Preserving the breed. Honoring the individual.
Wavemaker Staffords is a small preservation kennel with roots in South Florida and Central Oregon. Our breeding decisions are guided by the Staffordshire Bull Terrier standard, with equal attention to health, soundness, temperament, and the individual character of every dog. We raise our Staffords with care, purpose, and compassion, and believe our responsibility to them extends well beyond the whelping box.
Over twenty years in this breed, still learning every day.
We are a small kennel, and we intend to stay one. Our dogs live in our home, swim in the pool or pond, and are encouraged to be dogs long before they are asked to be show dogs.
To us, preservation is not nostalgia. It is the responsibility to understand what makes a Stafford a Stafford, to protect those qualities, and to approach each breeding decision with care, knowledge, and purpose.
Latest writing
Rebuilding Wavemaker: 23 Years Worth Preserving
After more than a year of work, I am incredibly pleased to finally introduce the rebuilt Wavemaker Staffords website. Calling it a “new website,”…
Continue readingThe Difference Is in the Purpose
On preservation, responsibility, and what it really means to be a breeder. I have noticed something changing in the way some people approach breeding…
Continue readingThe Art of Carrying On
On perseverance, purpose, and the occasional buzzing fly There comes a point in life when you realize that not everyone is going to celebrate…
Continue readingA breeder, a photographer.
Most photographs on this site were taken by Lynn.