Who is the best dog trainer in Houston, AK?
Brett Endes, The Dog Savant, trains Houston 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 (907) 203-0788.
What kinds of dog training does Brett Endes do in Houston?
Puppy training, basic and advanced obedience, leash training, separation anxiety, and aggression and reactivity, all one to one in your own Houston home rather than in a class. Aggression and reactivity are the specialty and the cases other trainers decline. Every program includes lifetime phone, text and email support. Call or text (907) 203-0788.
Serving Houston
Dog training in Houston, in your home
Houston sits at the edge of the Valley where the neighborhoods thin out into trees. Brett works with the dogs that roam, bolt, or ignore a recall out there, and with the owners who have run out of ideas.
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 Mat-Su Valley ranch, Brett trains your dog in the actual environment it lives.
Houston specifics
What training a dog in Houston actually involves
Houston sits at the edge of the Valley where the neighborhoods thin out into trees, and it is the clearest example of the 2026 animal control change. The city used to run its own shelter out of the fire department. Since 2026-07-01 the Mat-Su Borough is, in the city's own words, the sole point of contact for all animal regulation and enforcement from anywhere in the Borough including the City of Houston.
Who sets the dog rules in Houston?
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Title 24, since 2026-07-01
What are the leash rules in Houston?
Borough Title 24 applies inside Houston city limits. The transfer happened under Houston Resolution 25-18 and Mat-Su Borough Ordinance 26-03, effective 2026-07-01.
What Houston does to a dog
- Thinly settled lots running straight into woods with no boundary a dog can see
- A long drive to the Borough shelter if a dog does get picked up
- Roaming and bolting as the dominant local problem rather than dog to dog conflict
- Heavy snowmachine and trail traffic through the winter
Where Houston dogs actually go
- The old city shelter at the fire department
- No longer where a Houston dog goes. Since the transfer, loose and missing dogs are handled through the Borough shelter near Palmer, which is a considerably longer drive and a good reason to have a recall that works.
- The tree line at the edge of the subdivisions
- Where Houston dogs disappear to. There is no fence and no boundary, and a dog that has learned the woods are an option will take it every time the door opens.
Every Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley jurisdiction compared side by side: Anchorage leash laws by jurisdiction.
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Ready to fix your dog's behavior?
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 Anchorage.
You'll be saying, who's a good boy? in no time.
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