Skansen Kennel's History

Skansen Kennel was founded in Sweden in 1950 by Sylvia Hammarstrom, then moved to Sebastopol, California in 1964, where Syliva has been continuously breeding top show, family, pet and companion Schnauzers for the last 33 years, located on a 100 acre ranch one hour North of San Francisco in Sonoma County.

The dogs live in big, open 1/2 acre fields two or three dogs together, so they can play and run all day, as we really believe in lots of exercise, sunshine and good nutrition. There are approximately 30 - 40 adult Giants, 10 Standards and 10 Minis - most are Champions. The dogs are very well socialized with many visitors, as well as the 8 people who groom, exercise, feed and clean them. Good sound temperaments are most important in our breeding program as well as good health. No skin problems, hip dysplasia or other health problems are tolerated.

45 years of experience breeding, showing and judging Schnauzers has brought Skansen Kennel attention from the whole world. We have bred over 900 + Giant Schnauzer Champions, in itself a record and our dogs have won many hundreds of Best in Shows in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Africa, South America and Japan. To keep this high quality, we not only export our dogs to top kennels all over the world - but bring in top stud dogs regularly, like Ch. Lillemarkes Kobuch from Denmark, Ch. Lucas de Campos de Oro from Spain, Ch. Quo Vadis V.D. Havenstad from Belgium, etc.

Most important to us is that our dogs all get a good home, so our dogs are never sold in pet stores, you have to come here or we will ship you a puppy.

To help you choose, we will send a 1 1/2 hour audio and 10 pages of information, with a list of pups available and pictures of sires, for free, as well as a loaner video showing the Schnauzers on the ranch (on request).

Each puppy buyer gets 2 videos, 3 more audio tapes and 2 books to help them raise a good, healthy companion and we are always available to answer any questions 7 days a week.

  Sylvia Hammarstrom
  5179 Blank Road
  Sebastopol, CA 95473

  Phone: (707)795-7070
  Fax: (707) 795-4869

  Email: info@skansen.com

For More information on Skansen and our Schnauzers or Llamas please fax, email, or call. Give us your name, address, & what kind of animal your looking for. We will send you our free packet of information / audio tapes to better inform you about Skansen and the type of animal your looking for.