Steve Zorn

Steve Zorn has been involved with dog training for over 20 years. He has always had a passion for animals from a very early age & sensed he had a special bond with animals from childhood. His lifelong thirst for knowledge pertaining to animals & animal behavior is insatiable. Steve has been heavily involved in rescue work, where he co-founded & ran an animal rescue for 14 years. In this time Steve rescued, rehabbed, trained, & found permanent homes for well over 1000 dogs. Many of these dogs were rare breeds, or breeds deemed difficult. He quickly became the go to guy for many abused, neglected, & homeless dogs that ended up in shelters across the Midwest.

Steve is deeply passionate about German Shepherd Dogs, rare breeds, & livestock dogs utilized on farms but has always had a special fondness for any dogs that were overlooked or considered too challenging to handle. His extensive experience and successes with fearful, anxious, & aggressive dogs is something he considers among his greatest achievements!

Aside from offering resources, training, & behavior management to animal rescues, Steve has owned, trained & competed with German Shepherds for 25 years in local, regional, & national competitive dog sports. Steve is a previous member of Topline German Shepherd Dog Club, a founder of, & original president of Turner Junction Working Dog club, & VP & Co-founder Yorkville Schutzhund Club.

Additionally, Steve has trained several German Shepherd Dogs prior to their acceptance at police K-9 academies where they graduated to become full-fledged police K-9s. Having worked for & owned several training businesses around the country. Steve also had the good fortune of working with one of the founders of Vapor Wake Detection Dogs. Steve also holds an Advanced Trainer Certification from Dog Wizard.

Presently Steve enjoys training & competing with his German Shepherds and strives to provide all dog owners with the ability to build a strong bond with their dog(s) based on mutual trust and to better gauge what their dog is thinking, especially in challenging & stressful situations.