Sealyham terriers, puppies, working dogs, meets, events. A great family pet, the Sealyham has everything, a big heart in a small body, personality, character, charm and a great sense of humour. Originally bred for farm husbandry, the Sealyham is now an endangered breed, but we are getting more interest than ever, especially from people who want a family pet with character, confidence and good humour.  If you have a Sealyham or would like to own one please join our mailing list below and join our campaign to get the Sealyham back where it belongs!

 


Ilmer Puppies - click for larger picture.....  


Above photo copyright Charles Sainsbury Plaice 2011 not to be used without permission

Ilmer puppies - (Sealyham Jack Russell Cross) - a perfect combination.

For all enquries please contact gail@gwestcott.wanadoo.co.uk

Our Vet website: www.mercuryvets.co.uk . Alison Hawkes is a Sealyham enthusiast herself and she can testify, like many vets, tot he strenght and character of these wonderful dogs.

 

January 26th

Sealyham Calendar 2012. Click picture for deatails

 

 

 December 25th

Great Link the Sky News bulletin screened throughout the day on Christmas day:

http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16137071 

The new video from Harry Parsons. A lovely short clip of a modern day Sealyhamd Pack...

 

News for Christmas 2011.....

It has been a fabulous month for us. We got national coverage for the Sealyham in Country Life and all the major newspapers.

The front cover shot for Country Life was by Charles Sainsbury Plaice who is recognised as one of our leading countryside animal photographers. We are able to make this picture available in the form of a high quality greeting card with envelope which is A5 in size and is a fabulous collectors item in its own right. All funds go to the Save Our Sealyham campaign.

Available Now :~

Working Sealyham Terrier Puppy Greeting Card as featured on the front cover of Country Life. Copyright Charles Sainsbury Plaice 2011.
A5 High Quality Greeting Card with Envelope ( Blank inside to suit any occasion )

£2.90 each ( inc p+p )
4 for £10.00 ( inc p+p )
Order yours now for Christmas

To purchase please click on the link above or contact Gail on gail@gwestcott.wanadoo.co.uk or call 07974948312.
All proceeds from the sale of these cards will go to S.O.S ~ Save Our Sealyhams. Enlarge by clicking on the picture.....

 

Also, Winnie's diary is here. Please click on the picture to see details.....

 

 

 

 

CHRISTMAS NEWS UPDATE MESSAGE :

Following the success of the Country Life article in October we were approached by Sky News and the Sealyham pack and our 8 Sealyham pups were filmed for a small piece to be shown at the end of Sky News on Christmas Day.
There is also a lovely  photograph of the puppies in this weeks Double Christmas issue of Country Life magazine ( Dec 14th ) and we are very grateful to them for all the wonderful coverage.
We also have the Country Life front cover shot of our pup Molly available as a greeting card ~ see website for details.
Thanks to everyone who has supported us in 2011 and we look forward to a great 2012 with the Sealyhams.
Best Wishes from Harry ,Gail ,Frank S. & all at W.S.T.C 

News October 2011

It is not every day that we get great publicity for the Sealyham, but this month is spectacular. The article in Country Life is a must for all Sealyhams and potential Sealyham owners. If you have come on to this site as result of the article, or other articles in the Daily Mail or Daily Telegraph please feel free to browse and if you would like to support our efforts to Save Our Sealyham, please just register your email address in the column on the right - the more the merrier!

 

SEALYHAM NEWS UPDATE!

 

We are very excited to announce that there will be an article on the Sealyhams in next weeks Country Life magazine ~ with our Sealyham puppy Molly on the front cover. We had a great day at Cothelstone Manor in Somerset with our hosts Nigel, Finny and Jack Muers-Raby for the photo shoot, which took several hours and a lot of patience !

The magazine is on sale 26thOctober and will hopefully raise the profile of our wonderful breed.

We have had a good summer promoting the pack at the country shows and Game fairs and would like to thank everyone who has shown their support by coming to see us and joining the club to help Save Our Sealyhams.

We will be sending out a more detailed newsletter very soon.

Hope you enjoy the magazine.

Very Best Wishes

Harry, Gail, Frank S & all at W.S.T.C.

For W.S.T.C Membership enquiries please email gail@gwestcott.wanadoo.co.uk.

 

 SAVE OUR SEALYHAM

SOS

I would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone at the Country Life for helping me to make the public aware of how dangerously vulnerable the Sealyham Terrier really is.

The response that we have had from the Country Life article already tells me that beyond doubt all that I have been trying to do over the last 10 years has been truly worthwhile.

The concern and interest for this breed has prompted me to write this letter as a plea for help, as I sadly fear it may be the last chance I get to promote the Working Sealyham on this scale. Gail and I have done all we can, but with the right help and support coupled with our knowledge and experience, we feel the Sealyham could be in a much safer position. ~ This might sound like begging but if that's what it takes then so be it - I am not too proud to ask for help as it is the only option I have - and the Sealyham can't ask for it themselves .

What we really need is the facility and space to be in a position where we could breed the right type of Sealyham which is the small, active type that Sir Jocelyn Lucas would be proud of.

The feedback we have had about Sealyhams we have bred is extremely encouraging which again makes it all worthwhile.

We feel that the future of the Sealyham relies upon introducing some new bloodlines from overseas to use as an outcross and to widen our gene pool. Armed with this knowledge and with fresh and enthusiastic input from whoever is willing to help I know that we can and WILL save the Sealyham.

Not only will we be saving a terrier of the highest order but we will also be preserving a piece of Merry Olde England - as anyone who has spent a summers day in the English countryside beside a glorious river with the only pack of Working Sealyhams in existence will gladly verify.

If you haven't yet read the article in Country Life please do. If you as a company or a person think you may be able to help in any way, shape or form to rescue this breed, please get in touch because if the sad day comes when it is too late to save the Sealyham we would hate to
think that there may be someone who could have helped, but didn't because they were unaware of the plight of the Sealyham.

With help we can continue to breed, work and display the pack all year round. So if there is anyone who can help we look forward to hearing from you. Let us not allow the Sealyham to become retained only in our memories and lost forever in the mists of time.

Please contact me on gail@gwestcott.wanadoo.co.uk or on 07974948312

Many Thanks

Harry Parsons 

 

Did you know the Queen once favoured Sealyhams?

Click on the picture to see some famous people with their Sealyhams - including Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock and Princess Margaret.

 

Don't forget to have a look at Dave's Diary of Winnie - his working Sealyham pup from Harry.

 

Winnie's Diary http://www.mysealyhams.com/page20.htm

Check out these articles in The Telegraph, the Daily Mail, and, of course the online version of the Sealyham article in Country Life


 

News September 2011


Diary Update ~ September 2011

The Working Sealyham Terrier Club will be displaying and parading at The Midland Game & Country Fair on Sat 17th & Sun 18th September at Weston Park in Shropshire ~ www.countrymanfairs.co.uk. We will be located next to The Hounds Magazine stand.This will be our last Game Fair of the season so please come and support us if you can.

Important Notice : ~

It is with regret that due to circumstances beyond our control that we will have to cancel our annual visit to Sealyham Mansion in Pembrokeshire this year.The owner has just informed us that due to bookings for the Activity Centre we will be unable to camp or go on the river this September.We hope that we will be able to return next year but will keep you informed.
Best Wishes
Harry, Gail & all at W.S.T.C

 

 

News July 2011

DIARY UPDATE  : Big Week For The Sealyhams

We will be displaying the Sealyham Pack on Wednesday 20th July for the first time at The Festival of Hunting,Peterborough ( East of England showground ) www.showground.org.uk

We will also be at the CLA Game Fair for 3 days at Blenheim Palace,Oxfordshire from 22nd-24th July ~ located in the Terrier Pavillion. www.gamefair.co.uk

We look forward to hopefully seeing as many of you as possible at these events.Do come and say hello and help us to keep our wonderful breed in the public eye.

Best Wishes

Harry ,Gail ,Frank S. & all at W.S.T.C

 

MAY 22 2011 

We are very pleased to report that Flo ( as mentioned in the April newsletter ) now has a litter of 5 Ilmer Terriers puppies, born on Easter Monday. They are 4 weeks old and are all doing extremely well. For any information on this litter please call Harry on 07974948312.

 

 

We are now preparing ourselves for the Highclere Castle Country Fair next Sunday + Bank Holiday Monday ( 29th + 30th May )As always we are looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible for what will be a lovely weekend on a beautiful Country Estate ~ The perfect place for a pack of Sealyhams !
Very Best Wishes
Harry & Gail + all at the W.S.T.C.

 

 

 

 

Latest: May 2011

NEWS UPDATE ! DATES FOR THE DIARY :

The Working Sealyham Terrier Club will be displaying and parading the Sealyham pack at the following shows this summer :

Sunday 29th & Monday 30th May ~ Highclere Game + Country Fair,Highclere Castle,Newbury,Berkshire,RG20 9RN ( film location of television series Downton Abbey )www.countrymanfairs.co.uk 

Friday 22nd,Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th July ~ CLA Game Fair,Blenheim Palace,Oxfordshire. www.gamefair.co.uk 

Sunday 21st August ~ Buckham Fair,Beaminster,Dorset

Saturday 27th, Sunday 28th & Monday 29th August ~Warwickshire + West Midlands Game Fair , Ragley Hall, Alcester, Warwickshire. www.countryfairs.info 

Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th September ~ Midland Game Fair, Weston Park, Shropshire TF11 8LE www.countrymanfairs.co.uk 

Any date changes /amendments will be posted on the website in due course.


Latest: April 2011

We are pleased to announce that little Meg is doing very well after giving birth to a healthy dog puppy a few days ago.the Father being Charlie the Ilmer Terrier on the far right hand side of the photo on the website.I have also lined Charlie with Flo and she is expecting pups in 2 weeks time.This is my next step forward in the breeding programme for the Ilmer Terriers.We are hoping for small dog terriers from these matings to put back across small purebred Sealyhams with the intention of keeping the size down and bringing them as near to the old fashioned working type of Sealyham as possible.
We are still receiving excellent feedback from Ilmer Terrier owners who are all very happy with the breed and cannot speak highly enough of them.
As and when there are any Ilmer or Sealyham pups available we will of course keep you informed.
The photos below are of a 16 week old female Ilmer Terrier who is looking for a good home.If you think you could give this wonderful little terrier the lifestyle and home she deserves and if you tick all the right boxes you could possibly be the proud owner of a very rare Ilmer Terrier.For further information regarding this puppy please call Harry on 07974948312 or email gail@gwestcott.wanadoo.co.uk with a contact number.
 



LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN 2011

Hello Everybody

2010 was a very eventful year.We held our first official meet on the River Chelmer in Essex which was well attended and deemed a great success.As a result of this we will be meeting again in Essex and having a weekend meet in Suffolk as well as our regular visit to Sealyham Mansion in September.We will email the dates as soon as finalised and hope to see as many of you as possible.

The first event of the year will see us promoting the pack for 4 days at Crufts from 10th-13th March,Saturday 12th March is Terrier Day ,so please do come along and support us if you can~ we will be on the main Eukanuba stand.

We have just received the official breed registration results from the Kennel Club for 2010,and the good news is that there was a slight increase although very small ~ 49 Sealyham Terriers registered in 2010 ( 47 registered in 2009 ).17 of these were bred through our club.Hopefully 2011 will see more Sealyhams being bred.

The CLA Game Fair is being held at Blenheim Palace ,22nd-24th July and we will be there with the pack in the Terrier Pavillion.When we have the dates for other country shows we will let you know.
Through attending game fairs and country shows we get to meet and vet future owners of Sealyham and Ilmer Terriers which means that our pups end up in the right homes.

Now for an update on the Ilmer Terriers as over the Xmas period we received lots of emails and photos of these wonderful little terriers of which there are now 19.

 As mentioned before we bred this way about 25 years ago and kept one or two pups back as working terriers,the rest went to pet/companion homes.As time went on and the pups were seen by the public,the interest grew but unfortunately due to work commitments I didn't have the time to keep up a breeding programme.It has always been an ambition to reproduce the type of terrier that would have been seen before 1920.

Whilst at the country shows we have had the pleasure of being visited by descendants of Sir Jocelyn Lucas who were very complimentary about our efforts to revive what for them was merely a memory and they assured us that Sir Jocelyn would most certainly approve.

From a maintenance point of view the Ilmer Terrier requires less grooming than the pure Sealyham and from the small amount that we have bred it seems they are a very active,healthy little terrier that will excell at most country pursuits.as well as being a loyal companion.
I can't stress enough their amazing ability to use their intelligence whilst working,they seem to take a great pleasure in letting you know that they are not just working for you but working with you and after a hard day in the field you will feel nothing but pride for your terrier.

Like the Sealyham he is a terrier that loves the company of people including children and should be included in family life as much as possible.The bond that is created by him to his family cannot be explained,it needs to be experienced.

In the breeding of these terriers we are not introducing anything new or alien to the Sealyham makeup,just adding a dash of what was already there 120 years ago.
It is my humble opinion that in order to recreate the Sealyham of old we need to go backwards before we can go forward.This is not a new fangled cross breed with some fancy name ,but a good old fashioned all round working companion as you can see in the above photo.

This breeding programme is a very slow process (which suits us ) but the feedback that we receive from the few owners makes it very worthwhile.

Last but not least I must point out that by opening the gene pool and out crossing at least every 4th generation and with careful selective breeding this terrier should not suffer genetic problems.With the use of commonsense and a good eye for a good type the apple should not fall too far from the tree.
Below are some photos of Frank & Kristines Ilmer Terrier puppies which are now 7 weeks old.
For more information regarding Sealyham or Ilmer Terriers please call Harry on 07974948312 or email gail@gwestcott.wanadoo.co.uk.

Best Wishes For 2011
Harry Parsons
 

 

 

 

 

 Happy 2011 ALL!

We look forward to seeing and hearing from you. Click below to get pictures of our annual meet at the end of the summer in Sealyham, Pembrokeshire. If you have a Sealyham you might want to join us??????

 

 

 

 

Latest Photos of Sealyhams

by the sea

We hope you like them...

 

 


 

SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER 2010


The Working Sealyham Terrier Club will be promoting and displaying the Sealyham pack in the Main Arena at the Midland Game Fair at Weston Park,Shropshire on Sunday 19th September.We will be situated next to the Hounds Magazine tent.Please come along and see us if you can.
Our annual meet will be taking place once again at Sealyham Mansion on the weekend of 25th September.All members are welcome to join us for a weekend along the rivers in the beautiful Welsh countryside. For full details please email gail@gwestcott.wanadoo.co.uk.
We look forward to seeing you. 

Sealyhams Playing Tig Tag together. Namely Ralph and Ruby and their puppies just before they left for new homes. Sealyhams make the perfect family pet as they just love fun, and play and they are often described as haveing a sense of humour!

Two new Sealyham pups from Devon. Eleven weeks old these pups are simply gorgeous and one MAY still be available.

Please contact Gail on Gail gail@gwestcott.wanadoo.co.uk

 Cute or what?!!!****

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


 

June 3rd 2010

 

Sealyham Summer

Video of stills for the wonderful summer we have with Sealyhams:

 

19 May 20210

 

27 April 2010

Sealyhams on display: The WSTC will be showing at the following fair this Sunday. All are welcome to attend. We will be sending out more details about the fairs we are attending soon.....

British Falconry & Raptor Fair and Country Fair.Sunday 2nd May.Chetwynd Park,Newport,Telford,Shropshire.
The Working Sealyham Terrier Club GB will be displaying the pack and parading in the main arena.

 13 April 2010

As we write this Spring is firmly upon us ~ there is even a spring in the Sealyhams stride ! So it seemed like the perfect time to go out and get our boots wet along a stream.Hopefully these photos will make you feel as we did and we look forward to meeting members , old and new, at the Country Fairs and also at the meets that are in the process of being organised and will be posted on the website shortly.

 

 

Kind Regards

Harry & Gail


 

 

Updated March 30th 2010:

Pics of fully grown Ilmer Terriers ....

 

 

New Ilmer Terriers....

2 Ilmer Terrier dog puppies. 10 weeks old. Legally docked, microchipped, wormed and fully innoculated. They are due to be photographed by Charles Sainsbury-Plaice for a forthcoming article on the breed. Once these photographs have been taken these 2 boys will be ready for sale to suitable homes.

For more information please ring Harry Parsons on 07974948312 or email gail@gwestcott.wanadoo.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 


Itinery for Crufts 2010. 

We will be at Crufts Saturday13th March. Look out for us as we will be on the Eukanubu stand. We will also be parading from about 3.30pm in the vulnerable breeds section. This promises to be very exciting as they introduce Harry Parsons' Sealyham Terriers as the only working pack in the world! It will also be on More4 and on the internet. See more details below.

To view it on TV.... visit

www.cruftslive.tv

Look out for it!

There are also some pics here of Ralph and Ruby and pups. They are settled in their new homes now. It was a great experience bringing them into the world and we will definately do it again. There are more WSTC breeders looking forward to new Sealyham puppies so please register or register on behalf of someone else if you want information for when the next litter arrives.

  

CRUFTS "PARADE" DATE & TIME:

Saturday March 13th 2010 - 3:55pm - Main ARENA - NEC Birmingham


OFFICIAL TITLE:

"A Celebration of Vulnerable British Heritage Dog Breeds"

 

 

SEALYHAM TERRIERS:

I am delighted that BHDB have managed to place Harry Parsons and his amazing pack of working Sealyham Terriers (the only pack in the world!) on the huge Eukanuba stand in Hall 2, where he will be all day Saturday dressed in traditional hunting gear.  Harry will have at least 8 working Sealyhams and they make quite a sight!  Additionally, if time allows, they have promised Harry can have two slots on the stage area behind their stand to talk about the Sealyham Terrier, past, present and future.  BHDB are very grateful to Eukanuba fro their support, for Britain's rarest breed (2009 regs) a breed which actually won the show last year!  If you get the chance, do please drop by the stand as introduce your selves to Harry, he will be delighted to see you.


 

http://www.british-heritage-dog-breeds.co.uk/
                             A lovley letter about how Sealyhams came in useful during the Blitz....!!!


 

Udated Feb 2010

 

Letter From the Chairman:

I would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year and hope that 2010 is a good year for the Sealyhams.

 

The Country Fairs that we attended last summer were a great success and created some very positive interest in the Sealyhams. We have decided that this year we will be doing 2 days at most of the shows, as to try to travel, set up early and stay all day was virtually impossible to do in one day. So camping and staying overnight will make life a lot easier and the response we have been getting certainly makes it worthwhile .Our thanks go out to everyone who gives up their time to make these shows a success for the Sealyhams, especially Frank, Kristine and Alison and their boys Archie, James and Mark without whose help it wouldnít be possible.

 

We have been asked to display our Sealyhams at Crufts on Saturday March 13th as part of the British Heritage Breeds Parade ~ this will be aired live on the internet and possibly televised ~ as soon as we have more details we will post them on the website.

We will hopefully be attending several major Country Fairs again this year. The list will be on the website shortly.

 

Some good news on the breeding  front ~ Aliceís daughter Bunch had a lovely litter of 5 Sealyham puppies ~ Frank Salmonís Ralph and Ruby also produced 4 stunning Sealyhams. Frank Humphreyís Lola had 3 wonderful Ilmer Terrier pups, one of which they kept and also Mandy Hubbardís Floss mated Edward our Sealyham resulting on 3 more Ilmer Terrier pups. All of the pups have been successfully homed.
The litter of Ilmer Terriers that we ourselves bred were a year old last October and we are pleased to report that all 6 are doing very well and are all top ratters and hunt well with the pack, rabbiting and on the rivers as well as being loyal companions.

We have at present 2 four week old male Ilmer Terrier puppies from our lovely small Sealyham Rose.

 

Our A.G.M at Sealyham Mansion in late September was a very pleasant weekend. We had two joint meets with the Pembrokeshire & Carmarthenshire Minkhounds and drew the Sealy Brook with the Sealyham pack. The remainder of the time was spent reflecting on the Club and what it has achieved in its first year. Everyone agreed that it has been absolutely worthwhile and from a personal point of view it gives us great pleasure to know that the Sealyhams can still make such a big impact on people who meet them face to face whether it be hunting in the countryside or being displayed at a country show. We also receive a good amount of positive correspondence which is very encouraging.

Once again we are very grateful for all your support and look forward to another successful year with The Working Sealyham Terrier Club.

 

                                              Very Best Wishes
                                                 Harry & Gail

 


Starting the Year with NEW Sealyham Puppies.....

 

Four can be a handful.

 

We'd like to thank Harry, Gail and Mark in particular for their help and advice surrounding the mating and the DELIVERY of the pups! Thank you so much. 

The Sealyham world is a really lovely one as we have made such good friends through them.

Best for now

Devoted Sealyham Lovers

Alison and Frank......

By the way, Gail runs the membership of the Working Sealyham Club. She can be contacted on: gail@gwestcott.wanadoo.co.uk)

 

 


 

 

 


 

     

Frank's Sealyham Cross puppies above - all gone! If you are interested in Sealyham puppies - please register in the column on the left. We will notify you as soon as a litter is available. In fact a litter of five was born yesterday. (October 16th.) Please register and then we will send you details when we have them.

October 2009

We had our Sealyham Meet in September this year. Please look at these photographs. They are stunning. We went up the river with the dogs, and as is normal these days, there was nothing to catch, but just to be out there in the river with the Sealyham pack - that was something special. Special thanks to Gail who did a LOT of cooking and looking after us, and to all the crew who camped. It was good to see Joe and Dave and their dogs. A wonderful first year for the WSTC! You can click on the image below to see the pics....


Also, anyone who wants to see an interesting page on Sealyhams just click here to see a lovely little article about a London Sealyham in the 1920s. It also shows Alfred Hitchcock, Liz Taylor and Humphrey Bogart with their Sealyhams. They were THE most popular dog in Hollywood.....

http://www.british-heritage-dog-breeds.co.uk/sealyham-terrier.html

If you are not a member but would like to join, please email Gail - mail@mysealyhams.co.uk


Sealyham Lovers!!! You can email : mail@mysealyhams.com anytime, especially for editorial or if you want to send a photo of a Sealyham, or any stories or news items.

If you don't get a response, or if you have a question about breeding or puppies, or membership, email Gail or Harry direct on: gail@gwestcott.wanadoo.co.uk

 The 'Field Magazine came out in June. It has a fantastic article on Sealyhams, so we advise you buy it today. W H Smiths stock it. Inside there are lovely photographs of Sealyhams and a great write up. We think Sealyhams are great and the way things are going, they will make a huge comeback. Everybody loves them!!!!!

 



Sealyham Best Dog in Show!!!

Stop Press

The Sealyham has won Crufts

Best of Breed March 2009!!

 

This may just be the news we want. Check out Ralph and Ruby below.

If you want details of a Sealyham puppy PLEASE register in the form on the left and we will contact you! This video amply illustrates how lovely Sealyham pups are. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIk-NL-XK28

You will also be sent our newsletters and other information about Sealyhams as this fabulous terrier makes its big comeback!!!!!

I couldn't help myself this morning. March 18th. I had to film the Sealyham Shadows of Ralph and Ruby. They make the most charming shadows don't they? Anyway, I put it to a bit of music too. I hope you like it. Please leave a comment!


 

Below we show our fears for the future, but now we feel the Sealyham might just make it back into the fold in 2009! What a shame the BBC didn't screen the event as it normally does.

Save Our Sealyhams

It is tragic that there are so few Sealyhams being registered at the moment. Just look at this article from the Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4512264/Terrier-breed-may-disappear-warns-Kennel-Club.html

 

Here are pics of Harry and Gail's pups. These crosses are perfect little family pets as well as good hunting dogs! They are Sealyhams crossed with Jack Russell. They will make lovely little companions in any home. I love their Sealyham ears and big paws....

 

The Sealyham pack with the puppies.....

 

 

 

          

 

 

 

 

Joe Kyrollos has just written a letter about his response to getting one of these pups from Harry.

 Click here to view... 

 

We just got this letter from Guz. Christmas Eve 2008. He is delighted with the new puppy he has - a Jack Russell - Sealyham cross. Pure breeds are controversial at the moment because of the BBC program about pedigrees and faults they may have. As my vet said to me - it only takes one cross to iron out any problems with breeds. Sealyhams are already better than most breeds for their temprement and physical strength, but here we have a dog that is beautiful, carries all the Sealyham traits and is crossed with a lovely Jack Russell. Exactly the kind of dog that Richard and Judy - yes the TV Richard and Judy, have been campaigning for.....

 

COLLECTING MY PUP "TESS"

I was informed by a friend some months back that a litter of Sealyham Terrier cross Jack Russell pups had recently been born, and that I may be able to purchase one. He explained that I would have to contact the Working Sealyham Terrier Club  if I was interested in one. I took the number and phoned  the chap who bred the litter. He told me all about the breed, (and I might add "where Sealyham Terriers are concerned, there isn't much he doesn't know"). On listening to him talk, I got a rush of excitement as he described the characteristics, and hunting ability, of the two dogs used to produce the pups. I knew instantly, that a pup bred this way, was exactly the type of dog I was looking for. He explained that there are 6 in the litter, 3 bitches, and 3 dogs. The phone call ended with me securing myself a bitch.     

Two months passsed, and I set off to Devon  to collect my pup "Tess". The first thing apparent I noticed on meeting her was that she was fairly reserved within herself. She didn't come rushing towards me like an excitable lunatic. When I picked her up, she wasn't a wriggling mass of excitement (as I have known pups to be in the past)  but rather she stayed calm, whilst carefully checking out this stranger who was holding her in his hands. It wasn't that she was nervous, far from it. She was displaying what I would interpret to be "signs of intelligence". She was showing me that she has the ability to think before she acts. What we might call assessing the situation first. The guy who bred her explained on the phone two months previously that Sealyhams are an extremely intelligent breed of terrier, and now I was seeing it for myself first hand.

I got her home, and again she displayed this same characteristic, by checking her new environment out carefully, before moving about the place. This is quite different to what I am used to. I have owned Jack Russell - type Terriers over the years, and on returning home with them, they have generally run around the place senselessly, oblivious to risk or danger. But not so with "Tess", she took a little time to take in her new environment, before mooching about her new home. However, within no time she was rolling around the place playing with my 5 month old Jack Russell pup "Ted".   Please see attached a photo of "Tess" enjoying the comfort of her new home. She is truly a wonderful thing, and I am proud to own her.

Regards, Guz

 

 

 Hi Guz!!! (Message from Frank:)

I'm really delighted about Tess. She looks lovely. She looks like a short-haired Sealyham. And I love the patch. Sealyhams seemed to have more eye patches in the olden days than they do today. She is going to be a fantastic dog and I think she will be your pride and joy. I know Harry - who appears in the video below, is the man you got Tess from - and you are right - he knows as much as anyone else on the planet about these dogs.

There is one of the litter of six left as far as I know. So if you are looking for a pup - this might be the one for you - just contact us.... mail@mysealyhams.com

Here's lovely letter from Anthony Jones about two Sealyham pups he has just got!

Dear Frank,

This is my story on my introduction to Sealyhams.

I retired from the police force in May 2007 and having kept many Jack Russell's. or Russell type terriers over the years, I decided I needed an interest and dog keeping, possibly showing was going to be my main passtime. Never taking these things lightly, I spent many, many hours on the Internet deciding about what might be the right breed for me, it was going to be a Terrier as I'd always kept terriers, and being someone who's never happier than when I'm out with my dogs they must love exercise, I climb the mountains for hours, especially this time of year.

I've never worked dogs but have always had an interest in the working field, again narrowing it down to terriers.

I narrowed my choice down to either the Sealyham or the Norfolk Terrier, although I knew neither was now, sadly, recognised as a working breed, as long as they enjoyed their long walks and displayed a certain gameness when out that would suffice, I found many litters of Norfolk's advertised on the Web but no  Sealyhams. I emailed David WINSLEY of Davmar who advised me to telephone Margaret LONGMAN, which I did, she told me about the Sealyham being a rare Welsh origin breed that needed all the support it could get and being Welsh I should hang on for one of them.

That was it promoting the Sealyham Terrier became my cause, I would discuss the breed regularly in my local with anyone who cared to listen, including my local councillor. I found people over a certain age were fully aware of the breed and had had some contact with them as youngsters, and spoke highly of them. Anyone under the age of 60 for argument were totally unaware of the breed.

Having made contact with Margaret she informed me of the long waiting list for puppies, so in March of this year I began looking again and came accross the Lucas Terrier breed. So I thought, as I was now geting desperate for a puppy I put my name down for a Lucas Terrier, within two days I had a phone call from Paul HARRIS a Lucas Terrier keeper, he informed me of his litter and that althugh originally from Northants he now lived some 8 miles from me in a village called Resolven. "Well it wont harm to take a look" I thought, yes, I left having left a deposit for a liitle dog pup. now names scwbi (a welsh turn on Scooby, not my choice I hasten to add).

In the meantime I found a Sealyham Web Site owned by Ade and Michelle http://www.sealyham.org.uk/ and they were advertising a litter for sale. Not ideal I thought bringing up two puppies together but when was another litter going to become available, so my name went on the list and I now have Rwbi as well (a Welsh take on Ruby) If I'm not walking my dogs I'm scouring the Internet reading about them.

I must admit that having vsited the Sealyham Centenary show in Pembroke on the advice of Margaret LONGMAN, I must admit I wondered whether I'd made the right decision, I wasn't going to spend all that time grooming them and I didn't really like the show cut, not ideal for walking. it was only as I was leaving when I saw all the working terriers I realised that I was right in making my decision. And now that you guys are going to begin a working Sealyham Club, I'm really exited and really want to get involved. Scwbi by the way is from working stock anyway as Paul the breeder is a vermin control officer and works his dogs.  

I now have plans to start my own working Sealyham pack, when the time is right, I'm sure they'd look great, working along the mountains and rivers around where I live.

He's now 9 1/2 months and she's 8 1/2 months old. Took them to Newquay and St Ives in Cornwall last summer and was inendated with people interested in both breeds.

I have forwarded photos of them following their severe haircuts, but it keeps the house clean, and a few others including the area where I live called the Afan Valley, outside Port Talbot. Really look for ward to meeting up in the future.


Yours

Anthony JONES

 

 

 

Above is a clip from the Discover Dogs show, which we attended! Lovely reference to Sealyhams from Harry. More to come shortly.....

 

Gary (Guz), Mark, Frank James and Harry show off their Sealyhams at the Discover Dogs Show.

How many Sealyhams can you see?

Below are some pictures taken recently, showing the dogs....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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