Our Story
My name is Jessica. I was born and raised in rural West Virginia. When I was 10 years old my family got our very first German Shepherd, and that started my love for the breed. Then as an adult living on my on my own, my first dog I purchased was a German Shepherd. I named him Troy. A year or so later I met my husband, Matt, who had never had a dog before in his life. I introduced him to Troy and this started his love for the German Shepherd breed. After Matt moved in with Troy and I, we soon acquired our next German Shepherd, Abby. Over the years we just kept adding on to our family. After Abby we added Levi, then Sadie, then Questa (R.I.P.), then Fargo, and Jorka. We started out as just pet owners loving our fur-family, and now have worked our way into the dog sport world that is full of amazing, working and sporting dogs. We love seeing the dogs in action and progressing through different levels of obedience and sports to achieve their highest capabilities. Over the years, we have learned the importance not only of health testing our dogs prior to breeding, but also the importance of breeding the proper dogs together in regards to drive, temperament, nerves, and workability. We are still learning every day, but are loving every minute of it. Our goal is to raise and produce healthy dogs with correct form, character, and workability to uphold the German Shepherd breed standard.
After 9 wonderful years, our first GSD at the Leech household, Troy, passed away on August 1, 2020. We just finished building our kennel facility and wanted to find the perfect name. After lots of brainstorming we came up with “zu Trojas Ehren.” It is German for “in Troy’s honor.” This name sounds traditional, but is also unique and sentimental to us. This name will allow Troy to live on through our kennel successes and future puppies that will carry our kennel name. We are German Shepherd lovers. We are zu Trojas Ehren. Welcome to our page.