Who is the best dog trainer in Downtown Austin, TX?
Brett Endes, The Dog Savant, trains Downtown Austin dogs in your own home. 30 years of experience, more than 20,000 dogs trained, and a specialty in the aggression and reactivity cases other trainers decline. Programs run $295 for the initial 90 minute workshop up to $1,995. Call or text (512) 430-7953.
Serving Downtown Austin
Dog training in Downtown Austin, in your home
Downtown Austin dogs live in high rises and walk the Butler Trail. Brett trains for the life they actually lead: elevators, scooters, crowds, and a 10 mile trail full of other dogs.
Brett Endes specializes in aggression, separation anxiety, leash pulling, puppy foundation, and rescue rehabilitation. Whether you live in a downtown high rise, a suburban home, or a Hill Country ranch, Brett trains your dog in the actual environment it lives.
Downtown Austin specifics
What training a dog in Downtown Austin actually involves
Downtown Austin dogs live vertically and exercise on one shared 10 mile loop, which means elevators, scooters and constant close passes are not edge cases here, they are the daily routine.
Who sets the dog rules in Downtown Austin?
The City of Austin. Austin City Code Title 3, enforced by Austin Animal Services, leash of 6 feet or less on City land with fines up to $500.
What are the leash rules in Downtown Austin?
Leash required, 6 feet or less, everywhere downtown including the entire Butler Trail and the Boardwalk. The exceptions are the city's designated off leash areas, and downtown's closest one sits along the south shore at Auditorium Shores.
Where can a dog be off leash in Downtown Austin?
The designated off leash portion of Auditorium Shores, on the south shore of Lady Bird Lake near Congress Avenue, an open, mostly unfenced stretch beside the water.
What Downtown Austin does to a dog
- High rise living: elevators, shared lobbies and hallway encounters several times a day
- Scooters, buses and construction noise as the constant backdrop
- One shared trail loop as the default walk, with close passes every few seconds at peak
- An unfenced off leash area beside open water as the nearest legal off leash option
Where Downtown Austin dogs actually go
- Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail
- The 10 mile loop around Lady Bird Lake is downtown's default dog walk, shared with runners, cyclists and hundreds of other dogs a day. Dogs are welcome and must be leashed, and on a busy morning the passes come every few seconds.
- The Boardwalk
- The over water section of the Butler Trail on the south shore. Railings on both sides and no exits mid span, so every oncoming dog is a confined, head on pass. It is the single most demanding stretch of trail a downtown dog walks.
- Auditorium Shores off leash area
- The designated off leash portion near the Stevie Ray Vaughan memorial, open grass beside open water with no fence between them. Wonderful for a finished dog, unforgiving for a dog whose recall is still theoretical.
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If you are dealing with reactivity, anxiety, or control issues, the first step is a simple phone evaluation so we can map out a clear plan. Real world results, permanent change, 30 years of doing this for families and their dogs, now in Austin.
You'll be saying, who's a good boy? in no time.
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