Board and train in the Museum District: for families near Hermann Park and the Med Center

The training home is about 40 minutes from the Museum District by 288 or 59 up to 290 outside rush hour, and we take drop-offs from 6am to 9pm daily, which suits a hospital rota. Bring the food, medications and records, and tell our trainer what happens on the Hermann Park loop and at the condo door. Families on a difficult schedule add the $250 transport instead: our trainer meets you at your door, runs the first lesson there and drives the dog out.

The first day in Cypress is deliberately quiet, and from day two the training runs daily in the home and on the sidewalks, in the stores and at the lake near it, with photos and video every Monday, Wednesday and Friday that fit between rounds. The go-home session is at the training home for drop-off families, and at your door for transport families and VIP graduates, where it usually ends on the Hermann Park trail with the runners and strollers as the test.

Gold at $2,500 fits the friendly dog that pulls around the park and jumps on every visitor: two weeks of sit and stay, place, the loose leash, door boundaries, jumping and impulse control, with a go-home session, one added lesson and lifelong support. Platinum at $3,750 is the fit for the dog that lunges at other dogs on the loop, barks through the condo wall when left, or panics at the crowds; three weeks buys behavior modification, field trips and unlimited private lessons afterwards.

VIP at $10,000 is six weeks with off-leash reliability, the Mini-Educator included, transport and an in-home handover with unlimited in-home lessons; it suits the household that travels with the dog and wants it finished. Silver at $1,500 is a one-week refresher for a graduate whose park manners have slipped since the last stay.

The Hermann Park trails fail the pavement test by mid-morning from May to September, so the summer walk is early or after dark and the midday session moves indoors; the stay runs the same hours. Ducks and geese at the park's water are a recall test we build toward on a long line, not a chase. A dog alone through a double shift needs the crate and place to mean rest, and the stay builds that before the go-home session hands over a routine that fits a medical schedule. Mosquito pressure runs all year, so heartworm prevention comes up on the consultation call.