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Clever Paws Dog Training

Clever Paws provides force and fear free dog training located in Boise, ID. Welcome! Clever Paws is owned by Allison Bittner, a certified trainer.
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Allison specializes in training how dogs learn without force and fear. Clever Paws is located in Boise, ID. Allison is a Certified Training Partner (CTP) of the Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training and Behavior. She is an Air Force Veteran, graduated with a Bachelors of Technical Communication, a Master of Education and graduated with honors from the Karen Pryor Academy. Her mission is to bring

positive reinforcement training to as many lives as she can. Positive reinforcement training is proven to be the most humane and is an effective form of training along with a relationship builder for you and your pet. Her main services provided is classes with 2 to 3 dogs per class for a good student-teacher ratio to provide more individual time for you and your dog.

06/26/2024

Meet Duncan, my newest Clever Paws Day Trainee. Duncan is working hard at not door or gate dashing. He is a rockstar!

06/22/2024

Congratulations to fabulous Dixie for completing two weeks of day training. She is a super fun, smart and sweet pup who went from a jumping bean when I first entered her home to a sweet polite greeter. She is recalling at the dog park and learning not everything is her’s. She still has CEUs to work through with her parents but the foundational habit has been laid and built. Congrats super star!!!

06/21/2024

Checkout sweet day training Dixie and her spot on distraction recalls at the dog park. Fantastic job girl!

06/12/2024

Meet sweet Dixie! She started her private day training this week to work on recall and not jumping. She is a rockstar!

06/10/2024

Just a reminder; it is too hot to leave your dog in the car; even with windows cracked.

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06/08/2024

Meet Tina! She is with Lake Lowell Animal Rescue and looking for an athletic family. Per her foster, She loves dogs and kids! She says nah, please no to cats and chickens. I immediately saw her awesomeness and she pulled on my heart strings so I just know there is an athletic family out there looking for a fabulous dog. Tina would do great in sports. She has been on my coarse a number of times today and keeps coming back just to go over the gym. A video of her is in the comments. Lake Lowell Animal Rescue

06/08/2024

Clever Paws’ mini dog gym is up and ready for your pups. Come on out to the Fast and Furriest fundraiser event with your dog. There are sprinklers, a dog bakery, my course and other venders waiting for you! 475 N. Linder Rd., Meridian in the Advanced Automotive Center parking lot. 10am to 3pm today. Plus adoptions!

06/07/2024

Good reminder for us all as the pavement heats up.

06/06/2024

Looking for some socialization with your dog this weekend? Come out to the Fast and Furriest event Saturday, June 8th from 10am to 3pm and please stop by my booth. I will have a mini dog walk/obstacle set-up for your pup to explore.

06/01/2024

Congratulations to Gunther for completing his four week day training program. You are a rockstar Gunther!!!

05/30/2024

Check out Amazing 6 month old Gunther at 8th Street today! Before day training he would lunge and pull and act wild around stimuli. Now, he is calm and cool. Plus, he learned impulse control without aversive devices. Yay and i am so proud of you Gunther!!!

05/26/2024

Clever Paws' Day Training is looking for the busy owner who wants help creating habits that will make life smoother at home and out and about. Clever Paws has four great options based upon your wants and needs. The next opening begins Monday June 10th. Call Allison to discuss and register for a package today at 208-340-6674.

Certified - Licensed - Insured

05/24/2024

I am so proud and happy to share our three newest Canine Good Citizens. Rally, Tootie and Huckleberry passed their AKC CGC test yesterday. Congratulations you smart, well mannered and Clever Doggos!!!

05/23/2024

Gunther is on his last day of week three of Day Training with Clever Paws. He was a rockstar at Cabelas and D and B and received numerous compliments on good behavior. Pretty good for a six month old puppy!

Check out the different day training packages at: https://cleverpawsdogtraining.com/day-training

05/19/2024

Yippee for All the darling graduates this week! Rockstars and your parents too.

05/17/2024

Day 8 of Day Training with Clever Paws and 6 month old Gunther is doing a fabulous job settling at a restaurant.

05/13/2024

Please click “like” for our awesome Clever Doggo graduates. Birdie and Sylvia Moon were rockstars at the Grove and on hockey night as the stadium was beginining to fill. Fantastic!!!

05/12/2024

Happy Mother’s Day to All the Mom’s!

05/02/2024

I am excited to announce Clever Paws now offers Day Training for your dog. Please check out the webpage and contact Allison at 208-340-6674 to discuss your training package and date to start.

Certified - Licensed - Insured

05/01/2024

Three fabulous dogs and their people took their first Canine Good Citizen class and tested last Saturday. Congratulations to Islay, Aspen and Beau Bou for being wonderful students and giving the test a go. You did a great job! A special shout out to Islay and Jennifer for Islay becoming a Canine Good Citizen! YAY!!!!!

04/23/2024

Congratulations to our sweet Good Puppy and Good Doggo graduates! Good job doggos!

04/12/2024

04/11/2024

Congratulations to our darling graduates!!!

03/31/2024

Happy Easter!!!

03/28/2024

Spring and planting season is here! Here is a good guide on pet friendly and toxic plants to your pets.

03/22/2024

Does your puppy prevent you from sweeping? Enroll at Clever Paws, we can help you! www.cleverpawsdogtrainjng.com

03/21/2024

Ready for puppy class? There is a fun and educational Good Puppy class starting Saturday, March 23rd at 12:30pm. You can register here:

03/20/2024

Meet Goose! He is a sweet fearful boy and afraid of people. He is afraid of voices, eye contact, movement, height, etc. Goose still has desensitization to go, however, in his four sessions at Clever Paws he is learning to look at people, look away, go sniff and find-it, not react, go play, check-in with his Mom, relax on his bed and all of this with people moving around inside and outside. Good boy Goose! How much better that must feel to him.

03/18/2024

03/17/2024

Happy St. Patrick’s Day from my four lucky charms!!! 🍀

Address

3085 N. Cole Road , Ste 111
Boise, ID
83704

Telephone

+12083406674

Website

http://www.cleverpawsdogtraining.com/

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Meet Duncan, my newest Clever Paws Day Trainee. Duncan is working hard at not door or gate dashing. He is a rockstar!

Duncan the Day Trainee

Meet Duncan, my newest Clever Paws Day Trainee. Duncan is working hard at not door or gate dashing. He is a rockstar!

Dixie Come!

Checkout sweet day training Dixie and her spot on distraction recalls at the dog park. Fantastic job girl!

Dixie is working!

Dixie

Meet sweet Dixie! She started her private day training this week to work on recall and not jumping. She is a rockstar!

Meet Gunther! He is on day 6 of his day training and look at those nice door manners. He has built the foundation and now going to transfer his skills home. Great job Gunther! If you are looking to improve manners, Clever Paws is registering dogs for 2, 3, or 4 weeks and building habits. Plus, just your dog gets all the attention during day training at Clever Paws! The added perk training is force and fear free. www.cleverpawsdogtraining.com

Short video due to operator error (me) yet look at the fantastic manners on the Canine Good Citizen class doggos. So many wired things and so much noise. Great job doggos!

Today’s lunch mixed with a little canine enrichment!

Does your puppy prevent you from sweeping? Enroll in classes at Clever Paws; we can help you! www.cleverpawsdogtraining.com

Goose

Good puppies calmly walking and settling in their Good Puppy class! Are you ready to teach your puppy these skills? Good Puppy and Good Doggo classes are open for enrollment. www.cleverpawsdogtraining.com

Good Puppy class manners

Here is Eureka’s independence time that prevents the witching hour I talk about during puppy orientations. Every puppy should have something special they can use to run the last bit of energy out. Eureka is 10 months now so this is left up all the time and it is her go to toy right before she lays down. I helped her create the habit when she was little. When I knew she was getting tired, I’d hang it up direct her to it and let her go wild. Then when I could tell she was winding down with the toy I would grab another toy and play tug with it right into her playpen. Within minutes she would be asleep. So, if you are having a difficult time with your puppy becoming over tired, watch for signs or at a particular time every day/night teach them what to do and add management to prevent the witching hour.

Walking update. So, you might remember the video I posted a bit ago of a super pulling Eureka, aka my hulkette. The point of the video was of coarse to point out that if the human follows a super puller we are teaching them to pull. Well, now here are updated videos. Eureka is learning to slow herself down. Please notice I am walking 4 dogs and this would not be possible if Eureka was not learning the difference between a tight and lose leash. In the video she is giving some frustration signs, however, that is simply because I had to really slow our pace for the video. Now, how did she go from pulling like a hulk to walking on a looser leash? Patience on both of our parts first. When she pulled; I stopped and sometimes I redirected a new direction. I let her take me places that interested her when she was not a hulk. Of coarse usually a tree. We bonded while working together. There was no pulling or yelling or yanking on my part. Frequently no treats either as she was not interested in even liver on a walk. I used what Eureka values; water, trees and bushes. She also learned checking in helps get her to those items. She is not perfect yet but wow what a difference from the original video. Scroll through posts to see the original. A 2nd video is also in the comments. Other tips; play ball with your dog in the backyard before a walk. Hide treats around the house before your walk and have them search them out. Do a little pre walk work.

Let’s talk walking this morning. Most of us want to walk with our dogs yet walking is one of the biggest issues. Checkout the video and tell me; what am I teaching Eureka in this video? Yep, you guessed it; to pull. I am following a tight leash and teaching movement forward happens on a tight leash. Now, what about equipment and does equipment teach dogs to pull. Well, no, it is the person following a tight leash that does that no matter if a collar, top Harness or chest harness. However, the harness keeps the pressure off her neck and stops my little hulkette from pulling me over. So, I do advise a front clip harness if you don’t plan to teach or while teaching how to walk. As for aversive training equipment I highly suggest alternatives to prevent pain and fear. More walking tips and suggestions will come. Keep a lookout. 😀

Happy Easter everyone! Here is a short clip from my annual Easter Egg Hunt with my pups today.

Keeping a puppy busy yet calm after surgery is tough. Tips: Plan scent work exercises. Introduce them to new scents then locating the scents. Nosework, like scent training is great but with food. Plant their food on, behind things etc. Have treat toys available. Chew bones; I use the rawhide free. Use their food to work on calm walking around the yard. Here is one video of Eureka who is a little sedated but still has energy. She is working hard on the mouth toy to get out her blueberry cheerios.