Welcome to the website for Vom Zeder Haus German Shepherds. Vom Zeder Haus is a German Shepherd breeding and training kennel located near Norris lake in Tennessee, a little over two hours south of Lexington Kentucky, and one hour northeast of Knoxville Tennessee. Our German Shepherd dogs are from a very elite West German line as you will find no American, Americanized or watered down German Shepherds at Vom Zeder Haus.We Breed only Confirmation- Schutzhund quality dogs, and breed under the German Standard.All Vom Zeder Haus dogs are Schutzhund trained in either obedience,tracking, or protection.
     We breed for the Complete German Shepherd.While 90% of our dogs are placed with Families and private individuals,we produce German Shepherds that can be your running or hiking partner in the morning,do Police tactical work during the day,a childs playmate during the evening,and protect his owner and Family at night.
     The primary goal of our breeding program is to improve the German Shepherd breed. The primary goals of our website is to protect the heritage and integrity of these magnificent dogs,while also serving as a tool to educate the American public about the German Shepherd breed.The majority or approximately 99% of the so called German Shepherds in America are only a cousin of the true German Shepherd and not German quality dogs as are produced in Europe,or produced by responsible breeders in the United States who are breeding for the right reasons. Our ''The German Shepherd Dog'' page on this website goes into detail about the German/American Shepherd split,as well as the three German Shepherd sub species.
     Our kennel gives people in the U.S. an opportunity to own a dog of true German lines and origin, bred under the German standard.If your goal is to obtain a dog this week,and your not concerned with quality and the heritage and integrity of this breed,then your on the wrong website.If in fact you are a responsible and intelligent person who understands that time is the essence of quality,then keep reading.Regardless of who you choose as a breeder, by reading our website you will be educated and in a much better position to seek and acquire a quality dog. Before contacting us, we require that you do read our website thoroughly as doing so will put you in a much better position to discuss your possibility of becoming a Vom Zeder Haus German Shepherd owner.
       While our dogs have been hand picked from around the world or from our own litters to be a part of our breeding program,they are not kennel dogs or economic entities that we use to make money.While German Shepherds are meant to be working dogs,they are also meant to be Family dogs. Our dogs live the lifestyle as did dogs of rural Europe many years ago. We start off every morning with a 5 mile run on the trails around the farm.The remainder of the day our dogs are engaged in various activies from herding and protecting livestock, swimming,hiking,or various Schutzhund activities. When we do Schutzhund here its not done on a soccer field or such. Our dogs are worked in the woods and water,and put in situations in which they have to think for themselves.
    Every person needs a passion and purpose in life.These dogs are our passion, our purpose is to continue what the Europeans have been doing since the 1800's, to take this breed forward and to improve the breed as a whole.
    We want our dogs to speak for themselves, Vom Zeder Haus welcomes good potential placements to our Kennel to meet our dogs, meet us and see the environment we have chosen for our operation. Our Kennel is actually a German Shepherd farm as it encompasses 52 acres, two homes, two barns, two ponds, two creeks, and several other out buildings.In the event that you are scheduled for a visit, feel free to bring your hiking or running shoes as their are many good trails on our farm that run along creeks, caves,and thru the woods.If you partake of one of our trails you will do so in the company of several German Shepherds.
    We have German Shepherd Dogs for sale and German Shepherd puppies for sale.Our kennel is within a four hour drive of Louisville Kentucky, Cincinnati Ohio, Ashland Kentucky, Richmond Virginia, Raleigh North Carolina
Greenville South Carolina, Atlanta Georgia, Nashville Tennessee and the northern areas of Mississippi and Alabama.
     Visitors to Vom Zeder Haus who have Schutzhund experience,are welcome to suit up and experience the power of our trained protection dogs.
     Another good thing about visiting Vom Zeder Haus is that we always keep an ample supply of good German beer,and the coffee pot is always on....

.......Of the Millions of German Shepherd breeders in the United States,Vom Zeder Haus is the ONLY Kennel to provide a 100% buyback policy with every dog that we place!!!!....Why?....Because people in the United States breed dogs because they need your money! We don't need your money,we breed German Shepherds for the sole reason of improving this breed.When we place a dog,we want our owners to be satisfied and our dogs to be happy!
.......Since the recession began in the United States in 2007, Vom Zeder Haus is the ONLY kennel to consistently maintain a waiting list for dogs!!!! why?....Because of our prices and warranties, but most importunely..... because of the QUALITY of dogs that we produce!!!!

   We don't want to be one of the millions of puppy mill kennels that you see all over the internet,and all over the magazines....
   We only want to be the Best kennel !!!!
     

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