About the German Dog Training Center

Thomas Sauerhöfer

Thomas Sauerhöfer

The German Dog Training Center is a 7 acre facility located in Northern California. It is home to Zwinger vom Heidelberger Schloss, a kennel owned by Thomas Sauerhoefer, a German Shepherd Breeder with over three decades of experience breeding, training and showing German Shepherd Dogs in both Germany and the United States. The German Dog Training Center is also the home training field for the Marysville Schutzhund Club, a very active GSDCA WDA club. The Marysville Schutzhund Club hosts an average of 3 Schutzhund trials a year, in addition to participating in community events and sponsoring AKC events like Canine Good Citizen testing. The club participates in events throughout the Northern California area, including Marysville, Yuba City, Grass Valley, Sacramento and San Francisco. Members come from all over Northern California to train at the facility.

credit-cardsCredit card payments are now being accepted.  If you have any questions about making a payment, please give us a call at (530) 749-8861 or send an email to Thomas  Sauerhöefer.

The German Dog Training Center is located in Northern California and we are proud to be the premier suppliers of quality German Shepherd Dogs for families, family protection, personal and executive protection, sport dogs, Schutzhund dogs and police and other law enforcement agencies. We are centrally located and a quick drive for those located in the Bay Area, San Francisco, San Jose, Redding, Sacramento, Grass Valley, Marysville, Yuba City, Ukiah, Sonoma and other Northern California towns. For those in Southern California cities like Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Diego and Riverside, we can either arrange shipping or your new companion can be picked up at our facility with a slightly longer drive. For those out of state, we can arrange shipping or you can arrange to come to the facility to pick up your new pet.