Vom Grohshaus

04/11/2024

This passed weekend we picked up Zayda from Lost Creek German Shepherds..very shy girl, but she’s coming around.

12/27/2023

Hyde passed his prelims last week, good hips, normal elbows. Now just wait and see what he will produce for us ☺️

10/14/2023

Happy 2nd birthday to Rylee! Unfortunately, we won’t see any puppies from her as she was diagnosed with mild hip dysplasia and spayed shortly after.

08/12/2023

Happy second birthday to our A litter! ☺️

05/16/2023

Rylee sure loved the jolly egg! 😂

05/14/2023

Rylee’s flirt pole session

05/14/2023

Flirt Pole photo dump

05/10/2023

Happy National German Shepherd Day!

05/07/2023

Hyde growing like a w**d, can’t wait for his black to start coming in!

04/13/2023

The red this boy has 😍

04/13/2023

Rylee enjoying fetch these passed few nice days!

04/10/2023

Hyde’s embark sent off this morning!

03/24/2023

Happy National Puppy Day!

03/19/2023

Hyde comes home in 5 short days!

03/13/2023

We welcome this longcoat sable boy to the pack in a couple weeks 😍

02/03/2023

Happy 3rd Birthday to Cyrus!

01/27/2023

-KARMA IS RETIRED-

We are looking to retire a couple dogs.
-Karma, almost 3 year old female, high energy girl. NO CATS. Does well with other dogs, leash trained, crate trained, great on car rides, would play fetch all day. She is not a couch potato dog, she is an outside ACTIVE dog.

10/14/2022

Happy first birthday to our naughty redhead, Rylee!

10/09/2022

This handsome guy, check out his head! Echo (black boy) from our A litter, lovin farm life 🙂 NFS

09/14/2022

Neutering German shepherd dogs before age one increases risks of joint disorders, according to a newly published study out of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

06/24/2022

After ball on a hot day!

06/23/2022

06/17/2022

Rylee enjoyed the swim time today I think!

06/14/2022

Cyrus ☺️

06/12/2022

Playing some flirt pole!

06/07/2022

Kilo Vom Grohshaus
-10 months old, intact, looking for 🏠

Very energetic boy! Likes kids and other dogs (all mine are also intact), no issues. Kennel trained, needs someone who can spend time and work on training as he came back with little. Can have papers as well. Parents health tested.

05/28/2022

First flirt pole session was a hit with her ☺️

05/26/2022

To bring everyone up to speed, there is a toxic, social war going on between the Pure Positive/Force Free movement and Balanced Training. One of these bodies is massively funded and out to dictate how you train your dog. But don’t get fooled by the pretty language and perfectly-placed buzz words..

“Animals have never learned through punishment or consequences”
“Don’t train with pain”
“Reward what you like, ignore what you don’t”
“Dominance and force in dog training creates stress and fear”
“This dog just needs medication”

I’ll be honest, “Positive-only” sounds pretty great on paper, but practically? Not so much.

News flash: “Purely Positive” anything doesn’t exist. Life, parenting, career, school, nature, it all has consequences and it all has pressure. And if you want to talk about the quadrants of consequences, There’s FOUR. Yep, PP/FF peeps pick and choose which quadrants they want to train with. Balanced trainers use what works. We implement a holistic approach.

Rewards = information
Punishment = information

Information and communication are how dogs (and humans) learn. Punishment is NOT abuse.

If I’ve lost you in all of this chaos, allow me to break it down: Rewarding a behavior will encourage repeating, punishing a behavior will deter. These PP/FF folks are trying to change that.

The ban on these tools is coming. The ability to train how you want is being argued. The ability to use certain tools is being argued. The ability to say “no” to your dog is being argued.

So this post is to raise awareness as to what’s going on out there. I’m sharing my thoughts and stories because spreading the truth, sharing content and success is how I bring value to this community. My clients and followers are my motivation. I believe in these tools because I’ve seen them work, time and time again. Believe me, we were there one day. Stuck, stressed and struggling feeling like everything we tried with our dog wasn’t working. Trainers had failed us and it was incredibly crippling.

These tools and training methods have saved my dogs lives along with so many others, and I don’t want that to be taken from us. This current debate has really taken away from the dogs (and the training). Have we forgotten our mission? To help dogs, to clear shelters and empower owners to succeed.

Myself and all other balanced trainers have to deal with the constant hate, negativity and criticism from the PP/FF body. “Death before discomfort” is especially unsettling to me, and this idea is the reason so many dogs are being killed for no reason.

It’s time we stand up and share our success. Our rights are being stripped and our dogs are suffering.

P.S. Any hate or bashing will not be deleted, rather exposed. So watch your words :)

05/11/2022

Got Karma’s OFA results yesterday, all clear! She will be bred this heat to Cyrus ☺️

05/11/2022

Happy National German Shepherd Day! ☺️