Houston DogWorks

11/11/2025

All of this.

Don’t just HAVE a dog and certainly don’t get more, or foster, when your existing dog has problems.

11/04/2025

🍂🦃🍁NOVEMBER SCHEDULE🍁🦃🍂

🍗 Foundations Obedience Tuesdays @ 6:30
(No Class 11/25 Thanksgiving Week)

🍗 11/13 Large Group Social

🍗 11/20 Patio Pups

🚫CLOSED 11/27 for THANKSGIVING🚫

10/28/2025

Predictable behavior is preventable.

Hope isn’t a plan. Failure to prepare is negligent.

10/13/2025

MEET HANNAH
(and her goofy cattle dog mix, Milo)

Meet Hannah, our latest shadow student. She moved here a few weeks ago, most recently from the Austin area.

Hannah is looking to add a sporting breed to her pack in the near future; one of the reasons she’s come to learn from us.

Before starting her training journey, she worked as a professional groomer. She also has experience in shelter & rescue world.

10/12/2025

Bringing your pet in public is a privilege, not a right.

Not only is this absurdly rude, it’s also against health code.

Incoming rant so keep scrolling if you’re not interested!! This is probably gonna hurt some feelings! 🤷🏼‍♀️

I get it! People like to take their dogs places with them. Heck I like being able to take my dog places too including outdoor patios.

Here is the problem, it’s because of this (see picture) that places don’t allow dogs. If you feel so entitled that you need to take your dogs (yes there are 2 dogs in that picture) and have them not only sit at the table but also take food from the table YOU ARE THE PROBLEM!! You are why places don’t want to allow dogs! You are the reason the rest of us, that have respect for other people and the establishment, are not allowed to enjoy our dogs out in public!

This is not only nasty, it’s also disrespectful! Keep your dog on the ground and off the chairs and tables at a restaurant.

This is a dog friendly patio! Yes the restaurant should have also said something to this person but people should be smarter than that!!

10/09/2025

🎃OCTOBER EVENT SCHEDULE🎃

👻Foundations Obedience - Tuesdays @ 6:30
-CGC Test 10/28
👻Open Gym - Thursday 10/9 @ 6:30
👻Patio Pups - Thursday 10/16 @ Cottonwood
👻Group Social - Thursday 10/23 @ 6:30

09/29/2025

A few of our current Power Puppy Program participants.

Siro the Giant Schnauzer
Freddie the Cavapoo
Millie the Golden Retriever

Training happens with every single interaction you have with your dog and, ideally, starts the moment they leave the breeder.

Don’t know what to do or how to get started? We’re here to help.

09/24/2025

Latest blog is up. Link pinned in comments.

“We ask you to do uncomfortable and new things every lesson, so I figured it would be good for me to take a turn at practicing what I preach and be a student again…”

Yellow Rose Fitness

09/23/2025

9 minutes worth your time... and it will sound VERY familiar if you've worked with us.

When it comes to undesired or maladaptive behaviors, WHAT your dog is doing is less important that WHY your dog is doing it.

Symptoms are neither a diagnosis nor the root cause.

Leash reactivity. You’ve heard it a thousand times.Trainers throw it around, clients repeat it, and somehow it’s become the magic explanation for every dog t...

09/13/2025

Toast making final preparations for our next shadow program student to arrive tomorrow!

09/09/2025

🏈September Group Activities & Testing🏈

🏈 Every Tuesday @ 6:30 - Foundations Obedience

🏈 Thursdays:

🏈🏈9/11 @ 6:30 - Open Gym Maintenance Class

🏈🏈9/18 @ 7 - Patio Pups & CGC A/U Testing, Location TBD

🏈🏈9/25 @ 6:30 - Large Group Social

If you have taken the Polishing & Off-Leash class, next opportunity to test for your Advanced CGC and AKC Community Canine is next Thursday during Patio Pups.

Sign up for Group Social is up in the client portal in the "Group Classes" section.