Board and train, Fulshear
Board and train in Fulshear: Cross Creek Ranch and acreage west of Katy
Fulshear is where Katy's master-planned sections give way to acreage and horses, and a dog that is fine on a Cross Creek sidewalk can be a different animal on five acres with deer at the tree line. The stay is built for whichever Fulshear you live in, and the handover happens there.
Last reviewed September 11, 2026 · by the Best Dog University Team
- Drive to the training home
- About 35 to 45 minutes to Cypress via Grand Parkway and 290 outside rush hour.
- Pickup and delivery
- $250 door-to-door pickup and return from Cross Creek Ranch or an acreage address, with the first lesson at your home. Included in VIP.
- The go-home session
- At your door or on your land with transport and for every VIP graduate; in Cypress for drop-off families.
- Where we train near you
- the sidewalks, stores and trails around Cypress during the stay · open fields near the training home for long-line recall · the Cross Creek Ranch trails and lakes for the go-home session · the feed and pet stores on FM 1093
- Homes and yards
- Cross Creek Ranch and the newer sections with HOA rules, and acreage west of town with horses, long fences and wildlife.
The stay, from Fulshear
Pickup from Cross Creek or the acreage, and a handover where the dog lives.
Fulshear is a real drive from Cypress, so the $250 transport is the natural choice: we collect the dog at the door or the gate, the drive is its first field trip, and at the end of the program we bring it home and run the go-home session where it lives, on the Cross Creek trails and at the pool gate for a subdivision dog, at the fence line, the barn and the gate for an acreage dog. Drop-off families do the handover in Cypress. Your dog lives in our house, not a kennel, and you hear from us on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
An acreage dog's stay is built around drive: engagement, a structured heel, place with real duration, an outlet with rules, and a recall on a long line in open fields before anything is trusted loose.
The free phone consultation; program and dates set
Pickup at your door or gate, or drop-off in Cypress
Day one in the crate and the house; the program from day two
Open fields for the recall, the feed stores for neutrality, the trails for the walk
Updates Monday, Wednesday and Friday
The go-home session on your trail or your land
Unlimited lessons with Platinum, lifetime support
What a Fulshear dog learns
Two Fulshears, two curriculums.
Cross Creek Ranch dogs are Katy dogs: doodles and Labs with too much energy, pulling on the trails, barking at the window, jumping on guests, and Gold handles them. Acreage dogs are different: shepherds, Malinois, cattle dogs and livestock guardians that chase deer, harass the horses, bark at the fence all night and treat a visitor's truck as an intruder. Platinum builds boundaries at the property line, neutrality to horses and cattle, a recall around wildlife and a calm greeting at the gate, with unlimited lessons afterwards. VIP finishes it off leash with the Mini-Educator walked across your own property at the handover. Our founder's background with horses is the reason the barn is on the curriculum.
- Boundaries at the fence line without a physical fence
- Calm around horses, cattle and the barn cats
- A recall that beats a deer at the tree line
- A calm greeting for the truck at the gate
Programs and prices
Gold for Cross Creek, Platinum and VIP for the acreage.
Gold at $2,500 covers the Cross Creek manners, $2,750 door to door. Platinum at $3,750 covers the acreage curriculum with unlimited lessons, $4,000 with the transport that brings the handover to the fence line. VIP at $10,000 produces complete off-leash reliability across the property and includes the transport and the handover on your land. Dates are reserved with a $250 deposit that is applied to the program.
| Program | Length | Price | Door to door |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 2 weeks | $2,500 | $2,750 |
| Platinum | 3 weeks | $3,750 | $4,000 |
| VIP | 6 weeks | $10,000 | Included |
Fulshear specifics
Open land in summer, coyotes at dusk and the Cross Creek lakes.
Summer on open acreage is brutal for a working breed that will run itself into heat stroke, so the field work runs at dawn and dusk from May to September with water every fifteen minutes and a hard stop. Coyotes are common west of Katy and will lead a chasing dog away and turn on it; the recall is built for that before any freedom. The Cross Creek Ranch lakes are for recall on a long line at the edge and not for swimming, with alligators possible in the warm months. The section's association enforces leash and barking rules, and the quiet cue is part of every subdivision stay.
- Dawn and dusk field work in summer
- A recall built for coyotes before any freedom
- Lakes for the long line, not swimming
- Quiet cue for the Cross Creek association
The programs
Programs Fulshear families book.
Gold for the subdivision dog, Platinum and VIP for the dog with acreage to patrol, lessons at home to keep it.
Asked and answered
Questions people ask about this.
Do you pick up on acreage in Fulshear?
Yes. The $250 transportation service collects your dog from Cross Creek Ranch, Fulshear proper or an acreage address, returns it at the end of the stay and includes the first lesson on your property. VIP includes it.
Can you teach a dog to stay on our land without a fence?
Boundaries are taught with a long line and a clear edge, then proofed with the Mini-Educator in the VIP program for complete reliability. It is weeks of work, and it stays reliable only with the lessons VIP includes afterwards.
My dog harasses the horses. Is that trainable?
Yes. Calm around livestock is built the same way as any neutrality: structure first, then the animals at a distance the dog can manage, closing over days. Our founder grew up training horses, and the barn is part of the acreage curriculum.
How far is Fulshear from the training home?
About 35 to 45 minutes to Cypress via Grand Parkway and 290 outside rush hour. Most Fulshear families take the pickup; drop-off families do the go-home session in Cypress.
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Fulshear families start with a call.
Tell our team what your dog does at the fence line and at the gate. The free phone consultation is a direct call, and a $250 deposit reserves your dates.