Board and train, Towne Lake
Board and train in Towne Lake: the boardwalk, the lake and a lot of retrievers
The Towne Lake boardwalk is our favorite final exam and the lake near the training home is where the water work gets built, which makes a Towne Lake dog the best-served dog in Houston: proofed on the patio it will eat at and handed back at the dock it will jump from.
Last reviewed September 11, 2026 · by the Best Dog University Team
- Drive to the training home
- About ten minutes; Towne Lake is part of Cypress.
- Pickup and delivery
- $250 pickup and return is available but rarely needed; included in VIP.
- The go-home session
- In Cypress, or at your home and dock for VIP graduates and transport families.
- Where we train near you
- the Towne Lake boardwalk and its patios · the lakeside parks and docks · the pet and hardware stores on Barker Cypress and 290 · the lake near the training home for the water work
- Homes and yards
- Lake lots with docks and boats, master-planned sections with HOA rules, pools; Labs, goldens, doodles and Bernese.
The stay, from Towne Lake
A ten-minute drop-off and a stay that ends on the boardwalk.
Towne Lake families drop off in ten minutes and get their dog back in ten minutes, with follow-up lessons that cost our trainers no travel time. The stay itself runs like every other: the crate and the house on day one, daily training from day two, and updates on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. What is different is the ending: the boardwalk is a regular field trip, so a Towne Lake Platinum dog holds place under a patio table with boats coming in before the family ever tries it, and a VIP or transport family gets the water manners handed over at their own dock.
Water work happens at the lake near the training home on a long line first, because the line is the insurance until the recall out of the water is proven.
The free phone consultation; program and dates set
Drop-off at the training home, ten minutes
Day one in the crate and the house; the program from day two
Water work at the lake on a long line; the boardwalk as the field trip
Updates Monday, Wednesday and Friday
The go-home session in Cypress or at your dock
Follow-up lessons without travel time
What a Towne Lake dog learns
A wait at the dock, a recall out of the water and a settle on the boardwalk.
The Towne Lake Lab owns the lake: off the dock without permission, onto the boat and off it, deaf to its name once it is wet. The doodle cannot settle on the boardwalk patio and lunges at every dog that walks by. The Bernese guards the dock and the yard from the boats going past. Platinum builds a wait at the edge and a recall out of the water on a long line, a settle under a patio table proven on the boardwalk itself, and neutrality to boats, bikes and dogs from the yard, with unlimited lessons afterwards. Gold covers the manners for a dog that is calm around water. VIP finishes the dog off leash on the lakeside paths with the Mini-Educator.
- A wait at the dock and on the boat until released
- A recall out of the water that beats birds
- A settle on the boardwalk patios for the length of dinner
- Neutrality to boats and bikes from the yard
Programs and prices
Platinum for the water and the boardwalk, Gold for manners, VIP for off leash.
Platinum at $3,750 is the Towne Lake program because it carries the water manners and the boardwalk settle and comes with unlimited lessons. Gold at $2,500 covers the manners for a dog that is fine around water. VIP at $10,000 produces the dog that is reliable loose on the lakeside paths and includes the handover at your dock. Dates are held with a $250 deposit that comes off the total.
| Program | Weeks | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 2 | $2,500 |
| Platinum | 3 | $3,750 |
| VIP | 6 | $10,000 |
Towne Lake specifics
Boats, the biggest private lake in Houston, and summer on the water.
Towne Lake's boats and docks make the wait at the edge a safety skill: a dog one lunge from a swim among the boats is a dog that needs it. Any large Texas lake can hold an alligator in the warm months, and the leash stays on near the bank until the recall is proven. Summer on the water is a heat problem too; a wet dog cools, but a dog on a dock at noon does not, and the pavement test applies to boards. The boardwalk is best after sunset from May to September, and that is when the summer field trips go.
- The wait at the edge as a safety skill among the boats
- Leashed near the bank in the warm months
- The pavement test on the boards
- Evening boardwalk trips in summer
The programs
Programs Towne Lake families book.
Platinum for the water and the boardwalk, Gold for manners, VIP for off leash, the bundle for the new puppy.
Asked and answered
Questions people ask about this.
Can you teach my dog to stay off the dock until released?
Yes. A wait at the water's edge and a recall out of the lake are built on a long line at the lake near the training home and transferred to your own dock at the go-home session. It is standard Platinum work for a Towne Lake dog.
Do you train on the Towne Lake boardwalk?
Regularly. It is one of the best exposure environments in northwest Houston and our favorite final exam: patios, strollers, boats and other dogs. Platinum and VIP dogs are proofed there before they go home.
How far is Towne Lake from the training home?
About ten minutes; Towne Lake is part of Cypress. Drop-off, the go-home session and follow-up lessons are all short trips, and the transport is rarely needed.
Which program for a doodle that cannot settle on the patio?
Gold if the dog only lacks an off switch, Platinum if it also lunges at other dogs while it fails to settle. Both build place with duration and prove it on real patios, and our team will say which on the free call.
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Towne Lake families start with a call.
Tell our team what your dog does at the dock and on the boardwalk. The free phone consultation is a direct call, and a $250 deposit holds the dates.