We are pleased to offer advice or suggestions even if your purchase or new family acquisition is not one from our line.
We are dedicated to breeding healthy Sealyhams with lovely temperaments for family companions and toward producing puppies of show quality and for obedience enthusiasts.
We would like to see the popularity and availability of the breed increase and wish to encourage new owners to consider showing and breeding their dog. To that end we are open to flexibility, special arrangements, or partnerships with new owners who are interested in breeding and showing their dog.
We currently own three Sealyhams and breed approximately every second year. We plan to breed "Oreo", Ch. Winsomeways Bonne Chance to Whitepepper's Aslan owned by Barb Welch in the last week of March 2011 with puppies then anticipated in early June.
I have owned Sealyhams since 1979 and think they are a wonderful breed. Our kennel name is Winsomeways, and prior to 2004 I previously bred under the Mainstage Kennel name. In the past I have also occasionally had Sealys in obedience and have earned companion dog titles.
Sealyhams love to be where their owners are. They are good dogs for sitting on laps, snuggling, walking, needing as little or as much exercise as you can give them (no daily walks “absolutely” necessary), loving off leash at the dog park, car rides and some even watch television if dogs or animals are on the screen.
If you are an athletic person and like to run with your dog they are likely not the best choice, and they do not play fetch very well, but they do love all sort of other activities.
Our dogs are like family and sleep at the end of our bed for a short while each morning. They are spoiled and are allowed to sit on our couch or a living room chair as well they have a large mat on the floor. Remember to start with the rules you want to establish for your dog as soon as they come to live in your home. If they are not to be on furniture, etc. choose a command and consistently use it, with lots of praise for doing the right response.
Sealys are sensitive to correction, and a change in voice tone is often all that is needed, plus lots of verbal praise for doing what you have asked.
We also strongly recommend cage training for when you are not home, and socialization and puppy obedience classes. Often it is the new owner rather than the puppy who gains the most knowledge from these classes.
We believe you will enjoy having a Sealyham join your family.
Val and Dave
