Pinnacle German Shepherds & defense

12/13/2024

We need all the help we can get for our rescue wind down. If you can donate please message me on here or on the kennel page. And we will send you link to donate

11/30/2024

It pains me to make this post but unfortunately due to my health physically which has really started hitting me mentally after months of trying to slowly wind down our rescue has hit a critical point. We still have rescue dogs and cats and I’ve obviously put their needs in front of my health because that’s why I started this rescue. My love for animals. Even though I stand to lose absolutely everything I still don’t regret it. I know we’ve done so many great things and saved so many dogs and cats from certain terrible outcomes. That brings me to this terrible point. We need to raise about 3000 dollars. To ensure we can keep our option to make sure these dogs and cats futures are nothing but a step up . I know this is a huge ask and if we had another option I would absolutely take it but because of the situation with my health and not being able to take new clients that would put me into months of training obligations. If you have tried to reach out recently by phone i apologize as my phone went down and with limited options I have had to make sure any money in goes to nothing but keeping our rescues comfortable as comfortable as they have been. We appreciate the donations we’ve gotten to date. We need a little more help and I wouldn’t be asking if this wasn’t absolutely warranted. We don’t have alot of choices. If you can help please send us a message with what you can’t donate and we will send a link with that customized donation link. Posted below are some pictures of available kittens and dogs. All might not be pictured so if you are interested in adoption reach out for a complete list of available options. Making this final ask for help is mentally debilitating and I’m at a loss for words. Also attached is our non profit info for legitimacy purposes as we’ve been attacked for asking for donations before which is hard for me to even fathom. Anything helps. Thank you for all the support to date. None of this would have been possible without you. With a certain future of losing absolutely everything my only focus is to see this through and trying to insure a great life for all rescues. All donations will be supplied with applicable tax right offs due to donation to a non profit. Once again I know how vulnerable I’m making myself by making this post and I’m sure I’ll get attacked for it but this is far bigger than myself. It’s about what it’s always been about. Helping animals that didn’t get a fair shot.

*addition* our Main line will be replaced tomorrow finally so if you have tried to reach out via phone thats why you haven’t heard back. I will catch up on those calls tomorrow. For now please reach out through our messages

11/16/2024

Hello everyone.
Just wanted to make a post to let anyone know who may have been trying to call that my phone is down. If you need to contact me just message me on here. Getting my phone repaired as fast as possible

10/16/2024

Rescues available!read for details!

Hello everyone. Classes cancelled until Monday unless you’ve made arrangements personally pick ups will continue normally. Unfortunately we’ve reached the end of all options to keep our rescue doors open are are going to have to go into a controlled wind down of operations meaning we need to get the rescues we have into capable homes or foster homes as we would prefer not to send them to another facility if it’s not in their best interest. WA is a no kill state but that is also situational as we are a rescue that takes in reactive dogs where some have a history of reactivity to other dogs or animals and a couple of them are selective with people. Our mission was to rescue dogs with behavioral issues and rehab them and rehome if possible and if not possible give them a safe and comfortable life here so that they don’t end up in a bad situation. We’ve moved a lot of dogs from location to location as we’ve spent the last 7 years expanding our space and upgrading to better properties until we were able to buy this place a couple years ago. We even furthered our program to put some of those dogs into our protection work program to make what people see as their weakness, their strength and give them at least control and understanding of that job. I’m going to list available dogs and their info and general history. If any listed dog seems like they would be a good fit To you or any home, foster or program that you work with please reach out for by phone 2064096747 (call or text).

By controlled wind down we mean we are doing this a very particular way to limit unneeded traffic and insure that the very best fitting situations are getting our time and resources as we have a limited amount of right now so I will explain that a bit more. We are purposely not listing pictures with every dog as we want you to see the Info on the dog to insure you check the major boxes before moving forward. To explain more some of these(all of them to us) dogs are really high lined gorgeous pure bred dogs that were in some cases very expensive but they wound up in unfortunate situations. We understand these breeds and a lot of people get in over their head because a dog is the breed they want, the look they want or other things like akc papers. People making rash choices and getting in over their head are the reason some of these dogs are in the situation they are in. That is why we will send pictures during what we will call phase 2 of our wind down application process. Phase 3 will be approved and vetted homes or programs will schedule a visit to do final work up and assessments with phase 4 being the final adoption or transfer. We will also entertain transfer and sale of property and rescue for anyone more interested in that kind of project. We are waiving all profit from the property transaction as we are going to prioritize the wind down for the move or all these dogs/cats in our system meaning the property and assets will be sold at our property ballance and nothing more. Will consider lease to own if the vetted buyer needs a little more time to get that done but that situation would be heavily vetted and heavily contracted. Our adoption rates will remain a donation of your choice that goes to food for our rescues until the wind down process is complete and obviously no cost for transfers to other non profit programs or organizations

Available dogs

Macho & Narla (8 yo black and reds/tan gsd’s) : macho and Narla are 8 years old and will need be be transferred as a pair as they came from a very prestigious and one of the highest quality GSD kennels in the world “Gunbil German shepherds” a German kennel that has also moved their main kennel to Colorado. And they have been together since they were purchased by a family at 9 weeks old. They are so bonded. They are not good with other dogs. We have had them around my personal pack as after being with us for 5 years I had excepted we would let them live out the rest of their life together at our place in their own building and area and sometimes in the house. We would keep their status as only put around other dogs with a proper professional. But as far as humans they are seem less they are great with all people. Kids and honestly strangers. They very much just like people In general. We let them run on our land unfenced with little to no supervision as they aren’t going anywhere

Bowe( 2 year old male brindle mastiff): Bowe is a giant lovable goofball. At 160 pounds and almost 4 feet tall he is a gorgeous and lovable boy and dreams of being a couch potato or a lap dog that absolutely doesn’t fit in your lap. Bowe has had issues with other dogs but is great to his people when bonded. He bonds super fast but he is mouthy like a big puppy. Not in a bite you kinda way. We did start him in our IPO bite program as he loves sleep work mostly because he just wants to play tug of war. Has the base to continue with protection work of be a home dog. Because of his size, youth and wants put your whole torso in his mouth in the most loveable way I would keep his status as to a home without kids or other dogs unless a program or professional.

Mamba(4 year old all black male gsd):
Mamba was one of the most unfortunate cases we’ve come across. Owners move and left him chained to a tree. Fortunately the neighbors were aware and were giving him food trying to earn trust to get him to a place where he could be moved and transported to what ended up being our rescue and facility. He was muzzled and wanted to absolutely eat my face off. After a couple hours of warming up to him I removed the muzzle after seeming the signs I need and he melted into a giant baby and has been that way every since. I takes him a second to bond to anyone but once he is done it’s absolutely predictable and just a big love bird. We had one family with kids come visit at about a year and a half old and he was great right away but the other visitors he reacted similar to how he did originally so we will fire keep his status as Red, being experienced owners, trainers or programs only. We did eventually start him in our IPO bite training course because he’s tug motivated to provide a way to exorcise those reactive qualities he has and give them some order. Since then he’s made it through out introduction phase of IPO and would make a wonderful protection working dog.

** green status dogs (cleared with all people/kids, cats and dogs**

Lula ( 18 month old female tan micro Pitt)
She’s a sweet heart) has lived in the house of the kennel manager the whole time with his dogs since she came here at 9 months old. No issues or problems good with all people dogs and cats. We let her run in our unfenced area. She’s a love boat and only about 14 inches tall and 35 pounds.

Star ( small mixed breed, German shepherd,micro pit, unknown).

She’s a wonderful puppy, we have let her run with the other dogs in our unfenced area, cuddle and food motivated. Most likely won’t exceed 28 pounds.

*cats/ kittens*
The only available cats are two siblings that came in young with one being pregnant and giving birth within days to 10 kittens.

Two 8 month old unnamed females and kittens of every color that will be nursing in about 4 more weeks.

10/14/2024

Canceling sessions today due to weather it’s going to be a nasty week so check in with us daily for updates on sessions

10/12/2024

Due to a heath emergency We
Are closed today , tomorrow and Sunday. Please
Call if you have any questions

10/04/2024

Due to this ongoing slander campaign by another kennel thats well connected to the local community against our training kennel where all the proceeds go directly to keeping our 501c rescue open we are not in the position where we have to relocate our kennel and rescue to NC. This who situation as done a number on me and my families mental health and my physical heath when all we have done for the last 6 years is help animals in need. We are being forced to sell our cosmopolis property to help fund our move to our home state of NC where we were and are appreciated and not victims of slander to s point where we can’t even keep the doors open. We are putting out this donation campaign to help us move our rescue as our rescue was based around taking in agression dogs that would be put in otherwise unstable situations If we can’t raise the capital to move the kennel and move all of them to NC.. Move into over 20 dogs across the country is not easy but we are motivated to keep them alive. Our training kennels income 100% went into keeping the rescue open so part of the funds raise
Will also have I go to refunding Any incomplete traiNing packages. We need all the help we can get. We tried so hard to weather this storm but and keep this location going but it’s been a little to late to get turn it around with some very connected people in the community making it their goal for our to go away. To all existing clients we will continue training for as long as we are here. Please donate and help. Spread the world. Let’s keep these dogs safe and get us to NC where will will have the support and space we need to save many more cats and dogs. Thank you for your help. Anything helps .

Due to reasons beyond our control we need to move our whole non profit rescue program to a new location in NC. With a unwarranted slander campaign by another kennel/ rescue who were going to lose budget due to our rescue getting part of the county grant for animal rescue (which we never received) ha...

10/01/2024

All evening sessions are canceled today due to rain.

09/25/2024

I didn’t even have to make the post since the weather is crappy and todays clients all called and canceled. If you had a appoint together and we haven’t cancelled give us a call to work out your new day this week. But unfortunately the rain is canceling today.

09/23/2024

Todays sessions will be cancelled due to weather. If you have a session scheduled for today call or message us to get rescheduled for another day this week

09/15/2024

Help support our non profit rescue (By donating or purchasing training )K9 training sale starting last week of September and October **Updated training packages**Pinnacle German Shepherds & defenseBasic/advanced training packages :Hello everyone! This is the last list of specials we will release for a while. Bookings are for last week of September and later!. These are our cheapest packages ever. All of our training sales go directly to support our 501 c rescue and keep it running. We are only offering a certain amount of each package option. Our head trainer has been working as a k9 behavioral specialist with a decade of experience working with some of the most challenging behavioral issues **ALL BREEDS WELCOME!!!**Once again All sales go to helping to fund our rescue!Current specials are for the last week of September and Onwards 3 one on one sessions(45 mins each)$235.00 (2 spots available )5 one on one sessions (45 mins/each)$380.00 (2 spots available)10 one on one sessions (45 mins/each)$490.00 (3 spot available)*Platinum member package*1 year of one on one sessions once a week for 56 weeks (56 sessions) $1700.00 (one spot available)Option to do sessions at your home for an additional feeBoard and train packages:One week board and train$490.00+ tax (1 spot available)Two week board and train$650.00 + tax (1 spot available)One month board and train$1200.00+ tax (1 spot available)**new training option**Live in training packages. Our live in package actually gives your k9 in training their very own bedroom in the house with a balcony if they aren’t a jump of the the balcony risk. This kind of package makes your k9 training move faster as they learn along side of our trained dogs 24/7Price: add $200.00 to any of the normal board and train packages. So for those of you out there that don’t know how you feel about having your stay in the kennel building environment then this is the perfect package for you!*New release packages*(Complete training packages)*Silver package*2 weeks of board and train with 10 one on one sessions , 1 public training session , 1 home visit session.$800.00 (2 spots available)*gold package* 3 weeks of board and train with 15 one on one sessions, 2 public sessions, 2 home visit sessions$1,000.00 two spots available)Protection training packages:7 Stage 1 basic protection sessions (1 hour each)$900.00 (2 spots available)10 stage 2 intermediate protection sessions (1 hour each)1000.00 (2 spots available)10 stage 3 advanced protection sessions (1 hour each) protection graduation / Schutzhund IPO titling$1000.00 spots available) Tracking/scent work training packages :10 sessions of scent/ tracking (1 hour each)$850.00We also offer training for most titles SAiR, AD, BH, SchH,FH,WH,KkL,WPO and more Just reach out to us to see about your specific needs Service/medical k9 training and certification:Prices vary due to duty training needed as well as sliding scale for people in need of a medical k9 with low income as well as veterans. (Call for info and pricing)Boarding:$45.00 /per day Discount on 2 dogs that can share a kennel For all clients that live hours away we offer a shuttle pickup and drop off for an added fee within 3;35 hours if our location. If you have any questions regarding training or want to purchase for September or behond give us a call at (206) 409-6747 or you can message us through Facebook or visit our website [email protected]" rel="ugc" target="_blank">[email protected] top notch training as well as helping support your local rescue We are located in cosmopolis WA153 lund road , cosmopolis wa

09/15/2024

09/11/2024

Todays sessions will be canceled due to weather.

09/07/2024

Great review from Josh... "Been going to Joe now for over a month and have already seen dramatic improvement in my dogs behaviors. Joe works with the owners as much as the animal and leaves you feeling confident and with the tools to apply the training at home. This guy will always go the extra mile to ensure you are getting what you need and what your animal needs. Highly recommend!"

"Been going to Joe now for over a month and have already seen dramatic improvement in my dogs behaviors. Joe works with the owners as much as the animal and leaves you feeling confident and with the tools to apply the training at home. This guy will always go the extra mile to ensure you are getting...

09/07/2024

It’s going to be another warm one today! Due to the heat all Sessions today will be moved to this evening. If you have a session today reach out to us to figure out you’re new time slot. Thank
You for your patience. Message here or
Call 2064096747

09/06/2024

Great review from Carol... "Joe is a dog-whisperer. We love his training methods and how he interacts with dogs.

Now, here's the deal... Folks can try to put done Pinnacle German Shepherds all they want. The fact are: Joe & Pinnacle German Shepherds are AMAZING.

Our pup came back from training and were happy, better behaved, pups."

"Joe is a dog-whisperer. We love his training methods and how he interacts with dogs. Now, here's the deal... Folks can try to put done Pinnacle German Shepherds all they want. The fact are: Joe & Pinnacle German Shepherds are AMAZING. Our pup came back from training and were happy, better behaved,....

09/06/2024

09/05/2024

Great review from bryan... "Had a wonderful experience with Joe at Pinnacle. My Labradoodle had an issue with barking and not eating. Over the last few days working with Joe, I have seen such an amazing change out of him. I can’t thank Joe enough. Your attention to detail and love for animals are top notch. I will definitely be back and will recommend you to others. Pinnacle is the best. I cannot thank you enough"

"Had a wonderful experience with Joe at Pinnacle. My Labradoodle had an issue with barking and not eating. Over the last few days working with Joe, I have seen such an amazing change out of him. I can’t thank Joe enough. Your attention to detail and love for animals are top notch. I will definitel...