 - Open - Ted the Corgi with Carol Hughes

Best Pedigree in Show was Clyde and Reserve was Lacey

Class 6 - Best Veteran - Peggy the Lurcher with Helen Stoneman |White
Class 7 - Best Crossbreed - Barney the Scruffy Ginger with Chloe Meadow
Class 8 - Child Handler 10 Years and Under - Cadi the Collie with Alana Harries
Class 9 - Child Handler 11 to 16 Years - Whiskey the Irish Terrier with Ffion Williams White
Class 10 - Most Handsome Dog - Clyde the Red Lab with Amber Williams
Class 11 - Prettiest Bitch - Pwt the Black Terrier with Clare Evans
Class 12 - Best Rescue - Summer the Yellow Lab with Alex Wilson
Class 13 - Best Local Dog (Within 4 miles) - Padfoot the Cockerpoo with Gwen Evans
Class 14 - Dog the Judge Would Like to Take Home - Mac the Chocolate Lab with FFlur Gottschalk
Class 15 - Fastest Sausage Eater - Summer the Yellow Lab with Alex Wilson

Pictures of lots of the winners in the comments.

And this 👇🏻 is why I do what I do! For days like these ❤️Science based, positive reinforcement reactive dog training 👏🏻 ...
07/08/2024

And this 👇🏻 is why I do what I do! For days like these ❤️

Science based, positive reinforcement reactive dog training 👏🏻

These owners have put in a huge amount of work and also up-skilled their dog knowledge massively.

So what’s it all about?

Our Reactive to Reassured Rehabilitation service reopens the dog’s ability to communicate and choose safety as a reward.

If you have a reactive dog our service is based on over twenty fives years of working WITH reactive dogs and not against.

Join our current programme of 150 other owners for a better understanding of WHY your dog reacts. How to help your dog. How to rebuild the memories to encourage conflict avoidance. And to rebuild your confidence handling your dog.

Our programme includes:

🐶 The Think Dog consult
🐶 Real World training
🐶 A team of instructors and their dogs for honing your skills around dogs and/or people
🐶 A comprehensive online training hub
🐶 A “Trainer in Your Pocket” WhatsApp support group.

You are welcome to book a call to discuss and have a copy of our Special Dogs information pack to read about the service we offer.

Simply get in touch on this page 😉

Well what a fantastic time we had Oswestry Showground today. The show was awesome. We had such a great time meeting cli...
03/08/2024

Well what a fantastic time we had Oswestry Showground today. The show was awesome.

We had such a great time meeting clients old and new and hopefully we can make some new clients from everyone we met for the first time today.

Thanks everyone for coming to see us.

Special thank you to the BTPDS Team for helping out.

And to Clem and Buster for being great Ambassadors for the business.

31/07/2024

Well what a fantastic Pack Training Walk we had today.

A little town walk practice on a busy market day in

Then down to the Cambrian Heritage Railways to start our train training! Fantastic opportunity to practice train travel for the first time with all the dogs.

Then off down to Weston Wharf station and a lovely break at stonehousebeer in the sunshine amongst the apple trees.

Then a then short trip back up to Oswestry to end the walk.

Amazing dogs and awesome owners.

Here is to the next one 1️⃣

And some puppy training needed soon on the trains! Watch this space.

Well that’s nice to be named as ThreeBestRated.co.uk local dog trainer again. Thank you 🙏
29/07/2024

Well that’s nice to be named as ThreeBestRated.co.uk local dog trainer again.

Thank you 🙏

Puppy School 🐶🐶 -
27/07/2024

Puppy School 🐶🐶 -

24/07/2024

🐶 PACK TRAINING WALKS are perfect for topping up your dog training and at the same time getting one-to-one expert advice over a cuppa, soft drink or pint even 🐶

These training walks are particularly useful if you can't commit to a course.

Plus the walks have the benefit of owners being able to socialise with other Beastly Thoughts clients; we are a nice bunch 😃

Now you can access and book onto all the up and coming Pack Training Walks in one place on our Bookwhen booking site.

There are Wrexham, Oswestry and Chirk walks planned and ready to book.

Plus a special Chirk Castle walk and a Stonehouse Brewery/Heritage Railway trip will be available to book later this week so keep an eye out 🤓

Take a look and come and join us.

We would love you to join our pack.

Check out the walks here:
https://bookwhen.com/events48

My article for this month’s amazing Love Wrexham magazine is all about taking your dogs out safely to summer events. Ha...
13/07/2024

My article for this month’s amazing Love Wrexham magazine is all about taking your dogs out safely to summer events.

Have a read and I hope you enjoy it.

We love to take our dogs out with us for the day, and sometimes, we are tempted to take them to busier events.

Have you heard of Drone To Home?Check out how many lost dogs these wonderful folks go out and find. And it’s practical...
11/07/2024

Have you heard of Drone To Home?

Check out how many lost dogs these wonderful folks go out and find. And it’s practically every single day, and sometimes more than once a day.

But also don’t be one of these poor distressed owners!

Talk to us about what can be done to ensure you don’t lose your dog, or at least let’s work on minimising the chance of it happening.

TWO PLACES LEFT ON NEXT SUPER OFF-LEAD COURSE!

Book here 👇🏻

https://bookwhen.com/beastlythoughts/e/ev-s5l5-20240721113000

Yes that is what one of my Reactive to Reassured Rehabilitation owners said to me this week. The owners explained how m...
11/07/2024

Yes that is what one of my Reactive to Reassured Rehabilitation owners said to me this week.

The owners explained how much better their lovely Dobbie was getting on. And the female owner pleased me to the heavens by telling me how she no longer came back off walks in tears 😭

It makes the job all the more worth doing.

And all these owners have been asked to do is learn our method and to work on making her feel safe ❤️

ASK FOR OUR SPECIAL DOGS INFORMATION PACK.

Rachel Thurlow of MoveMore Veterinary Physiotherapy is our go to vet physio, particularly for our reactive dogs. She is ...
11/07/2024

Rachel Thurlow of MoveMore Veterinary Physiotherapy is our go to vet physio, particularly for our reactive dogs. She is simply amazing. Don’t be shy about getting your dog checked out, particularly as lots of owners can’t see there are issues.

I am very proud to say that I am now registered with the Animal Health Professions’ Register (AHPR). This is an independent voluntary register which only registers professionals with an appropriate standard of training who will adhere to and uphold the AHPRs Standards of Proficiency and code of conduct. It assures vets and owners they can safely refer to and work alongside AHPR-registered professionals.

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Our next Special Pack Training Walk is the Oswestry Heritage Railway trip to the Stonehouse Brewery. It’s this Sunday afternoon and we have a couple of places left!!!! So a town training walk, some train practice, settle practice, doggy advice and general chatter. And some nice refreshments ❤️Maybe even some small recall practice. Check in our Facebook Bio for a link to join us. #Oswestry #doglover #dogbehaviour #dogtraining #dog #railway #trains #stonehousebrewery

Well another fantastic Saturday of doggy stuff. This time Sioe Llanfyllin Show! Across the 15 classes we had 180 entries. And the dog owners of the area and afar did us proud by rising £265 towards this amazing show. The results are in: Class 1 - Best Puppy - Pip the Labrador with Sian Evans (Still have an extra Best Puppy rosette for you!) Class 2 - Best Junior - Dash the Border Collie with Phoebe Duggleby Class 3 - Best Non-Sporting - Lacey the Akita with Viv Ellis Class 4 - Best Sporting - Clyde the Labrador with Amber Williams Class 5 - Open - Ted the Corgi with Carol Hughes Best Pedigree in Show was Clyde and Reserve was Lacey Class 6 - Best Veteran - Peggy the Lurcher with Helen Stoneman |White Class 7 - Best Crossbreed - Barney the Scruffy Ginger with Chloe Meadow Class 8 - Child Handler 10 Years and Under - Cadi the Collie with Alana Harries Class 9 - Child Handler 11 to 16 Years - Whiskey the Irish Terrier with Ffion Williams White Class 10 - Most Handsome Dog - Clyde the Red Lab with Amber Williams Class 11 - Prettiest Bitch - Pwt the Black Terrier with Clare Evans Class 12 - Best Rescue - Summer the Yellow Lab with Alex Wilson Class 13 - Best Local Dog (Within 4 miles) - Padfoot the Cockerpoo with Gwen Evans Class 14 - Dog the Judge Would Like to Take Home - Mac the Chocolate Lab with FFlur Gottschalk Class 15 - Fastest Sausage Eater - Summer the Yellow Lab with Alex Wilson Pictures of lots of the winners in the comments.

Well what a fantastic Pack Training Walk we had today. A little town walk practice on a busy market day in #oswestry Then down to the Cambrian Heritage Railways to start our train training! Fantastic opportunity to practice train travel for the first time with all the dogs. Then off down to Weston Wharf station and a lovely break at stonehousebeer in the sunshine amongst the apple trees. Then a then short trip back up to Oswestry to end the walk. Amazing dogs and awesome owners. Here is to the next one 1️⃣ And some puppy training needed soon on the trains! Watch this space. #Oswestry #doglover #dogbehaviour #railwaystation #dogtraining #dog #wrexham #northshropshire #success #packtrainingwalks #puppy #puppytraining

🐶 PACK TRAINING WALKS are perfect for topping up your dog training and at the same time getting one-to-one expert advice over a cuppa, soft drink or pint even 🐶 These training walks are particularly useful if you can't commit to a course. Plus the walks have the benefit of owners being able to socialise with other Beastly Thoughts clients; we are a nice bunch 😃 Now you can access and book onto all the up and coming Pack Training Walks in one place on our Bookwhen booking site. There are Wrexham, Oswestry and Chirk walks planned and ready to book. Plus a special Chirk Castle walk and a Stonehouse Brewery/Heritage Railway trip will be available to book later this week so keep an eye out 🤓 Take a look and come and join us. We would love you to join our pack. Check out the walks here: https://bookwhen.com/events48 #dog #DogTraining #puppy #packtrainingwalks #oswestry #wrexham #chirk #chirkcastle #cambrianheritagerailways #stonehouse

This lovely Papillon Katie missed out on cuddles from her Dad when she was a puppy because he was away in hospital. After that she never wanted to hang out with him. So today I went in for a few issues but this was a priority for the family. So I had look and came up with a plan to make it easier for Katie to get to her Dad and make it more comfortable for her to settle. So we shifted some furniture around and got hold of her favourite blanket ❤️ Then I had to find her kryptonite!! And the answer was ….. Babybel! 🤣. So onto a little “Live and Learn” lstep by step training session designed to make her feel safe and comfortable, and so viola!

There is a reemergence these days of making dogs shut up and put up. That means unfortunately that owners always have to be ready to take control. But at Beastly Thoughts we teach the science to help the dogs to make their own good decisions. That is changing the dog’s memories rather than kettling the memories! The difference is a bit like teaching someone to drive but always have to keep an eye and remind them how to drive safely versus teaching someone to drive and knowing they can keep themselves safe on their own 😉 #dog #reactivedogtraining #reactivedog #dogtraining #doglover #Oswestry #wrexham #microdosing #success #dogsofinstagram

What do the best reactive dog trainers offer? Science based, psychological rehabilitation techniques, a team of actors and stooge dogs for use in set ups, an extensive information hub for owner up skilling and a support network of trainers and other owners for the journey 👍 #reactivedog #dogtraining

Congratulations for our latest cohort of Puppy School graduates. Well done everyone 👏🏻. #puppylove #puppyschool #puppyschoolgraduate #wrexham #puppy #oswestry

One of the best parts of our Pack Training Walks is the lovely things owners reveal whilst being out with us; “He usually barks at dogs that close” or “She doesn’t normally walk this good”. Here we are yesterday evening practicing our pack walking through Oswestry Town. That’s after we practiced our recall training in the park under the watchful eye of the local squirrels. Excellent work from everyone 👏🏻 And always a sit down chat at the end to go over the session and discuss anything else that might be worrying our owners. Our next walk is Sunday lunchtime in Oswestry 👍. I’ll drop the link in the comments.

At Beastly Thoughts we know small steps are the way to create new memories to help overcome a dog’s reactivity. And no dog likes being reactive! But also we need to help owners with small steps too to overcome their memories of stress and anxiety. Trauma can be debilitating for both dog and owner alike. So you can always expect an understanding approach to how you and your dog both feel when you join our Reactive to Reassured Rehabilitation programme. Book a Discovery slot with me to discover what we are all about. #dog #dogbehaviour #reactivedog #reactivedogtraining #wrexham #Oswestry #northshropshire #microdosing .

Seventeen years of Beastly Thoughts! Still here for all the local dog owners and their dogs ✅ We truly appreciate the trust you have placed in us 🙏 #dog #btpds #beastlythoughts #success

Thanks Dominic Hodgson for continuing to believe in us. We will keep trying to help all the local dog owners. It’s our mission and we love it ❤️ #dog #dogtraining #impact #thepetwiz oswestry #wrexham

Poppy the Lab is on her third Pack Training Walk today in Wrexham and for the first time we went into the cafe to practice sitting down with our dogs. Laura really wants to get to the point she can have a whole meal out in a nice pub with her. So we are on our way 👍 Micro dosing along the way. All that hard work worm her out so much she fell@asleep@with her favourite ball in her mouth! Too tired to play 😮 #dog #dogtraining #packwalks #packtrainingwalk #wrexham #oswestry #settle #success

Implement the psychology and then practice. That’s all Rebecca did with Bella yesterday after listening to our advice re her barking! And wow! 👍 Walking is getting pretty cool too. Happier client and happier dog ❤️ #dog #success #Oswestry #doglover #dogbehaviour #packwalk #packtrainingwalk

So four new pack walkers for our Oswestry evening Pack Training Walk, and how great were they?! The park was busy for recall training and for practicing walking nicely and they ace’d it ♠️ #dog #dogsofinstagram #success #Oswestry #dogbehaviour #doglover #northshropshire #dogtraining #pack #was #packwalk

Some of the puppies who have graduated so far this year through our @puppyschooluk classes. We love them all ❤️ #dog #puppy #puppylove #puppylife #puppytraining #btpds #Wrexham #Oswestry #success #cute

We had a blast hosting the Weston Rhyn Fun Day dog show today and celebrating 21 years of Puppy School ❤️ #dog #btpds #puppyschool #oswestry #chirk #westonrhyn #fundog #winners #puppy #puppyschooluk

We had a great time hosting the Dog Show at The Weston Rhyn Fun Day today ❤️ #dog #dogsofinstagram #dogshow #puppyschool #westonrhyn #northshropshire #oswestry #chirk #fun #dance

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Beastly Thoughts Professional Dog Services take a holistic approach to you and your dog, which means we talk health, nutrition, psychology, plus of course training! But what we want is to help you build a team relationship with your dog. And we may have had them hanging out with us for thousands of years but believe me we really don’t always understand them or give them enough credit where credit is due.

We provide 1 on 1's, 5, 6 and 9 week courses, workshops, lectures, problem sessions and behaviourals. Our clients cover Shropshire, Mid and North Wales plus South Cheshire. AND WE ARE ONLINE DURING THE CORVID-19 SHUTDOWN

Weekday daytime and evening training available as well as weekends. Training classes on Monday evenings, Thursday evenings, Friday days and Friday evenings in Coedpoeth, Wrexham, and in Chirk, Wrexham and in Knockin, Shropshire and in Weston Rhyn, Shropshire . Dedicated Puppy School classes, obedience all levels, Heel-work to Music, Clicker training, Rally obedience plus many other doggy skills/needs covered.

Workshops throughout the year at various times and venues.