In 1995 when our mixed
breed dog "Bas", passed away, we decided we
wanted a pure bred dog. That is when we
discovered the Icelandic Sheepdog; a dog
that is good with children, gets along
naturally with other dogs and is kind.
After reading several
books about dogs, the polar and scandinavian
breeds caught our primary interest.
Most are hunting dogs and we wanted a family
dog with less hunting instincts as we live
close to the woods. Via the Finnish Lapphund,
Norwegian Buhund we learned about the
Icelandic Sheepdog. We had never heard of this
breed before. Description of the
character fit perfectly with the
qualities we wanted
in our new dog: lively, happy, very social, healthy,
and long lived.
In a dogmagazine we found a breeder's
advertisement, who had imported
the Iceland Dogs into the Netherlands
in 1985. The breeder was
Ans Beer
of Thytur Stadir Kennel. We went
to visit her and her dogs and immediately
lost our hearts to this wonderful breed.
The next day, Easter, Gert visited her
to help her with the horses
and dogs because one of her
females Hekla, started labour. When Gert
arrived, three pups had been born. Ans went
to the horses and the other dogs telling
Gert what to do if another pup was born.
Indeed, after she left, a female pup was born.
When she returned she promised Gert that if
another male was born it
would be for him. This wonder happened and a male
puppy popped into the world: Djarfur a
beautiful black tri! From that day on we
have visited Ans regurlarly at the beginning
of every
week. She advised us and introduced us to
the writings of
Eberhard Trumler, giving us a new look at
dog behaviour.
After one year Djarfur got
a companion, Gáska frá Thytur Stadir as he
had hard time being alone for a couple of
hours. Gáska was the alpha dog in the house, when Dimmalimm came to live with us.
Unfortunately when Dimmalimm matured both
the ladies had big fights and we decided to
replace Gáska. Dimmalimm has had four
litters that you can follow via buttons
Puppies and Litters. In the forseeable
future we will not have any litters, but we
will announce litters from serious friend
breeders under the Latest News button.
Ans & Nouda,
watched by Farandi
(† 06-24-2007)
and his
daughter Dimmalimm, March 2007.
Thanks to
Donna McDermott of Eya Hunda Icelandic
Sheepdogs for grammar advise.
