We are Karen and Wallace Wolff.  In 1998 we imported our first foundation female German Shepherd, Halla vom Stieglerhof.  She began our breeding program of excellent dogs for show, schutzhund and family pets. 

Currently we have four titled females for breeding.  Also, we recently imported a wonderful male from Germany.  See more about him on our stud page.

We are a small kennel located in northern California.  Our goal has always been to breed the German Shepherd to the World Standard.  We take great measure to breed for the betterment of the breed: looking at pedigree, health, registry, conformation, workability, hip ratings, and German and AKC DNA.  

Our name, Zwinger vom Roten Wald (Kennel of the Redwood Forest) was chosen to reflect the area in which we live. The Coast Redwood Tree is native only to the California coast from about Monterey to southwest Oregon. Although many coast redwoods have been cut, some are protected in Muir Woods, Redwood National Park, and many California and Oregon state parks. Redwoods are evergreen conifers. Coast Redwoods grow very tall, often 200 feet, with the tallest at 367 feet, which is the tallest living thing! The trunks can grow to 14 feet with bark that is 6 to 12 inches thick.